Remembering my Purpose

December 2, 2022 Sharon Jacobson

Like anyone else,
I am human.
I have my moments
when I feel down,
depressed,
frustrated,
and want to give up.
Then I remember
I am only allowed for these
to be moments,
commercials in my life.
I only allow them to last for seconds,
before I remember that
I was created for a purpose.
There is a master plan for my being here.
I may not know it,
but I still walk in it
one step at a time,
only seeing what is revealed to me.
My walking, for me,
is like faith.
My left leg knows where it is
and what it is doing.
My right leg does not.
With no feeling or sensation,
it is just there.
I cannot feel it moving or walking,
It is about me trusting that
the same power that I can feel guiding my left leg
is the same power guiding my right.
The same power which guides me on the good days,
is the same that guides me when I am down.
Regardless, I have to remember
that I was created with a purpose and a plan,
whether I can see or understand it yet or not.
I have a purpose and I have a plan
and so do you.

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I Like This

May 1, 2022 Sharon Jacobson

I Like This
What do you like?
How do you know what you like?
Do you only like what you want
or do you like what you get?
I never know what I will get.
I don’t know what the weather will be
or the students I will have
or the experiences life brings to me.
I may not get what I like,
but I can learn to like what I get.
I can learn to like all
I am blessed with
and find qualities in all
life has to offer
which enable me to say
I like this.

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Do Unto Others

December 31, 2021 Sharon Jacobson

Do Unto Others

I can hear my mother’s voice now
as she continues to remind me
to do unto others,
as I would have them do unto me.
What does that look like and feel like in my life?
Do I cause harm to do others
when I do something that benefits myself?
If I had an opportunity for a better paying job,
do I not take it because someone else may need it more?
Do I accept the invite to host a party for someone,
because I would want them to do that for me?
What if they don’t?
I come back to that teaching
and remember it is how I would want them to treat me,
now how they will.
I have to do what I know to be right,
whether others do or not.
I do not have control over the choices of others,
only myself,
This new year, as I write my last poem of this year,
may I remember to live and practice
the golden rule,
regardless of whether or not others do.

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Smiling

February 15, 2021 Sharon Jacobson

Smiling

We all have those days
when our smiles are not authentic.
Those days where we know
we are pasting them on,
thinking nobody can see the fakeness,
but they can.
This morning for me was one of them.
I had my reasons,
for not wanting to smile
regardless of how hard I tried.
Rather then focus on what I was grieving,
I came back to my basics
and began giving thanks
and moving my heart from a space of sadness
to a place of gratitude.
As my heart changed,
so did my ability to smile.
If I want my smile to be authentic,
I have to move myself to a space
where the positive emotions and attitude,
as my mother would say,
turn my frown upside down.
I know when my smile is authentic
because if feels good,
is filled with hope,
love,
light,
and positive energy.
Smiling can change the attitude
of the world
when it comes from your heart.

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Strangers?

January 17, 2020 Sharon Jacobson

Just because I do not know you
or I am not familiar with you,
does that make you a stranger?

What does it mean to know someone
to be familiar with them?
When I am around strangers
am I thinking they are strange?

Or am I thinking you are like me.
You too are blessed.
We were both created by the Ultimate
in love, as love and to generate love.

I may not know your name.
I may never have spoken to you
or had anything to do with you,
but I may know that you are blessed
and therefore you are not a stranger

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Thank You

September 7, 2019 Sharon Jacobson

We all have those in our lives
who have the gift of
pressing our buttons.
They are like heat seeking missals
with the ability to detonate that
which we needed to destroy
in our own time.

We tend to avoid them
because we see them as evil,
as our enemies,
and those to avoid.

What if we began saying
thank you.
Thank you for helping
me address my weaknesses.
Thank you for showing me
the dangers before me
Thank you for being a teacher

Thank you for helping me see
what I was not ready to see in myself.
Thank you for forcing me to heal
so that you and others cannot hurt
me in my future.
Thank you for showing me the dangers
so I can take the path which is safer and
not fraught with the dangers
I could not see.

To all of you who taught me
whether that was your intent or not
thank you.

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Just say thank you!

