{"id":10871,"date":"2021-05-20T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=10871"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:52:26","slug":"there-is-something-reassuring-in-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/there-is-something-reassuring-in-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"There is something reassuring in&#8230; basketball!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Basketball.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10872\" width=\"195\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Basketball.jpg 406w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Basketball-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 85vw, 195px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the crazy, violent, or sad news in the world\nhere and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the fast-moving marathons of justice in our\nworld or\u2026 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all our concerns about our loved ones in our birth\ncountries that are doomed with multiple crises and endless historic regional\nconflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With updates from Bambi\u2019 s dad who visited up to five pharmacies whilst one of his daughters consulted a sixth one in order to secure insulin and other critical medication for Bambi\u2019s mom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Bambi called her parents in Beirut, it was refreshingly\nreassuring to learn that her mom was enjoying watching on TV a basketball game\n(between two national teams). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For one second, Bambi felt that times, especially in\nthe Middle East, were still stable and society healthy. No financial crisis. No\npandemic. No threats of war. No concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, for a moment, she could imagine (and even \u201csee\u201d through\nthe call) her cute mom in a state of flow, enjoying the present moment. She even\nhappily shared with Bambi the basketball scores as they were unfolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some of us, fun daily moments may be practising a sport, singing, spending time with loved ones, gardening, meditating\/praying, watching a movie, writing, reading, doing a puzzle, cooking (this is not for Bambi!), or even perhaps cleaning one\u2019s place (yes, it can be fun!), etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi&#8217;s phone call to her parents made her day whilst filling her heart with reassurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post on a cheerful note, \u201c<em>vive le basketball<\/em>! <em>Long live basketball<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10873\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-9.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-9-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 85vw, 162px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the crazy, violent, or sad news in the world here and there. With all the fast-moving marathons of justice in our world or\u2026 lives. With all our concerns about our loved ones in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10877,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10871\/revisions\/10877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}