Month: February 2024

Keep singing in the rain.

Keep singing, beloveds.

In the rain.

Dance in the puddles.

Splash dirty rain all over your bestest clothes.

Laugh.

Splash again.

Rejoice.

Re-engage.

Then, get back in the fight.

The rain is watering your harvest!

Yes, you may add your tears to the rain.

Just don’t quit.

Just don’t lose heart.

Just don’t walk away from your faith.

You got this.

You CAN.

You WILL.

As will I.

be encouraged.

Cassandra

Note: Be encouraged. Am telling you this as I am telling me. Had some hard things happen today. Things I could do absolutely nothing about. Things that directly impact my job.

I refused to allow what I see to affect what I KNOW:

I am loved. I am not alone. God loves me and cares deeply for my life. God fights for me. The Universe cheers for me. My try IS changing things. It’s changing ME.

Keep going. Tell hard ha and keep it moving…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep stacking the days. Building 🏢 YOUR legacy.

Keep sticking the days, beloveds.

You are building 🏢 YOUR legacy.

Don’t worry about how long it’s taking.

Don’t concern yourself about what others think it looks like.

Don’t sweat about what God and Life will do with your legacy.

Just keep building.

Keep trying.

Don’t worry about the outcome.

Embrace the hard.

Laugh at your mistakes. Make as many mistakes as you can.

Cut yourself some slack.

Take time to rest.

Take time to celebrate small victories.

Take time to understand when you hurt over your defeats.

Be sure to take love ones on your journey.

Make new friends.

Reconcile with old enemies.

Remember life is short.

Above all else, beloveds, keep holding yourself accountable.

You can do this thing called life. Everything you need is already inside you.

Let’s go! We have things to do.

doing things,

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:  Okay, so you are supposed to be doing things, remember. Get going. I love you. Love someone. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I love you. ♥️

I love you. ♥️

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

🗒: I find myself puttering around at almost 2 am. Why?:

I miss mom.

I miss dad.

I miss a me that is not so tired.

I miss me at 30. Where did all the years go!😳

I miss not having to worry about bills.

I miss where I am from. I have been away from home base for more than 20 years now. Wow. Where has all the time gone?

Anywho, the night woke me and reminded me to tell you:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t tell, okay?

I don’t know if I can, beloveds.

Don’t tell, okay?

I don’t know if I ever will.

Don’t tell, okay?

My want to does not want to.

Don’t tell, okay?

I’m afraid I won’t always overcome my fears.

Don’t tell, okay?

I don’t know if the love I seek will ever find my heart.

Don’t tell, okay?

I don’t know if I will ever get to my beloved ocean.

Don’t tell, okay?

I wonder if not many days will show up for me.

Don’t tell, okay?

Me: I don’t know if You will. Don’t tell, okay?

God: Okay. That said, I will. Trust me, okay?

Me: K

Cassandra

Note: Sometimes alone is awfully loud. Don’t be afraid to let your alone be loud.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Tell lies to shut up.

I’m fat.

I’m old.

I can’t.

I don’t know how.

Nobody cares.

SHUT UP!!!!!

*Cassandra pops herself upside the head, grabs hold of some act right and moves on with her day”

Nuff said.

Cassandra

Note: I just stopped by to tell you to be encouraged, beloveds. Do NOT allow anything to tell you foolish things like you can’t and you won’t make your dreams come true.

Tell yourself to shut up, then keep it moving. We can? Why? Because we MUST. Nuff said. STOP listening to your foolishness when your act right wants to do nothing more than snack and hide from life.

Remember, it takes but ONE step. Just one. Then another. See!? You got this! As do I. In the meantime, stop being mean to yourself when you fall short. We fall more than we rise. The trick is to keep rising, as does the Phoenix. Look how magnificent your try is growing! Amazing! YOU are amazing. Whether you feel as though you are or not. Our feels lie to us. Be encouraged. As shall I. I love me some you. As does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Geeeeeez!

Geeeez!

God: You rang, beloved?

Me: What in all that is holy, begging Your Pardon, is all this hard doing on my plate today? Geeeeez!…*pout *

God: Why are you asking Me? You asked for your dreams to come true. There they are.

*Cassandra looked upon the mountain of hard with skepticism*

Me: I don’t see anything but hard.

God: Look closer, beloved.

Ah.

Aha!

*Cassandra scrambles off The Father Lap anxious to take on her hard.*

What was in the hard, you ask?

Hey! No cheating! Pick up your own ⛏ ax and get to it. 🔹

doing hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. Some fantastic things can be found in your geeeeeez!…lol.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I am discouraged. I fight on.