July 18, 2014 Sharon Jacobson

So today, I just want to thank my Bubby for teaching me how to seek out the gratitude in all situations. This message has been hitting home for me repeatedly this week. Each day, as you know, I start off the day with five things I am grateful for that day and then before going to be tell Zoe one thing about her I am grateful for or one thing she did for which I give thanks. My Bubby used to tell me that if I could see the positive in any situation, then I am going to be okay. Just say thank you for the gift, she would say. Hmm, I wonder if she said the same thing to Meister Eckhart, or if at least spirit conveyed those same words to him. He once said something similar. He said, “if the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you,“ that would suffice.” At the end of each Oneness Blessing gathering, we take a moment to say, “I am blessed, and full of gratitude. Today, my affirmation was “my life is blessed, and I am so grateful.”

Oh what a beautiful morning!

December 16, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

I wish I could explain what is going on with me energy wise, but I am not sure that I can. All I know is that since December 13 I have woken up with bounds of energy. For the last several days, I have woken up singing Oh What a Beautiful Morning in my head. I have not heard that song for decades, but every morning I have been waking up singing this song in my head and the reality is that each day this week has been amazingly beautiful. Some might say it is because there is a shift in the energy as we move closer to the end of the Mayan calendar. Others might explain it a diversity of ways. All I know is that this is how I am waking up and the attitude that has been prevailing in my spirit. Even the other day when I heard about the mass killing at the elementary school in Connecticut, my joy was not broken. That is not to say I did not feel compassion for those who were involved in this tragic event, I did and am still holding them in prayer. However, my feelings were not an either or but a both and. I felt deep compassion for those who were suffering, but could still appreciate the “bright golden haze on the meadows.”

Using my Bubby wisdom

October 26, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

As I lay in bed this morning, feeling Zoë’s arms wrapped around me, feeling the warmth of her breath on my neck and the gentle sound of her snoring, my heart just overflowed with love. I didn’t want to get out of bed, but I did have to go to the bathroom. One of these days, we will figure out how to be able to do both things at one time. Until then, I guess I will have to do with interrupting those special moments. It is not that her touch, breathing or snoring is any different then it has been for the last 10 years, it just has taken on a completely new meaning. My Bubby, Yiddish for grandmother, used to tell me when you can see the good in a bad situation then you know you are going to be ok. I am not going to lie to myself or anybody else.

And It Rang Again

August 15, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

I am at this place in my life, where I have a love hate relationship with the phone. It keeps us in touch with people and for that I am grateful. It allows me to talk to my friends, family members, and others. However, lately it has also been the vehicle through which we have received challenging news. August 5th, Zoe got a call telling her that she had breast cancer. This morning, August 15th, she got a call letting her know she needs another biopsy because they found a lump in her right breast as well. In the midst of this all, I am consciously remaining grateful. I have had those moments when I find the tears rolling down my face and of course that means I have to blow my nose 17 times :(, however, it is the best I can do at this moment.

Week 8, Day 4 – Gratitude

February 5, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

Writing a list of nouns for three minutes was harder then I thought. I found myself going room by room in compiling my list which included the following: Cat, Dog, Fish, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother,, Lover, Wife, Teacher, Writer, Spiritual Companion, Computer, Books, Shell, Bed, Desk, Kitchen, Food, Music, Glasses, Soda, Plants, Catnip, Treats, Schedule, Course, Paper, Printer, Keyboard, Mouse, Walker, Wheelchair, Bed, Cover, Pillow, Hamper, Toilet, Shower, Sink, Sofa, Futon, Loveseat, Desk, Bookcase, Lamps, Curtains, Table, Chairs, Refrigerator, Stove, Dishwasher, Cabinets, Towels, Toothbrush, Medication, Juice container, Pots, Pans, Blender, Toaster, Waffle iron, and Food processor. As I look at this list, I realize how much I have to be grateful for. First and foremost, I am grateful for my wife. I tell her that all the time, but I truly am grateful for her.

Week 2, Day 6 – Change

December 27, 2010 Sharon Jacobson

Oh yes, I remember that day. It was October 15, 2006. I had just come back from Los Angeles, California. I was nervous walking into the church that day for a number of reasons. It was the second time we had worshipped in this new space and the bishop was coming for the first of three weekends to observe me. So I drove up to the church, grabbed my rolling bag, which still held all my robes and stoles and walked into the church. As I opened the door of my office, this pain shot down my right leg and it was followed by numbness and this state of shock. I remember that day as if it was yesterday. It was the day that my life changed with an opening of the door. It was just a door.

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