Month: October 2024

You have a place.

We all want to belong.

Somewhere.

We all long to belong.

To someone.

Be encouraged.

There IS a somewhere out there for you.

There IS a someone out there for you.

In the meantime, keep on loving you. You are worth loving. You are worth it. You are worthwhile.

Just because you have not yet been chosen, does NOT mean you are not worthy of the selction!

The Universe is making sure the right folk are stepping up to you!

Be patient. Wait on those who will cherish the precious life that you are. You don’t have to earn that care. Just keep on being you. Keep on being the friend you seek. Keep on giving the love you desire for yourself.

The Universe sees you and your efforts. You SHALL be rewarded. Til then, know, of a surety, you are surely loved. By Him. By me.

Take care of your tender heart, okay?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You shall find home…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Good habits drug me out of bed.

Yesterday, I cried.

Today, good habits said enough of that and drug me out of bed.

Good habits made my coffee.

Good habits helped me complete my ten pieces.

Good habits made my breakfast.

Good habits did my chores.

Good habits turned on uplifting music.

Good habits greeted the dawn.

Good habits brought me a days worth of satisfaction.

Keep building good habits, beloveds. Good habits will snatch you out of bed. Your good habits will laugh at lazy. Your good habits will pursue your dreams even when you are tired and discouraged.

Keep putting ten toes down!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, beloveds, believe in you today. You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

No one knows. Not even you.

No one knows how far you can go.

Not even you.

No one knows what your future holds.

Not even you.

No one know how far your reach will/can extend.

Not even you.

No one knows the impact your voice will/can make.

Not even you.

No one knows how much your voice is needed.

Not even you.

No one knows the ending to your story.

Not even you.

The world is full of naysayers. Everywhere you turn, beloveds, you will find those who will gleefully let you know what you will never have. Countless others will be happy to let you know where you will never go.

Your life matters. Your voice matters. You are much more than just one of many. You are:

Unique.

Uniquely qualified.

Unquestionably amazing.

I’m starting over at 55. My birthday is next Sunday. Just today, I came across a report that companies won’t hire folk in their 50s. All this week I have had videos come across my feed lamenting how awful the job market is for older folk.

I told myself I am uniquely qualified. I don’t know my future. I DO know I look to the future with optimism. I’ll leave the pessimism for those too timid to believe in themselves and their dreams.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Continue to move FORWARD. Continue to stand on business. Continue to stand ten toes down.

Make life pry your dreams from your cold, dead hands. The ONLY way we lose, beloveds, is if we quit. We ain’t got no quit!

No one knows. Not even you. Get out there and LIVE.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL. One moment at a time. Have an amazing week! Dominate your Monday. Enjoy it. Look forward to the beginning of your week. Don’t let circumstances get you down.

If you have a spare prayer, I sure could use it/them. Ah, God. Please hurry. We all have dreams to fulfill. Where You at??

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Rebuilding: A funny thing happened on the way to perfection.

A funny thing happened on my way to perfection: I found I was NOT perfect. I found I could NOT perfect me. I found myself chock full of imperfections.

Who knew?!…lol.

This rebuilding process is maddening. NOTHING I try seems to be working. ALL I find, am finding, have found are mishaps, misfires, mis-steps, missed steps and mistakes.

Yikes! Ack! Ewwwww!

I cringe at this heaving ball of what in the fresh hell, which is now my current circumstances.

Nothing is settled.

Nothing is firm.

Nothing FEELS safe.

I have been left with nothing but:

Fear.

Dread.

Doubt.

Empty.

My dreams, my thoughts, my everything has been filled with those things. I fight them daily: Fear. Dread. Doubt. Empty.

I wake finding my dreams have now turned into the living/breathing reality of living among/with fear, dread, doubt, and empty.

I drag these things to God and asks Him to take them away. He says He can’t. He says that I must deal with these things. I ask Him ‘how’.

Ah, He says.

Aha, I reply.

So, each day, I fight with, argue with, seemingly agree with fear, dread, doubt, and empty.

Some days, they win. Some days, I win. Other days, we are in a stalemate. Sometimes, we call a truce.

All the while, I grow. All the while, I find myself a little less perfect, but a little more at peace. With me. With my circumstances. With my imperfectness. With my imperfections.

Keep on going, beloveds. Ball of mess though your dreams may appear to be!

