Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

It always seems like we need to get something “out there” to make us happy. Someone or something needs to change or is withholding something from us. However, this places us at the mercy of the “out there” and can lead to frustration and a deep sense of powerlessness.

The good news is that we actually experience what we give out, however much it might seem otherwise, and we are not at the mercy of anything. I can always choose to see through more loving eyes. Nobody and nothing can stop me from doing this. I can always choose to forgive. I can always choose to be grateful, and as I choose these things, I will see more love, kindness, and forgiveness shining back at me because I gave it.

But as I always say, don’t take my word for it. Take it into the laboratory of your own life and find out for yourself.

Try this simple exercise: Sit quietly with your eyes closed and allow someone to come to mind. While imagining this person, begin offering her or him everything that you want to experience.

May you have a deep sense of peace.
May you know you are always cared for and never alone.
May you feel love fill your heart and see it shining back at you in everything.
Offer this person everything you want to experience.

Then think of someone who annoys you and do the same thing. Eventually, try to work up to those you actively resent or you believe have done you wrong.

Let your own experience teach you that you can never lose by giving and that what you give, you are giving to yourself.