Month: August 2024

It’s simply a matter of trust.

God: Do YOU trust ME?

Me: Absolutely.

God: Nuff said?

Me: Nuff said.

God: Simple as that.♥️🎤

Me: Simple as that.🥰

It’s simply a matter of trust AND time.

It’s simple, beloveds. You either trust, or you don’t/won’t.

Do you?

Will you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Trust is not always easy. You have to TRUST in the character of the other person. You have to KNOW the other side has YOUR interests at heart. You have to BELIEVE in the other side.

Who do you trust, beloveds? Who or whom, do you believe in? Do you KNOW you can trust said person(s)?

Don’t trust blindly. Consider. Be thoughtful. Measured.

Has he/she/they EARNED your trust by THEIR words/actions/deeds?

Trust is value. Don’t toss your trust around every which way. Be sure the other side has earned your trust.

Then, trust until you are presented with evidence showing your trust was not valued. If so, retrieve it. Don’t hide it away in fear. Don’t judge the rest of the world because some short-sided goof took advantage of your trust.

Don’t beat yourself up for caring enough to trust. Learn. Keep it moving. Stay the beautiful person you are.

I trust this piece was inspiring. 😁😁😂🥰

Take care of your wonderful ♥ heart. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s simply a matter of time. ⌚

God: Do YOU trust ME?

Me: Absolutely.

God: Will YOU trust MY Timing?

Me: Absolutely.

God: Nuff said?

Me: Nuff said.

God: Simple as that.♥️🎤

Me: Simple as that.🥰

It’s simply a matter of time. ⌚

It’s simply a matter of time AND trust.

It’s simple, beloveds. You either trust, or you don’t/won’t.

Do you?

Will you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There is a time and place for all that happens. Wait. Patiently. Yes, waiting can be hard. It SHALL be worth it.

All this waiting is forcing me to rely on things other than my bank account and effort. A scary place to be. I have to trust The Universe shall show up for me as I continue to move forward, to do what’s right, to uplift my fellow men and women.

THEN, I can live with whatever does or does not happen.

As I have been waiting on my dream, I have been helping out others by supporting their channels, being a moderator to keep trolls away during folk live streams, sending super chats, liking videos, subscribing to things and being the kind of supporter I would appreciate, if I had a channel.

I’m also trying to keep fam and friends uplifted more. These are tough times. I want to run away and hide. I want to use my hard as an excuse not to extend my overextended heart to others. I can’t. Life is just too short.

Be encouraged. Have hope. Choose to trust. Anyone can choose apathy and despair.

Enjoy your Saturday. I am praying for us all. In case no one has told you today: I love you and so does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me: It’s okay to be tired.

Repeat after me:

It’s okay to be tired.

Now, rest, beloveds. This has been a tough year. You have, you are, doing your best to take care of yourself and those you care about.

Don’t worry about what comes next. You can do nothing about what comes next, until it gets here/there.

Enjoy your Friday. Enjoy the weekend. Make some moments. Share your thoughts. Share your love. Expect GOOD things, for your life. Acknowledge where you are hurting or are in need. Then, ask for guidance/help and RECEIVE them.

I got your backs, beloveds, in prayer. God has us all in HIS Care. Even if you don’t believe, beloveds, those of us who do believe, pray for you, hope for you, exhort you, embrace and love you.

In case no one has told you today: I love you.

Have an amazing Friday.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay to be tired. Get some rest. The rest will come out in the wash. Things truly will be okay.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s okay to have the chicken strips.

I wanted some chicken strips.

I told myself I would get some act right and start going to bed at a ‘decent’ hour. For the last week or so, I have been deliciously staying up ALL night to binge watch Suits, American Greed, Mega Machines and whatever other shows that suited my fancy.

Today, wombie suggested me getting some sleep act right and get my sleep back turned around on a more normal schedule. Since I am not working, not sure what the ‘normal’ schedule is buying me.

