By Debra Basham, on June 10, 2023 I was on retreat and up quite early one morning and I wanted to share so I let myself enjoy the bliss of fingers on the keyboard. I am now home and sending this.
Stacey and John drove out with me on Friday evening so they could see where I would be for the week. […]
By Debra Basham, on June 26, 2021 WORD FOR THE DAY from Gratefulness.org
The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility.
We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while.
~ Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi
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By Debra Basham, on May 20, 2021 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, A long way from home, a long way from home.
Odetta knew what LIFE can feel like.
Just yesterday — one day of LIFE holding sooooo much feeling.
A dear friend, navigating […]
By Debra Basham, on January 30, 2021 “Whether we have happiness or not depends on the seeds in our consciousness. If our seeds of compassion, understanding, and love are strong, those qualities will be able to manifest in us. If the seeds of anger, hostility and sadness in us are strong, then we will experience much suffering. To understand someone, we […]
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 October 14, 2019 For those who believe, no words are necessary. For those who do not believe, no words are possible.
~Attributed to Saint Ignatius in Think of an Elephant : Combining Science and Spirituality for a Better Life (2007) by Paul Bailey, but earlier attributed to Franz Werfel, Philippine Studies (1953) by Ateneo de Manila, p. […]
By Debra Basham, on July 6, 2019 A few days ago, the mold saga continued as late in the evening our friend ripped up carpet preparing for solid flooring installation in the manufactured home she bought here in our park and found this:
(see Lessons from the Mold)
She was having a very difficult time navigating all of the uncertainty. […]
By Debra Basham, on February 7, 2019 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to setting. ~ Robert Herrick
My fingers have been missing in […]
By Debra Basham, on May 18, 2018 IF IN LIFE
There will always be a ‘lie’ in believe, An ‘over’ in lover, An ‘end’ in friend, An ‘us’ in trust, And an ‘if’ in life. —author’s name not provided
The Boehner aphorism, “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas,” was coined by the Dallas Cowboys […]
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