By Debra Basham, on September 7, 2024 The work of wisdom is to differentiate between what is skillful, and what is unskillful. ~ The Daily Tejaniya
My days continue to include bike rides and sharing with Fred. It has been two months and two days since Linda died.
We ride and talk. Most days we have a water break sitting somewhere […]
By Debra Basham, on May 24, 2023 “…we might almost say silence is the tribute we pay to holiness; we slip off words when we enter a sacred space, just as we slip off shoes. A ‘moment of silence’ is the highest honor we can pay someone; it is the point at which the mind stops and something else takes over (words […]
By Debra Basham, on June 5, 2022 From my journal:
Friday, June 3, 2022
Dear Holy Spirit,
I am listening to a podcast by Ram Dass. (Ep. 199: The Continuity of Consciousness)
“Somewhere between not enough and more seems to be enough.”
At least a few moments go by before i have a thought about Joel — that’s progress. I have […]
By Debra Basham, on May 29, 2022 It has been quite the week…. my blood pressure numbers had continued to be high…. lines of poems kept coming forth to carry me through, like a flower cannot be opened with a hammer….
On Friday morning I saw a Titmouse at the bird bath — the first I have seen here at this house. […]
By Debra Basham, on April 13, 2021 With all that takes place in our lives, it can sometimes be easy to overlook the fact that we’re part of something greater than ourselves — a collective consciousness, the Universe, a greater cause.
~ Daily Om
The March 2021 skies over Pine Island, near Ft. Myers, in Southwest Florida (winter home of this […]
By Debra Basham, on March 22, 2021 How can I wish for myself what I do not wish for everybody, including those I think of as my worst enemies?
~ Aaron
Another drive across the state of Florida, this time for our second vaccine, and this time we know where we are going. We are going to an ALL Spanish-speaking pharmacy near […]
By Debra Basham, on July 4, 2020 “When the water is muddy and you can’t see the bottom, no amount of stirring can clear the water.” ~ Debra Basham
In the U.S. the 4th of July represents freedom. People often think of freedom as freedom FROM something outside of us, but true freedom is an inside job, and nothing outside of you […]
By Debra Basham, on August 28, 2016 “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” ~ Pablo Picasso
Some days—more than others—you are aware how connected we all are.
My dear friends/colleagues and I are experiencing palpable loss and questioning around changes with regards to massage therapy services […]
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