Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

It’s okay to set the past down. When we do this, it always looks different than we expected because all expectations are based on past learning. It’s infinitely better than anything the past has taught us or that we’ve outlined in our plans! Don’t worry; you will have everything you need and more.

When we truly lay down the past, we are stepping into the unknown, and that can be a little scary, but what we find is never frightening; it’s here that we find everything we’ve been searching for. You don’t need anything from the past, and there’s no need to lay down a future plan for protection either.

We don’t lose anything by doing this, however much it can seem like we will. It’s here that we find Everything.

Here’s a little exercise I did many years ago that helped me release the past in some measure: Close your eyes and imagine that you are standing before a gentle and all-loving light. Next to you is your “past pile” with all your burdens and hopes. Include all those you feel like you need to care for and make safe in your pile.

One by one, bring each thing or person to the outstretched arms of this light, waiting to receive your gifts and say something like this: “Please take this. You can take care of this much better than I can. It was never my job to carry these things. I trust you with them now.”

When I carried all those I dearly love and placed them in the arms of this light, I felt like I was washed from the inside.

Just so you know, this could be a two-tissue-box exercise.