Traveling in Place

February 17, 2023 Sharon Jacobson

Traveling in Place

The other day I rolled on to my porch
and sat there in 60 degree weather
soaking up the winter sun,
the breeze,
the remains of our garden,
and watching people walk and play.
Today, just one day later
and I rolled down my ramp
as quickly as I could
to get through the snow
and out of the 20 degree cold.
It reminded me of living in Texas
and how we would say, if you don’t like the weather,
wait a minute and it will change.
I don’t have to leave or get on a jet plane
to watch the season transform my landscape
and make me feel as if I am entering a new space.
I get to travel in place,
seeing the colors,
the textures,
the aromas,
and so much more change before my eyes.
Today I relish where I am,
tomorrow who knows what landscape will be before me

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Making a Difference

August 2, 2021 Sharon Jacobson

Making A Difference

I haven’t had a television for a while,
but I still remember HGTV saying
change starts at home.
Each day I think about how I can
make a difference
in my own life,
in my home,
in my neighborhood,
in my county,
in my state,
in my country, and
in the world.
I remember that change
has a trickle down effect and
everything I do
makes a difference.
When I focus on being a better person,
I am making a difference
in the world,
by raising the vibrational frequency,
by radiating love, light, and positive energy,
and serving the Ultimate
in ways which transcend measurement.
It is not the magnitude,
but that each day I strive to
make a difference
and do something to make it
on earth as it is heaven.

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I am

June 28, 2019 Sharon Jacobson

I teach about injustice.
I teach about inequality.
I teach about oppression.
I teach about injustice.
I teach about my role
as an activist,
but I also teach about
how I contribute to the
system of inequality.

It is one thing for me to
speak out and do what I can
to fight,
to resist,
to dismantle,
to make this a better world.
However, I must also speak about
how I am part of the system,
passively or actively,
which contributes to the oppression.

I am
a resisister,
and I am
guilty.
I am
part of the problem and
I am
part of the solution.

I am
created by the great
I am
and in the image of
I am
I work to bring about change,
but I am
also part of the problem
I seek to change.

I am
created
by I am
to do the work of
I am
with all of who
I am.

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For me, not to me

January 31, 2014 Sharon Jacobson

Over the last few weeks, Zoe and I have experienced a few changes in our lives. Changes in the way our office is structured and organized, loss of a family member, change in eating choices, and other changes which have affected us, to varying degrees, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Some of the changes we knew were coming, others seemed to occur with little notice and others seemed to manifest out of thin air. Whether we believe the change is for the better or the worse, we cannot avoid change. It is part of our existence as human beings.

As I think back over all the changes, which have occurred over my life, I have come to realize that there were some changes I was more aware of then others. I am not aware every time a cell in my body is changing. I am not aware every time blood is flowing through my veins. I am not aware of all the things my body seems to do for me until there is a change in how it is or has been doing it, then I become aware.

Valuing my qualities

January 5, 2012 Sharon Jacobson

Don Miguel Ruiz wrote, “The most important agreements are the ones you make with yourself. In these agreements you tell yourself who you are, what you feel, what you believe, and how to behave.” As I have been exploring this in my own life and working to become aware of my own agreements, I have been thinking about the qualities I was taught I should embody, those I think I embody, what others think I have and those I wish I had. Growing up, I was taught to be compassionate and caring. That came more from my mother then anyone else. She was a very loving and compassionate woman and they are qualities I continue to embody and embrace today. I think, or at least would like to believe that this is how others see me as well.

Week 5, Day 2 – Changing Identification

January 13, 2011 Sharon Jacobson

Hmm, ©©©©© ok, it took me a minute to think about what I wanted to say. Not sure I remember anybody in my family ever talking about these things. Not to say they didn’t, but I don’t remember. What I remember most from my parents was this message about love and commitment. That being in a relationship meant that you worked things through, you talked things through. This was a lesson they learned from almost divorcing and then working themselves back together. They learned how to respect each other in a way they had not been able to do before. Of course, part of that had to do with my dad’s drinking and being an alcoholic. Once he sobered up and stopped drinking, they built a completely new relationship and taught me a great deal about unconditional love. It was during my mom’s illness that my dad taught me the most powerful lesson about love. He said that even though my mom did not remember who he was, he remembered who she was and he still loved 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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