Binging In and Out

Binging In and Out

I am not much of a binger,
well at least not when it comes to TV,
as we do not have one.
I don’t want to waste my time
mindlessly consuming
junk food and junk tv,
escaping from reality,
and not being in the moment.
Then I had to stop myself
because I have binged.
I have tuned into Youtube playlists
not for any of the reasons above,
but because like a theologian
I was looking for lessons
from the Divine
about others and for myself.
I listened for those spiritual lessons,
and answers to prayers.
I have realized that
binging caused me to
press the pause button
on my life
and have a Sabbath moment
that prevented me from burning out.
They reminded me of long
and meaningful conversations
which moved us past the superficial understanding
and towards a greater understanding of life
and of humanity
It’s not about
binging in or out
it’s about the intention
and the balance.

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Dear Me

Dear Me,
I look at this selfie
and I do not think I see
the me others see.
At first glance,
I see Sharon,
the name my parents gave me
but then as I sit and look
I see the one who says love me
the one originally called Claire,
then Clara,
then Claire again
and then my parents brought me home
and called me Sharon
but then my Bubby,
she looked at me
and gave me the name Sarah Bella
and ultimately that is who I see,
the one who gave me a prophetic name
Sarah Bella.
I see the beautiful princess
I was prophesized to be.
I see the grace I have received
and the grace I strive to offer to others
I see how my eyes look at the world
and the words I am hearing
as I listen to others.
I sense the tension in my environment
and the peace
I strive to radiate to others.
Just sit and be present
and let the beauty within you
shine through
and bless others.
This is what she would always say
and this is who and what I look for
when I look at selfies of me.

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Twinkle, twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle,
all the stars,
You keep me wondering
and gazing at you
and as I do
you anchor me.
I sit and feel the anxiety leave my body.
I feel your blackness
wrap around me
like a blanket of peace.
I feel a closeness with you
that reminds me
of being rocked to peace,
Twinkle, twinkle
all you stars,
I gaze at you and
feel our embrace,
as I sit in the awe
of all you have created
and are creating
whether we see it or not.
Twinkle, twinkle
all you stars
you seem so little,
like individual stars.
Then I open my vision, and
I see how you are part
of something bigger
and so am I.
My little sparkle may not seem like much,
but I am part of
what raise the vibrations
which radiates love
and makes a difference.
I am part of
but not all of it.
Twinkle, twinkle
all you stars,
I am drawn to you
because you are more than
a constellation of stars.
You are a reflection of my soul.
You remind me of your eternal presence
and that you will guide me
as you have guided others for centuries.
Twinkle, twinkle
all you stars,
thank you for
speaking to me
allowing me to gaze upon you
and experience you
gazing at me.
Twinkle, twinkle
all you stars,
I do not wonder who you are,
because through you I experience
the peace, love and mystery of you
and all you are in your twinkle
and in your blackness.

