Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

I have gotten stuck in how I think things should have been and how they shouldn’t. Many of us have ideas of how life is supposed to look and how people in various roles in our lives should act, but I’ve found that this often leads to deep disappointment and despair.
I can’t do anything about what happened in the past, and try as I might at times, I certainly can’t control what others do or don’t do. When I’ve done this, I not only feel deeply frustrated, but I give all my power away to people and circumstances, which can be a very frightening place to live.

What I can do is acknowledge what happened and the disappointment I might feel, then set it aside the best I can in any given moment, and look straight at what is happening now…today. Today may not look pretty, but now I am in a position to look for the opportunities, lessons, and gifts that today is presenting to me. I can begin to ask what I need to see and do today that will bring about any changes necessary so that tomorrow isn’t just a repeat of the past but is fresh and new.

The best thing about this is that I don’t have to know what to do; I just need to begin to ask the question and then listen and watch. (If I already knew what to do, it would be something I learned in the past and therefore not new and fresh.)

There is a wisdom that lives in each of us that knows the very best way to go, what we need to learn, and wants to show us, but when our minds are so clouded with ideas of what we think is best, the light can’t break through.