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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 […]

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 […]

Absolute Truth

By Debra Basham, on January 27, 2019

My daughter is teaching a class at her church. The assignment was to identify something you know as absolute truth. It is an amazing experience to look at what you believe and why you believe what you believe.

The absolute truth I came up with years ago was that life does not begin at birth […]

Draw a Card

By Debra Basham, on January 22, 2019

Today is my birthday. I LOVE birthday ritual. This morning I wrote in my journal: Today is my birthday. And Wayne’s. It seems significant Claudia is feeling sad. She said Wayne always said, “It is what it is.”

What ritual is honest for me today?

I hear: “Draw a card.”

I draw a […]

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