I thought of what she said. It sounded reasonable. I packed things in. I turned down the lights. I situated the covers.

Then, chicken strips started whispering, from the kitchen. I told chicken strips to shut it as I need to get some shut eye so I could get my sleep patterns back ‘normal’.

Wouldja believe God wandered by and asked if I wanted to join Him for some chicken snacks….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I decided on the chicken strips. I think I may add yet ANOTHER all night binge watching! Yaya!!!

It has been really hard learning HOW to rest. I have to keep telling myself my worth is NOT in what I do. I am worthwhile simply because I breathe.

Remember, beloveds, you are valuable simply because you breathe. Don’t feel as though you HAVE to be doing something 24/7. Make sure you get some time to chill and be as lazy as you can possibly be. When you are ready, then get up and keep being about being about it.

We all need to treat ourselves better than we have been. We work too many hours. We exercise too little. We comfort eat too much. We don’t eat enough healthy foods. I’m doing my best to get some act right, whilst also being able to rest and have chicken strips every now and again.

Moral of the story: Don’t be afraid of indulging yourself, from time to time.

I hope you are enjoying your day. If not, get to enjoying it. This is the day that was made for you to rejoice and be glad in.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It has been soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo surprising finding out how hard it is to just BE. Ah, God. Help me to relax and just be me. Asking for a friend(me).

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Embrace your difference.

Embrace your difference.

Embrace the differences, in others.

Since when, beloveds, is it acceptable to think those, not like as, as an enemy or threat?

We are, ALL of us, beautiful, in our own way.

We are, ALL of us, ugly, in our own way.

Since when did we all criminalize being ‘different’?! SMH. Life would be terribly boring if all of us were the same. Geeeeeeeeeeez, people, get it together!

In this political environment, I have to forever make the choice to NOT demonize and dismiss those I disagree with. Yes, some of them are saying what I think are the dumbest things. I am certain they think half the things I write are stupid. Their right. Doesn’t make us both morons. Just that we are thinking differently.

Don’t be ashamed of who you are. Keep on being you. If you are doing things which are hurtful to someone, stop doing that!

Don’t be afraid to be you. There is nothing wrong with being unique. Yes, it can get lonely when we are misunderstood or dismissed because of the perceived ‘different’ that we are. Still, we can NOT stop being the weird folks we are.

I’m doing my best to not regret the things I have done. I do regret, beloveds, not being ALL me more. I crammed my weirdness so as not to make others ‘uncomfortable’. The hooey with that!!

Uncomfortable is needed. Uncomfortable is important. Otherwise, how will we ever grow out of the pot we are in? How else will we learn what things to do and say? We have to be okay with getting out there, speaking, putting our foot in it, saying oppps, getting some act right, then trying again.

We all we got, beloveds, but we are all we need. Keep embracing yourselves. Keep embracing folk who don’t look and think like you. We all can learn from one another, eh?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Okay, so, um, you supposed to be out there embracing someone! Since you are here….((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))).

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Live now. Let it go.

Life is short, beloveds. Much too short to keep beating yourself up for all you did, did not, should have, should not have done.

I have been forever forgiving myself, this week, for not being able to contribute as much as I ‘should have’ to my 401 and now it won’t be as much as I would like.

There is nothing I can do about that. Not now. I couldn’t afford to. Not then.

So, back and forth I go:

You dummy.

You did the best you could do, at the time.

You idiot!

You did what you could afford to do, at the time.

YOU MORON!!

You did what you could do, at the time, Cassandra.

Okay. Okay!

I did what I could. Then. Nothing can be done about it. Now.

I am using this time to get my act right acting right in as many places and spaces as I can.

I see why, now, why God and Life is being so silent. So, I can have the time to face and acknowledge sooooooooooooooooooooo many things I have shoved in a corner to be dealt with ‘later’.

I am making ‘later’ right now. It’s not easy. Facing up to things. Acknowledging things. Forgiving things. Mitigating things. Then, getting on with it already, Cassandra!

