Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

Your beautiful colors cannot be erased, no matter what. No. Matter. What. And sometimes, we see them more clearly when we break open.

When I posted this before, someone commented that they didn’t understand “my obsession with breaking.” I write about breaking fairly often because it’s usually when we break that our greatest opportunity for spiritual growth is at hand. As long as things are “good,” we are generally content with the status quo and usually don’t look any deeper. It’s usually only when we are brought to our knees with some challenge that we become motivated and willing to deep dive, and this is where we find real and lasting purpose, joy, and happiness.

Breaking isn’t bad; however much it can feel like crap, it’s often the beginning of real spiritual growth and the opportunity to truly blossom.

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I need this today. I’ve been in the midst of the craziest, most challenging move (to Napa Valley) I’ve ever experienced. I’m taking my first real rest day today, and I’m not sure I remember how to do that. Gasp!

Rest. Lay down your struggles and rest. If only for a moment. You are loved and cared for beyond comprehension. Right here. Right now. No matter what it might look like, this is still the only truth. Rest.

Your heart is always singing this song to you and only wants you to hear its sweet melody. It will never stop singing to you. Nothing you can do or ever have done could change this.

How do you rest your mind? There are many, many ways to do this, but one way is this: (more…)

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“Why am I here?” I asked inwardly. I had been living in a deep spiritual state for quite some time when every door closed, and I had the choice between living on the street or staying with my dad.

Dad and I had a long history of hostility. We were left with him after Mom passed; he had a lot of demons and was an abusive alcoholic. I saw him through kinder and gentler eyes after I began having profound spiritual experiences, but I still didn’t want to live with him. God had other plans. (more…)

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Deep down, most of us believe that if we look within, we will find the truth about ourselves, which will be too terrible to behold. Furthermore, we often feel that to think this of ourselves is humility.

On the contrary, what we find when we plunge into the inner depths is incomprehensibly beautiful. It’s not arrogance that sees this; we had nothing to do with the beauty that we are. It’s not something we fashioned ourselves; we had nothing to do with it. It’s what we were created to be…and forgot. (more…)

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Gratitude is like magic; it opens our eyes to see the beauty all around us. The beauty is always there, but we are often too busy in our heads and our stories to notice.

Sometimes it takes work, determination, and vigilance to see past these stories to the beauty, but that doesn’t mean it’s not always there. It’s rather like the sun that is always shining beyond the clouds and behind every storm.

In some of my darkest times, I found that expressing gratitude could lift me past those clouds. I would express gratitude for anything I could think of–my shoelaces, the leaves on the trees, the blue sky, the flicker of a candle, the way the light reflects on a piece of metal.

I would do this until my tears of pain changed to tears of joy, whether it took a few minutes or an hour. No situation or circumstance is beyond the power of gratitude.

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If anyone is looking for me today, you know where to find me. My little merpup and I will be deep-diving to where the sounds and sights are quiet. I highly recommend it.

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