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More Than a Practice

More Than a Practice

My spiritual practices,
are like prescriptions which keep me
healthy and balanced.
I practice attention because it raises my awareness
and keeps me from being distracted.
I practice beauty because it gives me pleasure,
but keeps me from being so cluttered.
I practice being present because it gives me contentment
and keeps me living in the moment,
not the past or future.
I practice compassion because it makes me caring
and keeps me from being judgmental.
I practice connection because it is not healthy
for me to feel separated.
I practice devotions because it keeps me disciplined,
and committed.
I practice enthusiasm because it energizes me
and keeps me from feeling bored.
I practice my faith because it reminds me to trust
and not allow my heart to harden.
I practice forgiveness because it gives me freedom
and keeps me from being vengeful.
I practice grace because it causes to surrender
and keeps me from feeling shame.
I practice gratitude because it is important to give thanks
and reminds me from feeling entitled.
I practice hope because it keeps me optimistic
and washes away the despair.
I practice hospitality because it keeps me open and warm
and prevents me from being hostile.
I practice imagination because it frees me to be creative,
and it promotes me from being rational.
I practice joy because it keeps me happy
and keeps me from being sad.
I practice justice because I believe in fighting for equity
and dismantling all things oppressive.
I practice kindness because it reminds me to be generous
and not selfish.
I practice listening because it enables me to be discerning
and truly hear everyone listening.
I practice love because it promotes intimacy
and keeps me from making choices out of fear.
I practice meaning because understanding each other is so important,
and avoiding the challenges that come when we do not.
I practice nurturing because it promotes balance
and keeps me from feeling deprived
I practice openness because it encourages me to be flexible
and keeps me from being close minded.
I practice peace because it keeps me serene
and prevents me from feeling angry.
I practice play because it love being free spirited
and not always so predictable.
I practice questing because it reminds me that life is an adventure
and gives me the courage to be brave.
I practice reverence because it keeps me in a state of awe
and grateful for everything I have been gifted.
I practice shadow because it keeps me whole,
and realistic.
I practice silence because it keeps me contemplative
and helps me avoid chaos.
I practice teaching to share wisdom
and keep me from being egotistical.
I practice transformation because it is healing
and helps me fight for change.
I practice unity because it promotes solidarity
and not individualism
I practice mystery because it keeps me open to learning
and not feeling as if life is tidy and logical.
I practice being authentic and loving myself
because I am so worthy.
I practice zeal because it reminds me to be passionate
and keeps me from self doubt.
I practice yearning because it keeps me growing and evolving
and keeps me from being stuck.
I practice all my practices
because I have to practice them
so I can keep them
and keep myself practicing.

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Road Trip

Road Trip

Sometimes it’s the simplest of questions
like when or where was your last road trip.
I could not remember where or when
until I realized my life is a road trip.
it is all about the journey.
When I was younger,
it was all about the destination.
Now I shift gears
emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
The journey of life I am on
leaves me with more than photographs and memories.
It has bought me to memories I needed to revisit,
to places that feel like home,
and to places that light up my senses
This road trip has reminded me
to unplug and embrace life.
it is teaching me to
embrace the detours
and learn something new
To tune in to what surrounds me
and the sensations which arise within me.
To always remember
I may find myself on a new path,
but I will never get lost,
I have my GPS
which lovingly reminds me to recalculate
in a voice from my GPS
also known as God’s Protection System.
Then I hear the reminder,
buckle up,
time for another road trip.

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My Brain is Like

My Brain is Like

What is your brain like, she asked.
My friends described it as organized,
creative, focused, challenging, diverse and caring,
used and useful,
and like a pasta maker,
because it takes life, moments and experiences
and makes something fresh, new and tasty
and a poetic purple pipeline.
My initial thought was sushi
because it looks similar to others
but inside you see the beauty and artistry
of how all ingredients come together
Ultimately, I realized my brain is like a tree of life.
It’s about creating connections and interconnections
between all living things,
and between the Ultimate and humanity.
It’s about my personal growth, wisdom and stability
and helping others in their journey.
it’s about an ongoing journey of self discovery
and spiritual evolution.
It’s about being fully present,
allowing my roots to get stronger,
for my leaves and the fruit I bear
to make a difference
in my life and
in the legacy I leave behind.
It is for all these reasons,
my brain is like the tree of life.

