Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

I was determined to find something to assuage the pain and emptiness deep within and left no stone unturned. I would get an idea of where I could find this ever-elusive happiness, put on my bullhorns and forge ahead with everything I had. One day I began to see a pattern: I saw that I would start down a new path with hope, feeling exhilarated with the hope that this time, I might find some sense of fulfillment. Invariably, at some point, they all became like sand in my hand, ending in disappointment and despair.



Since they all seemed to end the same way, I decided that rather than set my sights on yet another goal or another path, maybe the best thing to do was nothing.



I didn’t know that this was the best decision I would ever make. I had no idea what I was doing, and this was not an easy thing to do by any means, but soon after this, I began to look inward and discovered that everything I had been searching for had always been inside me. I had just assumed it was out there somewhere. I discovered that hope is justified; I had just been looking in the wrong place. 



The solution is never a new this or a different that. It is found in the determination to see the beauty right where we are at. Sometimes this isn’t readily apparent, and we have to dig pretty deep to find it, but it is always present…right here…right now.



I realized that I would never be happy where I was going until I was happy wherever I was at. That happiness is not a future destination but is available every moment if I am determined to let it show itself to me. I discovered it’s not about making something happen but letting what is already present, albeit perhaps not readily apparent, be revealed.

Don’t be too concerned if you find you can’t do this all the time; we get all the opportunities we need.