By Debra Basham, on January 11, 2021 It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
~Antoine de St. Exupéry
Yesterday afternoon I attended Remembering Wholeness with The Mother, a divine feminine being channeled by Barbara Brodsky. The opening comments tied right in with a previous evening’s conversation about some ongoing pain. […]
By Debra Basham, on January 6, 2021 We are all volunteers, come to awaken ourselves and all human beings. ~ Aaron
A pithy line from the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors in the Hebrew Old Testament has been working on my heart. The story is familiar to many: Joseph, the youngest son and his father’s favorite, was given […]
By Debra Basham, on December 31, 2020 Deep Spring Center Thought for Today December 31, 2020
So often beings have a limited view of spiritual life that creates a duality in themselves, so that they only see themselves as ‘being spiritual’ when they’re being kind and loving.
When painful emotions arise, then they think, ‘I am no longer being spiritual. I […]
By Debra Basham, on December 25, 2020 I am grateful John and I had a practice run at not being physically with Stacey and her family for Christmas in 2019.
Last year we attended a Christmas Day potluck at Pine Island Cove with Michigan friends, Linda and Fred, who also winter here in Florida.
This year, John and I share our […]
By Debra Basham, on December 18, 2020 This post begins with a reprint of a Sacred Story published December 23, 2017: “Husband’s Clothes:”
As she stood in line at the grocery store the man in front of her looked so much like her late husband it almost took her breath away. The same height, the same built, even a similar style of […]
By Debra Basham, on December 15, 2020 Deep Spring Center Thought for Today
If one never were to experience this dark night of the soul, one’s compassion really would be limited.
One may have a belief, ‘I can be compassionate with that which is light and beautiful and loving in myself and others’ but one has never tested it to see […]
By Debra Basham, on December 10, 2020 One of the amazing gifts of wintering on Pine Island is the variety of plant life that flourishes in the sunshine and warmth of Southwestern Florida.
People (and plants) can be so very creative. People and plants can also be quite destructive.
This succulent was planted in the center of a landscape boulder and […]
By Debra Basham, on December 3, 2020 There’s going to be pain that feels overwhelming. There are going to be situations that come up where we just suddenly freeze up and say, “I don’t know how to do this.”
~ Barbara Brodsky
This is certainly a time of accepting what is and knowing that what is, is enough. The current version […]
By Debra Basham, on November 26, 2020 Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
WORD […]
By Debra Basham, on November 23, 2020 Joy to forgive and joy to be forgiven hang level in the balances of love.
~ Richard Garnett
Last evening after our Zoom dominoes game ended, Linda asked us when we are planning to head south. One of the realities of the pandemic: It is difficult to plan.
The one thing we have put […]
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