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It’s Not for Everyone

It’s Not for Everyone

I was reading about this sandwich,
made with peanut butter, pickles and sriracha,
and the person said, this isn’t for everyone.
I laughed and then I cried,
not about the sandwich,
but because the one who used to say that to me
was my father,
who would have been 99 today
May 1, 2026.
He would eat these strange things and say
it’s not for everyone.
He would tell me this story,
about adopting me
and how I was not for everyone,
I was for him and my mom.
He would tell me that is why they picked me,
I wasn't right for anyone else,
I was right for them.
Others might have seen me like that sandwich,
but to my parents,
I was what their hearts were hungry for
and they could appreciate and love me
just as I am, my own blend of humanity.
He’s been gone for 21 years now,
and I still remember talking with him about
his future and ultimately his funeral.
We would tell me how he didn’t understand
why my mother loved him so much,
he wasn’t the best person and wasn’t for everyone,
but for my mom,
he was what she needed.
He asked me to tell people he was the shit
and not a good person for part of his life,
but then he was.
He was like that sandwich,
a strange combination, but amazing.
The truth is each of us is a crazy combination
and we are not right for everyone.
When it came to me,
my burly father was the right one
He was the one who would let me be me
He would let me paint his nails one day
and the next day be a tomboy
He was the one who would make sure no one hurt me
and then fight for my right to take auto shop.
He taught me that strange combinations
like peanut butter, pickles and sriracha
are not right for everyone,
but if they were right for me,
they were right.
He taught me to always be who I was created to be
to enjoy my life and my loves,
always remembering
they did not need to be right for everyone,
they just needed to be right for me.
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Big Magic

Big Magic

Whenever I get stuck or scared,
I cuddle up and listen to the start
of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic,
not because of her,
but because she reintroduces me to
Jack Gilbert
who asked a student,
and indirectly me,
do you have the courage to write your story.
It reminds me to have the courage.
It reminds me that my writing
is my success,
it is not the awards or the name recognition,
but the courage to be authentic,
and to write the meditations of my heart
and in doing so I experience it,
what Gilbert called
the big magic

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Spiritual Farming

Spiritual Farming

Do you ever think about where your food comes from?
I do.
I not only think about where
but those involved in its growth
and those who pay attention to it
nurture it,
harvest it,
and deliver it to me
so I can use it to nurture
those I love.
All this is true of the physical foods
which enter my life,
but what about the food I am personally growing?
Not the plants in the garden I do not have,
but the seeds I plant in myself.
The seeds of intentional personal and spiritual growth
which come to me through contemplation,
patience,
and kindness.
I cannot harvest,
what I do not prepare for and sow.
I plant within me
and then like a farmer,
I tend to myself in ways that are nurturing,
weeding out the negativity,
and nurturing myself with
all I need to grow
and patience for that growth to occur.
ultimately, I begin the harvest,
as I am able to fill myself with the very crops
I have planted and nurtured.
My current crops are
love,
joy,
peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness, and
faithfulness.
What are you growing?

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I Feel You

I Feel You

They love the bouncy ones,
the ones who wag their tales or meow
and act like they are so ready to go home with them.
Those are the ones who get adopted first, they said.
The others,
the ones who are tired of being rejected,
the ones who are grieving,
the ones who have given up hope,
the ones who feel like they are just not good enough,
the ones who desperately need to be loved,
those are the ones who just lay there tired and beat up.
To those whose silent cries I hear screaming,
please love me,
please feel me,
please just sit and hold me,
please help me heal.
Please know I feel you,
and I know you want a forever home,
and someone who will love you unconditionally
and be gentle, patient and kind.
I know I am not the one who hurt you,
but I am sorry for all you have been through.
I know it is not the same,
but I do understand
and I want you to know you are enough.
The one who can look at you
and feel you,
whether it is me or the one who gets to you before me,
will know how to sit with you
and together you will bring each other
love, grace, and understanding.
Together, you will learn to feel each other
and love each other
and remember how good it feels to be loved,
unconditionally loved.

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The E Words

It’s Easter this Sunday,
but to be honest,
all I have been able to think about
is the total eclipse of the sun.
So I sit here and reflect on the E words – easter and eclipse.
they are the markers of a cycle
that seems unrelated, but
they are about darkness and light.
they are about despair and hope,
they are about the triumph of light
over the temporary darkness which comes with the Eclipse.
Eclipses, albeit infrequent, come and go
and it is in the midst of the darkness
that we can prepare for its return.
in the midst of the death and the darkness
we prepare for the return of the light.
We die
just to be reborn.
We do this all the time,
our cells die and are regenerated.
parts of us die, only to come back transformed.
Eclipses are a time for change.
we so often underestimate the power
of what happens in the dark.
But it is our time in the darkness of the womb
that we prepare to be reborn
and walk in the light
Eclipses enable us to go through
and then with a quantum leap
move to a higher place in our journey.
It is not the e words themselves
which is so important.
It is about yet one more word
evolve,
because in the midst of all the e words
if we are not evolving,
then we are revolving.
so let us evolve
as we move through all the eclipses in our lives
the cycles of the Easter season
and the journey we call life.

