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 June 1, 2022 There will be something, anguish or elation, that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep, and say: Hail to the morning! Come down to me, my beautiful unknown.
~ Jessica Powers Word for the Day (gratefulness.org)
Today’s journal entry:
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Dear Holy Spirit,
During the night […]
By Debra Basham, on May 25, 2022 When I saw my primary on Monday she said I needed Zoloft or a therapist, maybe both. I had been overwhelmed with the stress of everything John has been going through, complicated mightily by the situation with Joel. For those new to YBR, Joel has been my co-author for over twenty years. He has developed […]
By Debra Basham, on May 20, 2021 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, A long way from home, a long way from home.
Odetta knew what LIFE can feel like.
Just yesterday — one day of LIFE holding sooooo much feeling.
A dear friend, navigating […]
By Debra Basham, on March 27, 2021 “No matter how someone is acting, they want to be happy.” ~ Lion’s Roar
Jerry Ashmore, senior teacher at Empty Circle Zen group shared this opening quote in his dharma talk this morning. As an aside, if you are looking for a wonderful Zen sitting with teachings, this group meets on Zoom twice per week: […]
By Debra Basham, on June 19, 2020
Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.
~ Arthur Ashe
I am tempted to schedule this to post so readers don’t know that I have my fingers on the keyboard at 4:21 am while on retreat. If I were not retreating via Zoom because of COVID-19, I would not […]
By Debra Basham, on April 17, 2019 WORD FOR THE DAY
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Agatha Christie Visit Gratefulness.org/
This week’s news out of Paris was shocking, and of all times to have it be Holy Week for humanity to experience […]
By Debra Basham, on February 7, 2019 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to setting. ~ Robert Herrick
My fingers have been missing in […]
By Debra Basham, on November 3, 2018
You have heard it said to be careful what you pray for. This past Tuesday evening, as our Dharma “Path of Clear Light” class was coming to an end, I asked for specific instructions around the practice of Upekka. Upekka is the Buddhist practice of equanimity.
John Orr’s clarification of the Upekka practice, […]
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