By Debra Basham, on November 15, 2020 I am back in the tiny house. It was such a gift going on retreat. Being in Carol’s Cozy Cottage felt so much like Still Waters, where my soul has been nurtured for decades.
While on retreat, a dharma sister shared a powerful poem she saw in a post by a Chicago Cognitive Behavior […]
By Debra Basham, on November 12, 2020 Elizabeth Lesser wrote a New York Times bestselling book, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow (Random House). That book has sold more than 300,000 copies and has been translated into 20 languages. Lesser says, “When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a […]
By Debra Basham, on November 11, 2020 Nature does not preserve species, nature preserves purpose. ~ Barbara Marx Hubbard
When Barbara was preparing to move to New York City in pursuit of her life’s calling as a futurist, she asked her 9 year-old son, Wade, if he was willing to go with her. In his wisdom and love, Wade responded, “Mom, you’re […]
By Debra Basham, on November 10, 2020 Ride the winds of change, unafraid.
~ Larry Ward
A friend mentioned Russell Boulding’s Earth Energy Healing work last Thursday and I finally got around to checking his website out. Russell says this of himself: “All of my life I have been inclined towards a left-brain rational approach to thought and action. I have a […]
By Debra Basham, on November 9, 2020 This morning I enjoyed listening to Linda Beushaushen Gunter’s sermon, “Life’s Story.” She told the first “version” of her life and then, reporting on the exact same history, another “version.” The first story focused through the lens of things being unfair, difficult, painful. The second told of the same events, but without all of the […]
By Debra Basham, on November 8, 2020 Deep Spring Center Thought for Today
“Your job, once you understand that the river was never broken, is not to go on campaign to clean up the polluted river, but to help to teach those who live along the river that they are responsible for cleaning it up. The need is to understand clearly what […]
By Debra Basham, on November 7, 2020 At the end of our Zoom dominoes game last night I asked if anybody knew what was going on with the election results. John said, “Biden won.” I was shocked. Linda clarified that results have not yet been declared because of laws suits.
John’s first comment when I asked him if he was OK […]
By Debra Basham, on November 6, 2020 The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.
~ Rachel Naomi Remen
Sitting in meditation recently I became the yin/yang symbol, flowing back and forth from a sense of form to knowing myself as nonform, experiencing a momentary flash of luminosity at the tipping point as the endless flow of black flowing […]
By Debra Basham, on November 5, 2020 Just when all the chips are down, the chins should be up.
~ Neale Donald Walsch
This morning I could feel a subtle pull to look at media, but everybody knows as soon as a winner of the Presidential election is resolved, that news will be widely known. So, why participate in any of […]
By Debra Basham, on November 4, 2020 Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need for this bright morning dawning for you.
~ Maya Angelou
Yesterday’s Yellow Brick Road contained the foundation for today’s: Today 49% of the people will be disappointed. That assumes 51% will be relieved or glad.
While elections have winners and losers, we do not have […]
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