By Debra Basham, on October 8, 2023 Today’s “Word for the Day” from Gratefulness.org is by renowned poet and author, David Whyte: Being unappreciative might mean we are simply not paying attention.
I have shared previously that we have been on an accelerated path with my nephew. He has now signed a lease, paid his first month’s rent, and this David and […]
By Debra Basham, on September 27, 2023 I shared this story at St. John UCC a few days ago:
Make The Chili
A good friend of mine unexpectedly lost his wife. A couple months later we were golfing together, chatting about nothing. He asked what my dinner plans were and I told him wifey wanted my homemade chili and cornbread, but I […]
By Debra Basham, on September 12, 2023 Wowser, it has been a wonder-filled day. Six women were present for deep sharing following the 6:30 a.m. meditation. Three of those women I have known previously, two are new friends.
Right afterwards I scored a Royal Flush and earned a whopping 5,000 points on the poker machine in our guest bath. In the […]
By Debra Basham, on September 1, 2023 The moon again provides a backdrop for the Yellow Brick Road (see my previous post, Waning Gibbous Moon).
A friend lives in Colorado where the skies are almost always clear. Each month he takes a photo of the full moon and sends it to me. (If you are not able to see the photo below, […]
By Debra Basham, on August 21, 2023 I was restless at bedtime last night. It had been a pleasant day but late in the evening I got a text from a friend who had ended up at the ER over the weekend, John’s bedtime blood pressure reading was a bit elevated, and I read an email from a person who is asking […]
By Debra Basham, on August 10, 2023 Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
~ Pema Chödrön
Posted on Facebook by a Reunion Living Ministry colleague:
“To bless whatever there is, and for no other reason but simply because it is, that is what we are made for as human beings.”
~ David Steindal-Rast
I bless the heat and […]
By Debra Basham, on August 4, 2023 We cannot forget that our real power is not necessarily to change the world, but to make a world of change to the people we encounter every day. ~ Cory Booker
Last Thursday morning while I was out on a bike ride I got a call from a friend here in the park, “I have […]
By Debra Basham, on July 12, 2023 How do we see the world as sacred again? By radical noticing. Looking for awe in all of life.
~ Lucy Jones posted on Gratefulness.org July 12, 2023
Yesterday riding my bike I was inundated by awareness of the propensity to criticism. John’s clothes, the way someone says something, the decadent use of disposable bottles […]
By Debra Basham, on June 17, 2023 The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within. ~ Ruby Dee
Last evening I went to a drumming at the home of some long-time friends. One of the other drummers was also a blast from my past. But, the delight of my heart was a young man […]
By Debra Basham, on June 12, 2023 We crave that deep place within that cannot be touched by the ups and downs of life, but rather just IS – connected and whole.
~ Katie Rubinstein
For well over twenty years I have been working with a Karmic stream from a lucid past life. I will tell it like a fictional story so […]
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