Posted April 1, 2021 in Monthly News By Debra Basham, on 1 April 2021 This winter I have been most entertained by the official state bird of Florida: the mockingbird.
Florida designated the mockingbird as the official state bird in 1927, and the northern mockingbird is also the state bird of Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.
The first memory I have of mockingbird comes from an encounter at […]
Posted March 1, 2021 in Monthly News By Debra Basham, on 1 March 2021 If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors.
All of them are alive in this moment. …
You are a continuation of each of these people.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Anne Lamott was one of the speakers in the Mystics […]
Posted July 31, 2020 in Monthly News By Debra Basham, on 31 July 2020 Nine-year-old Michaela Munyan, is CEO and sole seamstress of an unincorporated operation. Michaela had learned to sew hair scrunchies in an after-school program, so when her school was shut down because of the coronavirus, she did something constructive. She found a pattern and made a mask. Then she found a YouTube video about batch sewing […]
Posted July 31, 2020 in Monthly News By Joel Bowman, on 31 July 2020 Life moves in only one direction: forward. There’s no going back, and there are no “do-overs.” That’s why we need to do the best we can with everything we do all the time. A long time ago, the Steve Miller Band said, “Time keeps on slippin’ into the future”:
Time is, in fact, […]
Posted October 31, 2019 in Monthly News By Debra Basham, on 31 October 2019 Richard Bandler is famous for a lot of sayings. One that has always stuck with me is how disappointment requires adequate preplanning.
We often have conflicting desires. Some desires are known in consciousness, but many are not, and some are downright contradictory.
What is even more of a surprise, is how we may […]
Posted January 31, 2019 in Monthly News By Joel Bowman, on 31 January 2019 Everyone—you, me, and everyone we know–has a communication preference. The three basic categories are visual (things seen), auditory (things heard), and kinesthetic (things felt). Most everyone does all three, of course, and the three main forms typically overlap. If you see a word in print, for example, you might also “hear” the word in your […]
Posted November 30, 2018 in Monthly News By Debra Basham, on 30 November 2018 It’s a troublesome world.
All the people who’re in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute.
You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not. ~ Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss’ words remind me of an article by Max Lucado in Guideposts magazine titled […]
Posted February 28, 2018 in Monthly News By Debra and Joel, on 28 February 2018 Hearing that an addictions recovery program told a potential participant not to stop drinking until he was admitted because the insurance company might not consider him eligible really catches our attention. Most of us have had the experience of telling someone what not to do and watching that person do it.
Don’t run. Don’t […]
Posted October 31, 2017 in Monthly News By Joel and Debra, on 31 October 2017 In 1991, Edward de Bono published a book that seems to fit the tenor of current times: I Am Right, You Are Wrong. We (humans and probably all mammals) become addicted to patterns of thought. When patterns produce desired results, they are reinforced, making it more likely we will repeat the pattern, which reinforces it—making […]
Posted September 30, 2017 in Monthly News By Joel and Debra, on 30 September 2017 You were born into a certain family, of a certain socioeconomic structure, in a certain country, with a destiny of that country, of that family, of those parents. You are fated. Already your fate casts you into a certain situation. Edgar Cayce says your soul knew that and your soul was involved in accepting that.
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