I am trying to cut myself more slack. I did dumb things, because I was afraid. I did stupid things, because I was lazy. I did ridiculous things, because I woke up in an annoyed mood. I said silly things because…*shrug*. Just no telling.

In ALL those things, beloveds. They happened. Get OVER it already, Cassandra, and move on with your life already!!

I can’t blame myself for being alone because I was so focused on helping other folks get THEIR other folk…lol. I don’t regret that. Now, I am just paying the consequences of giving too much of my me away to them and not taking enough time to do me FOR me so I could have more things in MY corner/bank account. Whew!

I am starting over. Again. For the 50 billionth time. This time, I am building for ME, with ME in mind. Yes, I am still going to look after folk and encourage folk and do what I can for folk. I am just adding ME into the equation.

Speaking of you, beloveds, it’s time for you to get off your case for all your coulda/shoulda/woulda. Live. Now. Let the rest go. You used to be a pain. So what. Stop being a pain. You used to act a fool. So what. Stop acting a fool. You used to be lazy. So what. Stop being lazy.

Get up. Move forward. Let things go so you can grow already!

I hear some chicken strips calling me. A cup of coffee is also scolding me for not drinking it whilst it was scalding hot…hehe.

I hope your day is going well. If not, do something. If so, carry on…hahahahahahahahaha.

Don’t let your struggles keep you down in the dumps. You are doing the best you can. With what you have, right now.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am doing my best to do the nothing I wished I could be doing whilst I was working so hard. I am looking forward to do more nothing, tomorrow…hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Take care of yourselves, beloveds. We got this. The outcome is not for us to worry about. If you are concerned about something, that’s okay. Drag that worry and heave it up on The Father’s Lap. If you are not a believer, drag that worry and heave it up on The Father’s Lap anyway….hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Worth(y).

You are worthy.

You are worth it.

You are worthwhile.

Your life matters.

YOU matter.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You matter, beloveds. Reminding you for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Let them go. Wish them well.

I lost a friend.

A friend I loved, still love, terribly.

They chose to walk away.

I allowed them to go THEIR way.

I understand why they chose not to stay.

Sometimes, folk are just not ready to deal with the things holding them back from RECEIVING love.

I have been there. I have done that. Too many times to count.

I wished them well. I wish them well. Still. I miss them. Still. Still, life moves on. I must move on.

It’s hard to let folks walk out of our lives. It hurts when they do. It’s a necessary part of growth and life.

If you have someone who has chosen or needed to walk away…

Let them go.

Wish them well.

letting folk do as they need to,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let them go, beloveds. Wish them well.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Who do you choose to be?

WHO do you choose to be?

Do you choose, to be the authentic you? Or, the person you are “expected” to be given where/when/how you grew up?

Who do YOU choose to be?

Do you choose, to be unapologetically YOU? Because you are FINALLY taking the courage to be all out you?  Understanding you may be rejected because of this choice?

Who do you CHOOSE to be?

Do you choose, to be the joyful, hopeful, resilient you? Because you are ready, to look at the glass as half full, instead of half empty?

Who do you choose to BE?

Do you choose, to be YOU? Or, do you choose to be TikTok acceptable?

Life is short, beloveds. Much too short to be wasting being something or someone you are not.

There is no need to continue to strive for things so you can prove your worthiness. You are worthy. Periodt.

Who do you choose to be?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This can be a tough question to answer. Somedays, I wonder who the world I am. How about you? Whatever your answer, keep on being good to you….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Life is good, even when it’s hard.

Life is good, even when it’s hard.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hang in there. This heatwave won’t end. Maintenance is back 🛠 hammering away at the roof.😳😭🔥😡. I want this to end! Ack!

Life can be a pain. When it does, hang in there. Don’t give in to despair. Tell doubts to shut it. Have a cup of coffee ☕ and have faith. Be encouraged. Asking for A Friend. Fixing to have more chicken strips if any care to join me.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!