A tisket - a tasket: the story of the BTW Baske

Recall Between the Women:  A year long process of creating and discovering. We use our large and small groups to re- energize, gain personal insight and allow our creative self to be recharged. We use our hands, heads and hearts to illuminate the path we are on in this season of our life.

When we gather to talk, crea8, actu8 or genr8  we are making time to energize  our souls.

“To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it”-- Mother Teresa.

BTW is a place and space for us to remember to actually put the oil in. You know, like the mask on the airplane, and the toilet paper on the roll.  You actually have to do this for yourself.   How often is this scenario a part of your day?  (note:the word ‘oil’ can be changed to any concern of the moment)

Well.....I remembered to buy the ‘oil’ but then I ran out of time and did not put the oil  in the lamp....it is in here somewhere...it is just so dark I can’t see  the bottle to fill the lamp back up....

Unfortunately, we all know this scenario well.  We also know what a joyous feeling it is to get the oil into the lamp. We actually will do the ‘happy dance’ when we are filled. It is such a relief when this occurs more than once in a while.

In BTW, we noticed getting together intentionally to  discover, to connect and  to celebrate created an energy we wanted to be able to share. But what, and how with our time and talents already maxed out?

Enter the basket. It is a our vessel  to fill.
 Members of BTW fill it up with what ever they like.
Sometimes it soup, sometimes it is pretty paper napkins, or stationary & a few stamps, lotion, a scarf, a hand made gift ...something simple. One basket, once a month. And, when all our efforts are put together  it creates an amazing energy.

We do not really know how it effects the recipient as we are doing this in an anonymous way.  We have been know to ring the door bell and run. We know how good it feels to be recharged...and so we simply cannot resist the desire to share this with others.  We also notice that the basket is overflowing, never lacking, as we all work on contributing to filling it up. A very concrete reminder for all of us to continue  to use our hands, heads and hearts to illuminate the path we are on in this season of our life.