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Learn the Tables

By Debra Basham, on April 22, 2019

Recently I wrote a poem titled ‘Longing’ that was inspired by an exchange with a dear friend that left me feeling less than valued, wondering if I should have, or could have, done something differently in our past to allow for a more pleasant current exchange.

Sitting heart-to-heart with another precious friend a week […]

Holy Notre-Dame

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 […]

Saddest of Days

By Debra Basham, on April 4, 2019

This past winter has been the f-a-s-t-e-s-t in my memory. We enjoyed visitors beginning the last week of January, and continuing right up until the week before we headed north.

Some groaned when I shared that, speaking of how difficult they found it to maintain balance with guests. I would clarify how fortunate I […]

Inter-Are

By Debra Basham, on March 29, 2019

I have been wondering about the distinction between self care and nurture (kindness and wisdom) and “distraction.” Might we be doing wholesome actions such as exercise or journal writing, or playing music, without being skillful?

Additionally, I wrote to Barbara Brodsky, Founding Teacher of Deep Spring Meditation Center, asking about all of this. “We are […]

The Aftermath

By Debra Basham, on March 22, 2019

You see, I have this weird, but in my experience, validated faith that if I surrender myself to my own words, the ones that came without too much cogitation or premeditation, they will lead me to a place I didn’t know I’d be visiting; they will show me 1) What I didn’t know was on […]

Processing

By Debra Basham, on March 17, 2019

Our granddaughter spent this past week with us. It has been six years since she had done that, and it was quite a week! As her mom said, “You cannot spend a week with Gammie without processing!”

Our first processing was my bout with an intestinal bug the day she arrived.

The second processing […]

The Substance of All Things

By Debra Basham, on March 6, 2019

Art is remembrance. It is love. It is like a sword that distinguishes between appearance and reality. ~ Rupert Spira

I have been wondering just what it is that allows some people to find joy or see beauty or create art where it might have been missed by another.

Musing is jogged by such mundane […]

Customer Service

By Debra Basham, on February 27, 2019

You have to love it when lessons come so closely you are able to see both sides of a coin clearly…. That has been my recent experience around customer service.

Stopping by a Little Free Library, I was so surprised by the thoughtfulness of leaving a pair of reading glasses on the shelf!

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Acceptance

By Debra Basham, on February 17, 2019

I am still doing morning ‘writing down your soul’ pages. This morning’s entry dealt with my sleeping with a bed hog. From my journal:

This morning as I got up, I again showed John how he pushes me over to a 12-inch slot of bed. I find that very unrestful.

I asked what […]

Carpe Diem!

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 […]

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