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Distinction

By Debra Basham, on March 20, 2020

Buttering my bread, I wonder if I will run out of either or both before this is over. I notice the habit pattern of the worry brain. Will John continue to have cream for his coffee?

Being comfortable or satiated will end long before risk of malnutrition or starvation.

Questioning the ethics of […]

We Are What We Think

By Debra Basham, on March 18, 2020

It is surreal that I posted my previous blog just yesterday. I did say this self-selected social isolation may not last forever, it may just feel that way.

Actually, I don’t really mind the solitude. Last evening Barbara Brodsky asked our Dharma Path group to notice how very little is different about this from […]

What Am I Willing To Do?

By Debra Basham, on March 17, 2020

After reading a rather long article related to the spread of COVID-19 I am pondering what I am willing to do for the good of all: Don’t Test, Don’t Tell — 10 Days Later.

Jim Koopman is an epidemiologist. Jim and his wife, Helen, host the meditation group that meets on Pine Island with Sheilana […]

Much of my life I have felt out-of-step with much of the world. Decades before smoking in public places was banned, I put up a “Thank You For Not Smoking” sign on my door. Some friends—even some family members—refused to come over.

The Way of the Wolf: The Gospel in New Images by Martin […]

Out of Control

By Debra Basham, on March 13, 2020

Hearing Barbara Brodsky speak candidly about her husband, Hal, being so very vulnerable in the nursing home. What if the facility goes on lockdown and he can’t have the therapy so desperately needed. She wonders if she should bring him home. “I want to know. I don’t know. Does anybody know?”

Barbara hears Aaron, […]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

By Debra Basham, on March 10, 2020

Here in Southwest Florida things are heating up, and I am not just referencing this week’s 80 degree temperatures. Following two deaths in Fort Myers—confirmed coronovirus—many are practicing voluntary social isolation with an eye toward protecting those most vulnerable.

A Michigan colleague, Jane Oelke, N.D., doctor of homeopathy, just published a great newsletter article. […]

Hari Om, Holy Spirit

By Debra Basham, on March 8, 2020

Whoa…. fear can spread like wildfire. We can put that fire out.

A friend/colleague is part of several groups I attend here in Florida. She has cancelled the meditation group she hosts in her home and has reached out to another of our mutual groups suggesting the meetings be cancelled because “at least one, […]

Enough!

By Debra Basham, on March 6, 2020

Autumn

Leaves are falling down autumn of my life this is I must choose to live

Watching baby breathe innocent and fresh new start coming from the heart

Hands wrinkled from work burdened by beliefs not mine wake before too late

She is blind but sees his deaf ears hear love’s true call death’s doorway […]

Human Feet

By Debra Basham, on February 28, 2020

My mind is so busy. I pull myself away from the Tapping Summit to join my Friday morning writing group, and the group seems so focused on the mundane I want to leave. I want to be inside where it is safe.

Finally, Mary reads an incredible poem: “For Calling the Spirit Back from […]

How Do You Go On?

By Debra Basham, on February 19, 2020

The phrase “Winter of Discontent” is from the opening line of William Shakespeare’s Richard III.

While the weather in Michigan has been mild, by winter’s standards, that very mild weather is the impetus of discontent for some who live along the shores of Lake Michigan. The absence of an ice shelf, coupled with high […]

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