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Awaken the New Species

By Debra Basham, on November 1, 2020

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

~ Simone Weil

Yesterday John did not mention my blog post, so I did not share it with him. I watched the choice points for stories to arise: he doesn’t really care; he still does not value what […]

The Things that Frighten Us

By Debra Basham, on October 31, 2020

Denial and lies are almost an intrinsic part of an epidemic. ~ Nicholas A. Christakis

On the heels of the previously expressed idea that John and Debra (and you and yours!) truly are the macrocosm and microcosm, soon after my blog was posted yesterday morning I saw a post John made Tuesday on Facebook: […]

Which Wolf Will Win?

By Debra Basham, on October 30, 2020

You do not have to be an expert in the stars to recognize that a lot of heavy emotions are being triggered right now. If you are curious, however, you might appreciate at least some awareness of what the planets are doing.

According to Mars Retrograde Is About To Make Our Lives (& The […]

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 […]

Someday When

By Debra Basham, on October 27, 2020

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 […]

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