I’m Coming Out

July 5, 2024 Sharon Jacobson

I’m Coming Out

I’m coming out.
no, not as a same sex loving woman,
or as a biracial woman,
or as person with a disability
or as any other label others have told me
I should be out about.
I am coming out as who I am
and encourage you to come out too.
Come out
about your strengths and weaknesses.
Come out
about your fears and your courage.

When we come out
about all of who we are
we live in an honest and authentic balance.
I love tattling on myself,
outing myself about my being human.
When we come out
we give equal time and attention
to all of who we are
and in doing so
open the opportunities to connect,
to share,
to grow,
to evolve,
and to help others
come out
so they can do the same.
I’m coming out,
are you?

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Lessons from the Zebra

May 28, 2024 Sharon Jacobson

Lessons from the Zebra

Do you see it?
Do you see the balance,
the harmony
and the unity,
Do you just see the stripes
or do you see them as being part of something bigger.
which seem to appear when you really look at
the zebra.
They remind us to look at the interconnectedness of life.
it is not about about light or darkness in our lives,
but light and darkness and
how the dance together in unity,
working together in ways only understood
by the one who created them both
and the one who created us.
In our own ways,
we are all zebras.
We are not yin or yang
we are the relationship between the two.
We are the adversary to ourselves
as well as the lover of ourselves.
We are the good and the evil
We are the stripes of the zebra,
who dance together in our own lives,
in a way that reflects our balance and harmony.
We are a reflection of everything
we were created to be
and to reflect.
We, like the zebras,
are more then just a stripe,
or a pattern of them,
we are the whole collection of them
that moves as one,
just like a zebra.

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How Do You Do It?

May 2, 2023 Sharon Jacobson

How Do You Do It?

How do you do it?
A friend of mine says that to me all the time.
She is amazed at how I juggle so much.
She said you manage Inspiritual
teach, grade, and work with students,
do your Pampered Chef parties,
work with all your consultants and hosts,
cook, clean, time with Zoe,
and I am sure there is more.
So how do you do it?
The answer is simple.
and one that many have answered before.
Different person,
but same answer.
Martin Luther King Jr said it this way.
“I give the first hour to God,
God gives me the rest”
My first hour is about my time with the Ultimate.
I give thanks, pray, meditate,
listen to the symphony of silence
which ministers to my soul
and then the rest of the day falls into place.
This is how I do it.
I put the Ultimate source in my life first
then the Ultimate makes room for everything else
which needs to get done in my life.
Honestly, it is all about my priorities.
This is how I do it.

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Balance

October 8, 2020 Sharon Jacobson

How do you do it?
Everyone seems to think
my life is in balance,
but like everyone else
it is a dance
that I constantly work at
so I can balance my 3 jobs,
time for family and friends,
time for me
and time to spend with the Ultimate.
It is not about one or the other,
rather, how I intentionally work
to stay in balance,
or come back to it
when I allow life
to throw me out of balance.
Thinking about balance reminds
me of being on a seesaw with my best friend.
She always worked with me to ensure
neither of us was the one who was always
up or down.
Although it is not always comfortable,
or easy,
I try to make time for the relationships
which are so important,
even if it means I do not
get all my work done.
At the end of my life,
it is those I love
who will remember
I made time for them
as I strove to balance my life.

Listening

September 2, 2019 Sharon Jacobson

Never speak with your mouth full,
my mother would say.
there is a time to speak and
a time to listen.
A time to hear and
a time to be heard
There is a time to eat and
a time to speak.

Learning to find balance
in our conversations with others
is about respect and honor.
It is about recognizing that
we each have something to say
and creating space for all to speak
and be heard.

It is more than just not speaking,
it is also about listening.
It is about hearing what is said and
not thinking about what we want to say next.
It is about learning to be okay
with moments of silence
as we process and reflect
before speaking

May we take the time to listen,
to think,
to speak,
and to create balance
in our conversations

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P.E.A.C.E.

December 9, 2014 Sharon Jacobson

Recently, I was rereading a reflection by Iyanla Vanzant and she listed Peace as an acronym for Please Excuse All Crazy Experiences. We all have “crazy” experiences in our lives. By “crazy” I mean anything which causes us to be extremely enthusiastic or extremely angry, irritated, frustrated, agitated etc. Crazy can include all those experiences that take us to the extreme from being crazy about shoes (i.e. I know someone that has over 300 pairs of shoes and keeps buying them) to that place of extreme agitation and anger where one is in need of therapeutic care to help restore balance. Sometimes we have those experiences in our life, which can easily pull us off balance and make us feel “crazy”, such as pain, anger, loneliness, being tired, hunger, and sickness. I know when I am extremely tired, due to the lack of sleep I am experiencing, I have to work intentionally at staying focused and centered and am constantly asking the Ultimate to give me energy to balance out my tired.

Paradoxical balance

September 24, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

So often in life, especially in Western culture, we are taught to see things with an either or kind of mentality. It is either right or wrong. It is black or white. One is male or female. One is strong or one is weak. There is no room in this approach to thinking for both ands. Yet life is filled with these paradoxes, which seem to enable one to stay balanced and present in this world. Recently, I read a piece by Jos Slabbert, called The Modern Taoist Sage. He began this reflection by saying “The Taoist sage consists of paradoxes that would mortify most people, but do not seem to bother him at all:

Breathe before speaking.

February 28, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

Last week, I talked about how the simple act of breathing can put the emotional brakes on our shenpa. Dr. Andrew Weil, a physician specializing in integrative medicine, said the “The single most effective relaxation technique I know is conscious regulation of breath.” Breathing is not just a sign that we are still alive and functioning. Breathing is a spiritual act, which bridges the mind and the body. If you pay close attention to your breathing, you will notice that there is this gap between your inhale and your exhale. This gap is said to be the movement of spirit within and through us. In many early languages, the words for spirit and breath are the same. Thus, breathing is not just necessary for our health and wellness, but it is the process through which we stay connected to the Creator. Remembering to breathe allows us to relax, align our responses to anything out of love, and not fear. When we learn how to breathe, just breathe, we can begin to improve our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. When we work at being conscious of our breathing, we can begin to take advantage of the blessings and gifts that come with the simple act of breathing. Just breathe.

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