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The Bird Feeder

The Bird Feeder

It hangs from our tree
moving with the wind
and the weight of the birds
It is more then what it seems,
it is one of the ways we reach out,
it is how we show compassion,
mindfulness,
and our connection with nature.
It is not about us,
but about the birds
and recognizing them
and the gifts they give us
and the gifts they give the universe.
So we offer thanks
for their songs
and visits
and the messages they bring us.
We keep it filled
just as the Ultimate
keeps us filled.
We show compassion to them
as we would have others
show compassion to us.
It is not just a bird cage
It is what keeps us humble
and reminds us to feed others.

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The World

The World

I read this Sufi teaching once about the world.
If you put the world between you and God,
the world becomes a spiritual obstacle;
if you use the world to remember God,
the world becomes your spiritual friend.
Today, as I go through this crisis,
I am witnessing that the world is my friend.
The world is surrounding me with those who
are surrounding me with love,
encouraging me to stay strong,
offering assistance,
holding me in prayer,
telling me I will make it through,
teaching me to accept all the love
that the world has for me.
I am so much better at giving
then receiving,
but right now the world
is teaching me to humble myself
and allow the world to give to me
as I have given to others.

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Every Moment is an End

Every Moment is an End

“The world is coming to an end”
“The apocalypse is coming.”
I keep hearing about the end coming,
and the destruction of all we know.
For me, each moment of my life,
is an opportunity for the apocalypse.
It happens every time a divine truth is unveiled to me.
It happens every time
my consciousness is transformed.
it happens within me
every time the workings of the world
wake something up within me spiritually.
It happens every moment
I go through a cathartic change.
It happens every time I stop easing God out
and begin easing God back into my life.
Apocalypse is not something we are waiting to happen,
but something we can practice.
We practice using life’s challenges
as a moment for spiritual cleansing.?
We practice cutting through life’s distractions
to find clarity.
We practice building community
in the times we are hurting.
We practice being the transformation
that happens when we see the opportunity
and live the apocalyptic moment
in each moment of our being.

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Like an Elephant

Like an Elephant
Spring flowers,
Rain Showers
Bunnies,
Robins, and
Butterflies
are some of the things we tend to think about
when we think spring.
Spring, at least this year for me,
is reminding to move forward
with strength and calmness.
To move forward
in a way that is creating a path
for growth, stability and joy.
This spring I am moving forward
like an elephant
using my spiritual and physical size
to radiate and share my spiritual energy with others.
I am moving forward
with the qualities of my inner elephant
showing empathy,
celebrating and creating community,
showing compassion to and for others.
I am moving forward
to address all the elephants in the room
with the courage of the elephant within me.
I am facing the uncomfortable and the obstacles
with the courage which runs internally.
I am moving forward
with the peace I gain from
breathing like an elephant.
Doing so gives me steadiness,
patience,
and strength.
I move forward this spring
with all of the qualities of the elephant
which speaks to me and through me,
removing all obstacles
and springing forth in renewal and rejuvenation.

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It’s All About the Journey

It’s All About the Journey
For those of you who want to travel
and discover the hidden treasures within.
For those of you who want to grow and evolve.
For those of you who want to develop a spiritual intimacy with your Higher Power.
For those of you who are about process versus product.
For those of you are seeking to ease your Higher Power back in, instead of easing your Higher Power out.
For those of you who value peace, love and joy.
For those of you who are about letting the past go and living in this moment.
For those of you who practice meditation and mindfulness
For those of you who know there are somethings that are just for you.
For all of you, know this
it’s all about the journey,
not about my journey,
but yours.

