Be encouraged.
Later today, will be hard. At least, I anticipate so. Am going to get back on the horse and attempt my chili. First pot since my dear friend passed away…*sigh*. Figure it’s time to get back on the horse and get back after it.
I wonder, if the smells will be satisfying, still. I wonder, if the anticipation will be as satisfying, still. I wonder, if the taste will be as satisfying, still. That, I don’t yet know. Yet, I shall make the damned chill, still.
STILL.
Life is a have to. A must. A we gotsa do it. We can’t allow a tough happening, an awful happening, an impossible happening, to happen to us in such a way that we no longer allow Life, or God, or ourselves to happen. We have to continue. beloveds, to keep on happening. No matter what. No matter why.
In times past, when going through tough times, I would wait until the time passed before writing about them. I went through the hell, gathered the nuggets, stored them up, dispensed them when said hell was well past.
Life is short. I think it important, needed, to share these nuggets, whilst in the midst of the hard, in the middle of the hell, in the center of ground zero. So, folks can see it is more than possible to be victorious in the midst of certain and inevitable defeat.
Ha!
Stand up, beloveds. Stand!
I know it’s hard. It is. Hard understands your frustration, your anger, your pissed offness that she is around. Hard understands, full well, you think it strange, think it not fair, that you have been selected for her visit this go around. Hard is only here, beloveds, for your good. In the end, you will thank her. She shall show YOU just how truly amazing you are. You don’t yet believe this. Secretly, won’t you admit, you have wondered if you have the fortitude, the got what it takes, to do and be what it takes.
You got this.
Be encouraged.
Take one step.
Then, another.
Then, another.
Until:
The chili, gets made.
The dishwasher, gets loaded.
The trash, gets taken out.
I have no idea how the chili will taste. Just know I will smile whilst making it. The smells will be a sweet savor of TRY being lifted to the heavens. In, triumph. In, hope. In, thanksgiving.
Whatever state you find yourself in, be okay with that state. Embrace who you are, right now. Not after some phantom goal is reached. Look at you and all you have accomplished! Be encouraged. You are exactly where you were meant to be, right now. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Take care of you, today, would you please and thanks?
Think I shall have a second cup. Who shall join me?
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
- COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️🩹
- BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
- Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
- Still In Love
- REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢
Why Can't I Be Loud?! 
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I hope the chili will be good. xo
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Your chili will be awesome! It may taste the same as before, it may taste slightly different. It will be your chili, the one you can do today. You will have changed, developed, grown through the hard times – that’s usually when we grow the most. Enjoy your meal. Just think of this: on the other side of the pond, there are people eating haggis. What would you rather have?
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True! The one I can do today. I like that. Will hold onto these words today. Not sure why I am missing mom so today….
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Grief never needs a reason. Grief just is. It’s a part of you, makes you YOU. But you still need to eat and, hey, a good chili is never to be sniffed at.
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