Character Defects.

June 17, 2024 Sharon Jacobson

Character Defects.

It is so easy to point out what I do not like in others,
but one day I came to realize that
the defects I see in others,
are really about things I do not like in myself.
One characteristic I used to and still dislike are makeover queens and kings.
It generally comes when people tell me
that I would be physically beautiful if only
I would use their skin care program and wear makeup.
I stopped and said I would be more beautiful if
I wore make up and used skin care.
It was not the latter part that so much rang true,
but the I am beautiful part.
Now I focus on my own beauty.
I recognize that what makes me beautiful
is not product I use,
but the way in which I move through this world,
radiate love to others
and let my inner beauty shine.
What if instead of saying I don’t like how Barb puts me down,
I said, I don’t like how I put myself down?
Is there truth there?
Who are the people who you dislike or whose behaviors you do?
Rather then focus on why you dislike them,
see them as a blessing
and a mirror to help you in your own growth journey.
Take those defects and make them blessings.
Transform them,
by being willing to look in the mirror
and let those defects reflect back.

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In that moment

April 22, 2024 Sharon Jacobson

In that moment

In that moment it all changed.
It started with something simple.
All I did was open my office door.
I opened it, that was it
and then this pain shot down my right leg
and then nothing -
nothing but numbness.
In that moment, it all changed.
I had no feeling in my right side
from my waist down.
My right foot flopped like a rag doll.
I did not know where my leg was anymore.
I could not walk without fear of falling.
I could not drive.
I could not even put my foot in my shoes.
In that moment, it all changed.
It wasn’t just the physical, it was everything else.
My so called friends disappeared.
i acquired a disability
and went from being able bodied to disabled
and learned how to fight for my rights
and to be treated with the same dignity and respect as before.
In that moment, it all changed.
I lost things like feelings, friends, and freedom
but I gained things.
I gained a deeper relationship with the Ultimate.
I began walking in faith,
not just spiritually but physically.
I gained a new spiritual vision, and gifts
which is why you are even reading this.
I gained a wisdom and a voice
that I could only have gained because of what I had lost.
I gained witness to what unconditional love feels like.
I had it before with Zoe,
but with all the changes to my body, mind and soul
she has loved me.
She loves me no more or less
because of what happened
but because she loves me.
In that moment, it all changed,
just because I opened a door.
It was just a door, but what it opened
were doors to so many opportunities
so many gifts,
so many journeys,
and it is still opening doors in my life.
In that moment, in that very moment,
it all changed, and I am grateful for that moment
and everything which has happened since.

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My Tears

September 18, 2023 Sharon Jacobson

My Tears

The tears,
they flow down my face,
and remind me they are signs
from the Ultimate.
They are reminders that
my heart is working
and my soul is awake.
My tears challenge me to follow them
to the source
from which they flow.
My tears remind me to be
gentle, patient and kind with myself,
because I am working on healing.
My tears wash away
that which is no longer
or perhaps never was needed
in my soul.
My tears
are about my strength and courage
as I move out of my comfort zone
and into the challenge zone
where the Universe is leading me
to a higher and deeper place of understanding.
My tears
are what help me to
evolve and grow
and continue to be of service to others.
Who I am now
is because of my tears in the past.
Who I become
is because of my tears
in the present.

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Triggers

July 12, 2023 Sharon Jacobson

Triggers

Most people I know
avoid that which triggers them.
Some want to blame the trigger.
Some want to blame not being warned
about potential triggers.
However, the world is full of triggers
and most of us do not know
what our own triggers are
never mind others.
Triggers are not
inherently bad.
Triggers can be gifts.
Without triggers we may not know
what we need to work on next.
Triggers challenge us to work on us
so we can heal, grow, evolve and transform
and move on through the next set of
triggers

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Little Deaths and Births

March 30, 2022 Sharon Jacobson

Little Deaths and Births

It was Alice Walker who once said,
“it is never the same river twice.”
and it’s not.
The same spot in the river
may look the same,
but the soil is different,
the water is different,
everything about that spot is different,
even when it looks the same.
We are that way too.
We may look like the same person
but we are never the same person
at any two seconds in time,
our cells are different.
They are constantly dying and
new ones being reborn.
We are inhaling new
and exhaling old.
We are constantly growing and evolving.
We are in a constant state
of death and resurrection.
it is not a once year event,
but an ongoing process
we are all engaged in.
Our lives are full of daily
little deaths and births.
As a scripture says
“I am about to do a new thing,
did you see it.”
Do you see the little deaths and births in your life?
They just happened,
did you see them?

