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Compassion is Not a Luxury

By Debra Basham, on October 29, 2020

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

~ Roshi Joan Halifax

This morning I saw a headline “How Next Door Neighbors With Different Political Views Have Stayed Friends.” The photo […]

Need to Do

By Debra Basham, on October 28, 2020

You must cherish one another. You must work — we all must work — to make this world worthy of its children.

~ Pablo Casals

Is this opening quotation, as it is written, true? Less and less I am concerned with being a doer, as more and more I am aware of the importance of […]

There are seasons in a marriage. I’ve heard a therapist say, “Every marriage has cause for divorce.” Not every day. But there are those days. ~ Deborah Berecz, Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter October 2020

In an email exchange last evening my dear friend who had asked me about any preference for a Presidential candidate wrote, […]

Possessed of the Knowledge of Truth

By Debra Basham, on October 26, 2020

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Today’s blog was inspired by last evening’s question from a dear friend who is also a faithful reader of Yellow Brick Road. “Related […]

I am Made of You

By Debra Basham, on October 25, 2020

You do live in a physical world, but there is nothing about your physical world that is not spirit-based. There is nothing about your physical world that is not Source-based.

~ Abraham Hicks

October 2019 I started reading books about non-duality by Rupert Spira. Yesterday the same friend who introduced me to Spira’s writing last […]

Our Window of Tolerance

By Debra Basham, on October 24, 2020

“Resilience is not something we have or we don’t have. It is something that we can train in our minds and bodies.” ~ Liz Stanley

I’ve made a promise to myself to post a blog each day until after the Presidential election. Putting my fingers on the keyboard grounds me. I am choosing to widen […]

Pondering Becoming a Pundit

By Debra Basham, on October 23, 2020

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” ~ Christopher Robin

A precious friend told me about 45 years ago that I should be a political pundit. According to Wikipedia, a pundit is a person who offers to mass media their opinion or commentary on a particular subject area […]

On the Shark’s Terms

By Debra Basham, on October 18, 2020

Like my parents taught me, ‘There are no monsters in the sea, only the ones we make up in our heads.’ ~ Christina Zenato

A friend shared an amazing video of a woman swimming with sharks. But this woman is not just “swimming” with the sharks. Christina Zenato, a professional diver, is removing fish […]

Mercury Retrograde! October 14 – November 3

By Debra Basham, on October 14, 2020

Belief can be overrated. If one did not believe in gravity, would gravity still have an effect? Of course, it would. It is likely that astrological influences are having an effect on us in much the same way.

Mercury went retrograde on October 14, where it will stay through November 3.

Tuesday, November […]

Let it Shine!

By Debra Basham, on October 10, 2020

We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of […]

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