Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™

Autumn is one of my favorite seasons; the beauty in change is so evident, and as the trees release their leaves, blanketing the ground with color, I am always reminded of the importance of letting go. Continue Reading »

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The mountain air filled my lungs with each breath as I walked the upward, sloping path dotted with wildflowers. Directed in the quiet of meditation, I watched the scene unfold as I approached the plateau where I was to meet myself.

Tears had burned my face for months; there was a ceaseless sense of emptiness, loneliness, and a profound sense of despair. I had experienced many challenges, but nothing as all-encompassing as this darkness that pervaded my being; I had never felt so utterly disillusioned and lost. It seemed that everywhere I turned and everywhere that I once found even the slightest sense of solace in the past, I found a door slamming against my battered being instead.

“Why don’t you try looking within?” A friend suggested kindly, probably exhausted by my incessant moans. At first, I didn’t think this would offer any real solution, but I knew one thing was sure, I had tried everything I knew throughout my life thus far, and the many efforts had led me to where I was…to this emptiness. At least going inward was something that I had not yet attempted. “What do I have to lose?” I reasoned inwardly. Continue Reading »

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. Continue Reading »

I’m going to deep dive a little here this morning. If this makes zero sense to you, that’s okay. Don’t try to force it, but if you feel moved, just sit with it.

One of the hardest things, or rather, one of the strangest things that happens as we evolve spiritually, is that we begin to see problems as opportunities. I don’t mean this as some sort of platitude, but literally and sincerely.

It can sometimes take a minute for me to see this when problems arise, but then it’s like something flips inside, and I see things from what seems like a completely opposite perspective. It’s like a little click takes place within that clears the clouds away. What I see then is always unexpected, fresh, and new. The unknown becomes known.

These things we call problems are like false concepts that bubble to the surface of the movie called our lives for only one purpose–to be healed. They suggest something that isn’t true, but that seems very true. Just like it looks like the world is flat, that the trees die in the winter, and the many other suggestions in the world appear to be true but aren’t.

The truth is always that we are one and are indescribably beautiful and innocent in this shared oneness, however much it might appear otherwise. These “problems” that would always suggest that this is not the truth are opportunities because they would show us where we have denied this eternal beauty in ourselves and others, and now have another opportunity to choose again.

Don’t worry about how to do this. In fact, the more we can become comfortable with the idea that we don’t need to know how, the more clear it all becomes.

It can certainly look like some people are anything but a blessing. When I am willing to open myself up to the idea that everything is a blessing in some way, I find my greatest challenges often transform into the greatest blessings.
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A long time ago, I read a story about a man who was miserable and knew he needed to make a change. He decided to look for something good in everyone he met. That morning a man walked into his business who had clearly not bathed in quite some time. The businessman struggled to find something good in him but noticed his shoelaces were beautifully and perfectly tied. He talked with the man while focusing on his shoelaces. Continue Reading »

Our pup friends are such wonderful teachers. We can really learn a lot from them about how to treat one another.

Could you imagine if we greeted one another as our dogs do? With such joy and appreciation? It doesn’t matter if we leave for five minutes or for hours, our pups greet us like they haven’t seen us in years. (I don’t think I can wiggle my booty like they do though. Wink.)

I’ve wanted to paint a fried egg for a while now. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.