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Grace

September 14, 2020 Sharon Jacobson

Grace

It is in the journey
to the core of our being
that we experience who we are,
become aware of where we are
and discover parts of our being
we had forgotten or
no longer saw.
Grace is the balm
which heals the cracks
and gives us peace
Grace is what gives meaning
to that which we have forgotten,
which we consider mundane,
and in which beauty ha emerged.
Grace is like the flowers
which grow in the cracks of the sidewalk.
We do not expect to find
beauty in the midst
of the cracks.
WE may not see those moments of grace
on a daily basis,
but when we travel inward
we see them
with a clarity
and brilliance
and stop
and give thanks
for the reminders of grace.

Free Yourself

August 24, 2020 Sharon Jacobson

When you forgive,
you free others
and you free yourself.
it is a lesson bought
to me by so many teachers.
Forgiveness is not about forgetting.
it is about
setting yourself free
it is about no longer
punishing yourself,
keeping yourself in pain,
judging yourself,
or condemning yourself.
Forgiveness is about
setting yourself free.
It is about stopping
the self prosecution,
the self condemnation,
the self judging,
and all the ways
we harm ourselves and
keep ourselves in a spiritual jail.
Forgiveness
is about growth,
healing,
liberation,
transformation,
and evolution.
Forgiveness
is not about weakness,
but strength, and
setting yourself free
so you can soar.

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Failure

April 28, 2020 Sharon Jacobson

There is nothing wrong with
failure.
Failure means
I tried
I learned something
I am wiser
I am clearer about
what success looks like to me.

Failure means
I am alive.
I am participating,
I am engaging,
I am learning.
I am involved,
and I am helping to bring ab out change.

Failure means
I am an artist,
I am an activist,
I am persistent,
I have tenacity, and
I have not given up.

Failure means
I am working on
being the best me
I can be and
that is an awesome
journey to be on.

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Thank You!

July 31, 2017 Sharon Jacobson

I have been sitting here today reflecting on the last seven years. It has been a crazy and amazing journey. So many different people have come through our doors. Some have journeyed with us for years, some for a few months, and some just came and left. Each in their own left a mark on me and this ministry. To all of you who have been a part of our journey and evolution, thank you!

I remember when I first started talking to someone about this vision and she said just start it and they will come. What has fascinated me most the last seven years is the messages and emails from people around the world. I was not expecting that my writing would resonate with people from just about every continent in the world. It has allowed me to build relationships with people from places such as the Czech Republic, Liberia, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, India, Jamaica, Russia, and Ireland. There is something about knowing that there is a language that resonates with people globally. There is a blessing in knowing that people can come together and feel the presence of the Ultimate. It is a different kind of unity then I have been thinking about all month.

Changing Patterns

May 19, 2014 Sharon Jacobson

We all have ways of doing things in our life. Over time, they become patterns. For example, my family knows that my morning pattern once I wake up begins with my going to the bathroom, filling up my water glass, if it is not already filled from the night before, then doing my morning spiritual ritual – five things I am grateful, what is inspiring me, what my intention is for the day and taking a few minutes to reflect on the thought for the day. We all have patterns in our life.

Sometimes others become so accustomed to our patterns that out patterns become important to them as well. Some of the patterns in our life have been a part of our life for a long time; others are newly formed.

Tis the Season to be Defiant

December 16, 2013 Sharon Jacobson

It has been a while since I have preached or even written a Christmas message. I try not to because for me there more then one Christmas. There is the commercial secular Christmas, the religious Christmas with its story about the birth of Jesus, the cultural Christmas, which has its own ways of being celebrated around the world, and the one I personally celebrate – the defiant Christmas. My celebration of the defiant Christmas was inspired by a Christmas card I once say hanging on a professor’s door. The outside of the cover had a brightly shining star surrounded by darkness, an evergreen tree surrounded by trees without leaves and then there was a child wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger in a messy stable. The inside of the card said, “Wishing you a defiant Christmas.” While something about the card resonated with me, I knew I did not fully understand its meaning.

