Month: December 2023

System issues: Decide.

I was NOT a victim, today.

Why?

I decided not to be!

I was NOT defeated, today.

Why?

I decided not to be!

I was NOT discouraged.

Why?

I decided not to be!

I was content, today.

Why?

Why, I decided to be!

content,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Today was a tough day. Yet, super fun/joyful. Why? I decided I was NOT going to allow these continued system issues to get all up in MY system/heart! I was NOT going to spend my day lamenting and carrying on. I carried on, with my day. I laughed. I worked. I loved. I grew. I forgave my earlier frustration.

Life is short, beloveds. Decide. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep going. It will be worth it.

Keep going. It will be worth it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1YA_fhu2HX/?igsh=MXgwbXcwd2RjOXBj

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Fear, you do NOT run me.

Fear, you do NOT:

Run, me.

Own, me.

Scare, me.

I will NOT:

Quit.

Stop.

Worry.

I SHALL:

Persevere.

Stand.

Thrive.

Any more dumb questions from you, fear?

Good!

Get the hell out of here.

waiting patiently,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t let your doubts and fears intimidate you. Age keeps hollering at me that I am toooooo oooooooold. Told age to kick rocks. Finances telling me disssaaassssterr is here. I told finances to shut up and take TWO seats, one being for inflation and the other for recession!😳🤣

Rejoice, beloveds. Straight through the hard. Laugh. Straight through the terrifying. Love. Through it all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Be encouraged: System issues.

System issues.

SYSTEM ISSUES!

If I hear ‘ system issues’ again, I may scream.

Ack!

Am currently engaged with our tech department in a interminable fight to get A WORKING SYSTEM!

Ack!

This is but an annoying reminder that life can be as maddening as my system issue.

It’s important to hang in there, beloveds, when all you have tried just does not want to cooperate.

Don’t fret about things you can do nothing with. It may be beyond your efforts. Just keep doing you and let others do the rest.

Keep reaching out for what you need.

Keep pounding on your dream’s 🚪 door! You don’t know who or what is on the other side.

Keep wading through all the nos to get to your yes!

Keep looking up.

Keep moving forward. If you get knocked back two steps, keep moving forward!

System issues.

Ack!

moving forward,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I found myself with two choices: I could give in to my feels and have a good cry. Or, I could do some blogging and have a good cry…*sniff*

Be encouraged. These are but system issues that WILL pass. Don’t ever give yourself permission to give up on you. We got thangs to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Hijinks for/by Moumita.

Beloveds, do NOT blame me for what is fixing to commence, in the coming days!

Yep, Moumita threw the hijinks flag! How could I NOT respond!…hehehe.

To be continued…

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*Cassandra slips between the…and…*

GET THEM ALL!!!!

*The Universe, Cassandra and whomever silly enough to join in, hurls water 🎈 balloons at every sight and movement*…😂

Be encouraged, beloveds. Life IS worth living. Even the hard parts. Yesterday was the first Christmas that was not about the morning mom passed away.

I have missed mom EVERY second of EVERY day since she passed Christmas Day 2016. I never thought I would laugh again. Or, feel again. Or, want to dream again. Or, love again.

Ah, beloveds, keep going. Keep growing. It hurts to not be where we hoped. It hurts to not have th love we have longed for. It hurts to not know how. Go anyway. Grow anyway. We got thangs to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Stop allowing your feels to run your life.

I told my feels to shut up this morning.

They wanted to carry on about how hard the year had been. I told my feels to shut up.

In the past I would have agreed with my feels. I would have given them license to act all kinds of fool.

Life is much too short for that now. It’s a big waste of time. I told lazy to get out of bed and make the coffee. I told seals to clear out the dishwasher. I told me to make breakfast.

Life is so short. Live your life. Do the things you are too afraid to do. Reach out to the folk you’re afraid to reach out to. Stop allowing fear and doubt to run your life.

I still feel fear from time to time. When I am dumb enough to listen to doubt. That said, I tell doubt and fear to get out of here!

I am so thankful that I have a couple of friends who refuse to give me pillows when life is being super hard. I had to learn to suck it up and get on with living. No matter what is going on in my life. I am thankful for those tough lessons. I pass these lessons on to you.

Be encouraged, beloveds. I tell you everyday that you are love did not alone. Why? Because you need to hear it. I need to hear it.

Stop being so hard on yourself. You are doing the best you can. Your best seems to not be enough right now. That’s okay. Keep trying. All you can do is try.