I am discouraged.

I fight on.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

Note: It’s important, imperative even, to acknowledge where you are. It is equally important to advise where you will NOT stay. I refuse to give up. I have drug sick and feels to work with me today. They are not happy. So what? Keep it moving.

If you are having a tough go, snatch hold of your feels and keep it moving. You have things to do. As do I. Let’s go. Don’t give up. Hard is teaching you many lessons. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Entitled to be lazy.

I find it ironic, beloveds.

Here I am getting things lined up so I can learn how to then post motivational videos and all kinds of well known folks are leaving YouTube in droves.

Over and over I keep hearing folk talk about being burnt out from ‘work’. Alas, their ‘dream job’ of creating content is now just a lot of work.

Who knew?

I was raised to work. And, to work hard and long. This last decade or so have heralded the value of making a living by NOT having to work hard, or not at all.

It seems folks just want to frolic on beaches whilst ‘influencing’ others to want to do the same. Everyone is told how idyllic the world can be IF you are:

Young enough.

Pretty enough.

Wealthy enough.

If you know the ‘right’ people.

If you have the ‘right’ job.

If you have the ‘right’ address.

If you are the ‘right’ skin color.

If you are/have the ‘right’ legacy.

The rest of us can, apparently, turn left, keep working hard and stay kicked to the curb.

Yikes.

Be encouraged, beloveds.

It’s up to YOU to accept whatever label folk will try and slap on you.

I don’t believe all young folk are lazy and entitled.

I don’t believe all older folk are hard working and level-headed.

I think we are all a combination of these things.

We are ALL lazy, at times.

We are ALL entitled feeling, at times.

we are ALL hard working, at times.

We are ALL level-headed, at times.

And, at ALL times, we are…human.

We are entitled to be lazy, beloveds. Yet, we must bear the cost of being lazy. Life is short. I choose to keep my act right acting right.

I choose to try even when I am tired and weary.

I choose to believe everything will be okay.

I choose to love.

I choose to laugh.

I choose to make the best of things.

I choose to encourage as many folks as I can wrap my arms and my heart around.

Be encouraged.

Keep on choosing you.

Keep on trying.

Take care.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an awesome rest of your day. This day was made for you. Embrace all that happens within it. This day is bringing out the best of you and showing you what things need to be tweaked, discarded and cherished.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Ah, Life. Why do you keep breaking my heart?

Ah, Life.

Ow!

Why do you keep breaking my heart?

Hey there, Life. Why won’t you open these doors for me?

Come on, Life. Why do you do the things you do?

Don’t you, care?

Why won’t you share, your bounty, with me?

What else must I do, Life?

What else must I give?

How else must I act before YOU will act for/with me?

I’m tired, Life. Not of you. But of all you have been putting me through.

Take hard with you, Life. And, bring me rest, in return.

Tell bounty to head my way. And, take lack and watch it burn.

Enough, Life, of all this hard. Give it a rest. Give me a break. Whew.

Okay, Life, I get it. I see what you are trying to do. You have been trying to get me to keep on keeping on. No matter what.

I shall try, Life. I love you. Still. Even though you keep breaking my heart. The ONLY thing I will allow to stay broken is

broken not beaten,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note Every since I made a full-fledged effort to super try and make my dream come true, in real time, all kinds of foolishness and folly have come screaming out of the woodwork.

Folk have either been trying to get in my pants, get in my pockets, or both!

I have been told, endlessly, all the 50 bajillion reasons why I shouldn’t, can’t, won’t, dear egads don’t waste my time, and 90 other messages that would cause one to dive in bed never to return.

The more I have pondered and research the more, at first, I wanted to change my mind and stay in my comfort zone.

In my coffin, er, comfort zone, beloveds, I KNOW my space. I KNOW how far I can go. I KNOW what to expect. Every day…*sigh*.

Too bad, my heart absolutely REFUSES to stay in check and hide. Life is just too short, my life says to me. EVERY day. ALL day.

Okay, heart, I shall keep trying. Broken and all. Diamonds are formed by pressure!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When life is not funny, laugh anyway.

I had to laugh, beloveds.

And, I mean laugh. NOTHING was working. I mean absolutely nothing. Stakeholders not happy. Managers not thrilled. Peers not amused.

I have spent the day apologizing for things I can do nothing about.

What did I do?

I laughed.

I made lemonade from the lemons.

I told myself the truth:

It is well.

When life hands you lemons, make something tasty.

Don’t fret.

Don’t sweat.

Don’t worry.

Things WILL be okay.

It is well.

laughing through the hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hang in there. It will be okay. Okay take some of this with you and spread liberally:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.