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Outside the Box

Outside the Box

You don’t seem like a Reverend,
one of my students said.
Why?  Why do you think that?
Hey, that’s a Socratic question,
he laughed.
The reality is that for me
life is too short
to live within traditional structures.
I seek the freedom of focusing on my relationship
with my Higher Power,
the one I call the Ultimate and who is
greater then any single denomination or school of thought.
My ability to grow and evolve
requires me to spend more time
focusing on my personal relationship
working on my spiritual growth,
spiritual liberation, and
freedom.
Living outside the box has
provided me with freedom
and the space to develop a deeper connection
to the one who has set me free.
spirituality is about
experience over doctrine.
it is about fluidity and evolution,
about inclusivity and
listening to the still small voice
which has guided me outside the box
and led me to the silence
which speaks to and through my heart.

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Once I was

Once I was

Once I was
listening to Lucas Graham sing
once I was 7 years old
and it made me think about
my own life and
how the Ultimate has shown up in my life
and the lessons I have been taught
and the wisdom I have been given.
because it is all about the journey.
Once I was being born
and things did not go well
and I almost died
while the woman I never knew
was birthing me,
but the Ultimate kept me here
for reasons unknown at that time.
Once I was 3 years old,
and I met my spirit guide
who all my life has come to me
removed obstacles from my life
and opened up doors
creating new opportunities.
Once I was 19 years old
and my Bubby took me for a walk
where she taught me how
to hear the Ultimate in silence
and I have been listening ever since.
Once I was 49 years old
and I was ordained as a Reverend
but quickly learned I was meant
to minister to the world
to a Higher Power who is
greater then any denomination
or school of thought
Soon, I will be 70 years old
and I am in a peace
the Ultimate has been
guiding to all my life.
Once I was 7 years old
and now I am almost 70
and the Ultimate has always been with me
introducing me to
Ganesha,
Buddha,
Jesus,
Sophia,
and the energy of
all sent to teach and guide me.
Once I was 7 years old,
and I am still learning,
meeting,
teaching,
growing,
and evolving,
until it is time for me to return
to the energy that sent me here.
Once I was.

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Our Journey

Our Journey
What are you trying to do with your poems?
Should be a simple question,
but its not.
I am clear and unclear
of what it is I am trying to do.
What I do know is this,
I write from my heart,
I write because for me,
it is all about the journey,
not just mine,
but ours.
It’s about equifinality.
We may be on different paths,
but you are with me on a journey
to evolve and grow and
develop a deeper relationship
with our Higher Power,
however you define it.
It’s about life,
the ups and downs,
the moments of grief and joy,
of anger and celebration,
of birth and death
and everything else we experience.
it’s about keeping it simple,
relatable,
honest,
reflective,
inspiring,
challenging,
and vibrational.
I try to be of service,
to allow the Ultimate to use me,
to write into being
what is needed at that moment
and will assist us in our journey’s.
What that is,
may not be clear,
but what I do know,
is that we are on it together,
you, me, and whoever else is joining us.

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January

January

I look out the window,
the snow continuing to fall,
staring at a blanket of whiteness,
and while I feel the cold
I also see freshness.
There is a sense of newness,
of all that is coming,
or renewal,
of opportunities,
of the universe inviting me
to share with it and others
my intentions,
my resolutions,
all that I seek to transform in my life.
It is the beginning of my journey
and creation of new things,
like the new project at work,
Inspiritual attracting those in need,
my collection of poems being published,
opportunities to be of service to others,
of my health improving,
of my body getting fitter,
of relationships being repaired
of working to raise the vibrational frequency
of this world, or at least my part of it.
It is about parts of me transforming
and parts of me being born.
it is about watching me grow each day,
mentally,
emotionally,
and spiritually.
It is a time for me to sit in the sun
that shines on to the snow
and not want to rush the process,
but be open and welcoming
of all that January has to offer
and bring and how it keeps the dreams alive.

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