You are much more than your efforts. You are much more than what you do in what you have. Your life is priceless. This is why I call you beloved. Because you are!

I am confident now because I know I am loved. God loves me. This knowledge feels me with so much joy every time I think about it!

I wish more people knew how important they were. How loved they were. I shall keep telling them for the rest of my days.

Be encouraged. Love somebody. Starting with you. I love you and care about your life. Let me hear from you. I pray this blog grows by a million so I can tell them as well.

Your life is just getting started. It is. Believe that. Believe in yourself.

Forgive yourself. If you are not where you want to be that’s ok. Keep moving forward. If you have done some dumb things that’s okay. Forgive yourself and keep moving forward.

Listen to your heart. Don’t be afraid to hear what it has to say to you. You are not a disappointment. You are not an inconvenience. You’re not a burden. You are not an obstacle to be overcome. You are not a failure. You are not a disaster.

Take care of your heart for me. Asking for A Friend.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL.

Let My People Go!

God/Life/The Universe are tired. They are sooooooooooooooooooooo tired, of folk using Them, to have/get their way. They are desperately tired, of folks using Them, as strings, to get folk to believe this, do this, stop doing that, remain doing the other.

Too often, we, in attempts to have love, try and tie others down to our ways of thinking, having, being and doing. We strangle them, strangle ourselves, with expectations few, if any, can meet. It’s time, way past time, for us to let folk, off the hook.

Starting with us! We expect so much more of us than we could ever produce. We are NOT Superman/Superwoman. We are NOT able to leap tall buildings, in a single bound. We can, however, use the elevator!

Let folk go. Let them live THEIR lives. Live YOUR life.

Turn folk loose from unrealistic expectations. We are owed nothing.

Yes, it’s nice when folks CHOOSE to love us. They don’t have to. We don’t own them.

All we can do is what we can. Simple as that.

Untangle from all that keeps you bound. You got thangs to do.

As do I. Let’s go!

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Take time for you.

This has been a gorgeous day. I have spent it alone. Yet not. Mom is with me in spirit.

I have taken the time to rest. It’s important to take the time for sales. It’s important to take the time for ourselves.

I hope you have taken some time for you this weekend.

We have one more week to prepare for the coming year.

Enjoy the week. Look forward to great things for you. Let goes all the things that happen this year. Those things have passed.

Take time for you. Don’t worry about goals. Don’t worry about what may or may not happen. Don’t worry.

Take time for you. Remember your why. Be your why. Don’t waste another moment worrying about who will receive your why.

Take time for you. Keep repeating your message to The Universe and the world around you. Keep asking until you get an answer.

Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with me this year, beloveds. I’m looking forward to another year of hijinks!

Let’s keep keening about ourselves in the world around us. Let’s keep loving one another. Let’s keep trying. Let’s remain hopeful.

You are making a difference in the lives of those around you. Keep on being you. You are an amazing person. You are loved and you are not alone.

taking the time,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Being my why.

I encourage.

It’s what I do.

It’s my why.

Why?

Beats me. Have always felt this way.

Now, I choose to spend my days BEING my why. I am no longer concerned with my try or with folks receiving me and my why.

Life is short. I wish someone had told me sooner. Am sure someone did.

My goal is to find the way to monetize my try so I can encourage a billion folk. In the meantime, I will encourage and love as many folks as my words can reach.

Ah, beloveds, you are:

Loved.

Nuff said.

being my why,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be your why. Why? The world needs you. YOU need you. Be encouraged, beloveds. I used to feel like an outsider. No longer. I used to wonder if I could. I know I can. I KNOW I can. I WILL.

Be your why. You are loved and not alone.

Ask: Tater tots for breakfast.

I wanted tater tots.

Nothing else.

Just tater tots.

For breakfast.

How odd.

I decided.

To be odd.

I made tater tots, for breakfast.

I have a dream.

I asked The Universe to help me.

I asked God to help me.

I asked Life to help me.

What does tater tots have to do with asking? Nothing.

Why did I mention tater tots?

I wanted some for breakfast.

lol.

Okay. Okay. Just shedding a bit of humor this morning. Things have NOT been funny lately.

Things have been terribly hard. Super hard. Hard enough where I wanted to quit my job. Not so much the job. Just the HARD of the job. Was just tired.

Now, I am still tired but resolute. Life is short. I will keep asking. I will keep trying. I will keep encouraging. I will keep waiting.

Christmas is tomorrow. Maybe, just maybe, The Universe will gift me with my dreams.

asking A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep asking. Keep moving forward. You are loved and you are not alone.