Have you been burglarized?

October 23, 2013 Sharon Jacobson

In the last month, two people I know have had their homes burglarized. Sadly, for both of them, this was not the first time, nor will it most likely be the last time. Fortunately, for both of them, they were unharmed and/or not home. However, they did lose possessions and one of them reported that their basement was a mess. So what would you do if someone burglarized your home? My guess is you would call the police and report that you had been burglarized.

Now, what would you do if someone broke into your life and robbed you of your blessings? What would you do if the person who was burglarizing your life was you? We may have limited control over whether someone breaks in and burglarizes our physical homes; however, we do have control over how we burglarize our own lives.

U is for Uncomfortable

April 22, 2013 Sharon Jacobson

Merriam and Webster’s dictionary defines uncomfortable as “causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort.” Some people when thinking about what makes them uncomfortable think about things they wear. Things such as shoes may start feeling comfortable when first put on, however by the end of the day, you can be so ready to slide your feet out of them and slip into something far more comfortable. Sometimes after eating a filling meal, the waistband on our clothes can make you wish you were wearing something stretchable because it is beginning to feel a little uncomfortable. My female friends will tell you that one of the most uncomfortable things they wear is a bra and many cannot wait to get home and take that off as soon as possible.

Testify!

July 17, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

There are those moments in time which stay with you and inspire you throughout your life. One of those moments for me was the day I first heard the song Testify to Love by Avalon. I was watching an episode of Touched by an Angel about a young boy who was dying and his last wish was that his mom would finish a song she had started writing. She finished the night he died. The lyrics to this song always remind me of the importance of giving thanks for all the goodness in our loves. Whether it is, as the song says, the colors of the rainbow, the voices of the wind, or the simple acts of mercy, it is important to give thanks.

Have you broke free?

May 7, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

When you look back across time, one finds a trail of people who have broke loose from the shackles that were on their body, mind, and soul. They broke loose from society’s expectations of them and societal norms. They had a vision of what they were to do, took a leap of faith, and have contributed to the change they wanted to see in the world. They did as Ghandi had suggested and became the change they wanted to see in the world.

Writing Your Own Prescription

January 2, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

The other day I was at the grocery store and this older woman, well older then me, offered to help me reach a package and then proceeded to tell me how awful my life must be and how seeing people like me made her feel so much better about her life. I was not quite sure how to respond, so I thanked her for her assistance and told her that I prayed God would continue to fill her day with opportunities to feel better about her life. Her comment to me got me questioning how we describe our lives. Do you describe your life by talking about how hard it is, or as I heard one person say once, “life sucks and then you die.” Or are you more on the attitude of life is good.

Releasing Perfection

August 29, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

The last several years have been a time of intense personal growth and spiritual transformation. When I first started on this journey, I had this vision of being loving, patient, kind, compassionate, balanced, wise, etc. I felt as if I was supposed to embody the qualities of spiritual leaders who had come before me like Mother Theresa, Jesus, Buddha, or some other vision of divine perfection. I had this notion I was supposed to be a model of walking divinity; that everything I said and did was supposed to be a living monument of love, patience, justice, humility, and divinity. I had this notion I was supposed to be perfect all the time and was not allowed to have any human moments or feelings.

Growing Instructions

June 21, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

This past Saturday, June 18, 2011, I hosted a surprise gardening and garden party for Zoë. Those who came to help celebrate her 57th birthday each brought a plant to go in our new front yard in an attempt to give her the front yard of her dreams this year. While most of our friends gave her plants or gift certificates with which to buy plants, a few of our friends gave us seeds. One of the things I realized in the process is that each plant and package of seeds came with growing instructions. As I thought about these instructions, I came to realize they were not just about caring for the plants, but also instructions for spiritual growth and evolution. The first step was to plant your seeds. Nothing can grow if you do not plant it.

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