Good Can Come From This

By Debra Basham, on October 27, 2022

This post was started on October 17, 2022. Today is now ten days later. I cannot explain fully what derailed my completing the entry, but, say only, a lot has changed during this interim. The post began with this:

On Sunday, October 16, this loving blessing came through Barbara Brodsky:

The Mother to Debra […]

October 27, 2022 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Yellow Brick Road | Comments are closed

The Only True Hope

By Debra Basham, on December 22, 2021

When my eyes fill with wonder and my heart with love or joy, I do not betray my concerns for the world — I nourish my capacity to attend to them.

~ Kristi Nelson, 12-22-2021 Gratefulness.org

I confess to recently having looked into the mirror and noticing a drooping of my jowls, deep crevasses of […]

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Blessings “Raining” Down

By Debra Basham, on September 20, 2021

John and I rallied from Covid sufficiently to make the trip to Tennessee for our granddaughter’s wedding. There are sooooooo many significant points about this wedding.

Courtney’s brother, Brad, was on emergency stand-by to officiate if John and/or I were not recovered sufficiently to make the trip. He had just officiated at the wedding […]

September 20, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Yellow Brick Road | Comments are closed

Lasting Effects of the Pandemic

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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June 26, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Yellow Brick Road | Comments are closed