We are not perfect. We were never called to be. We are just to be. Period. As best as we can. As much as we can. For as long as we can.

Be encouraged today. We SHALL be filled.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, beloveds. Stop judging you so harshly. You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Try it anyway.

I love to sing.

I sound like a scalded cat when I do.

I sing anyway.

I love to dance.

I look like someone walking barefoot on coals when I do.

I dance anyway.

There are many things I would like to try.

I’m afraid I will fail.

I shall try…

Anyway.

Life is short, beloveds. Try it anyway.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Try. No telling what may happen…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Let’s leave it there.

Let’s give it all away.

All our love.

All our care.

Upon this altar, called life.

Let’s leave it there.

Let’s take it all away.

All our cynicism.

All our apathy.

Removed, from each and every heart.

Let’s leave it there.

There!

Now, we can live.

Now, we can grow.

Now, we can go to all the places we have been afraid to experience.

I am doing my utmost, beloveds, to love those who don’t look and believe like me. It’s not always easy with politicians who are forever trying to get folk to demonize the diverse, the different, the divergent.

I shall keep doing my best to shine my light. Truthfully, I am ready to pop some folk upside the head with my 🔦 light!😄

Let’s CHOOSE to care, eh?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short, beloveds. Let’s love one another. Even the folk who are acting ten kinds of fool. Smh…*sigh*

Uplift someone. Starting with you!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Keep looking at the awesome.

I choose to see awesome. Not awful.

I choose to view possible. Not impassable.

I choose to remain sighted. Not blinded.

Life is what we make it. We see what we choose to see.

I choose to see my awesome. I choose to embrace my awesome. Even as others think my awesome awfully ordinary.

Keep looking at your awesome, beloveds. Your haters will ALWAYS take your awesome lightly or not at all. So what?!

How awesome are we?!!

Keep on being you. Keep on doing your why. I love you. So does He.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are awesome!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

When you feel your lowest, reach for the highest.

I was feeling low.

And, I mean low. How low? So low I had to look up to see the ground!

Something in me just wouldn’t let me quit. Not just yet. I’ll quit tomorrow  if need be.

Today, I am reaching as far and as high as I can reach!

Keep reaching as far and as high as you can, beloveds. We can always quit tomorrow, eh? Not!

Obstacles are just that. Obstacles. They CAN be overcome. Only as we continue to overcome them. Until we reach the other side…

overcoming all,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Geeeez, these obstacles surely can work the last nerves, huh? No matter. We eat hard for breakfast. Enjoy your day. Especially the hard parts. That’s where the iron is found.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Remember: When you feel like a nobody.

When you feel like a nobody.

Remember, you are loved.

When you feel unlovely.

Remember, you are lovable.

When you feel unworthy.

Remember, you are worthwhile.

When you feel helpless.

Remember, help is only a prayer away.

The hardest part of not working is not being able to hide behind hard work. I can’t use work accomplishments to convince the world I AM worth taking up oxygen.

Ah, God. It can be soooooooooooooo hard to remember I am worthwhile anywho.

I cherish these hard moments. I about worked myself into the ground. Too exhausted to enjoy days off. Too tired to enjoy working. I found myself sleep walking through life.

Still comfortable has called out to me. This stretching has been terrifying. Yesterday, I was angry. Comfortable wanted to go back to it’s comfort. My dreams said “hell to the no!”. They fought like cats and dogs ALL night.

I rose. My dreams told me to write. I wrote. God told me to believe Him. To believe my dreams. To believe in my dreams. I think they are both cra cra. Believe, I will.

Like a fool, beloveds, I believe God. Like an idiot, I listen to my dreams. Yikes!

Anywho, I just stopped round to love on someone who has been feeling like a nobody. I feel you. I WAS you, yesterday. Today, I look UP.

Take care of your beautiful heart.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. You are somebody. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Do you believe my dreams asked me.

Dreams: Do you believe?

Me: Yes.

Dreams: Do you believe in ME?

Me: I think so.

Dreams: Why?

Me: Because you are so blasted loud and persistent.

Dreams: Why?

Me: I honestly don’t know. Yet, The Universe insists that I trust you.

Dreams: Will you trust me.

Me: I think so.

Dreams: I need for you to trust me. I won’t let you down.

Me: I’m afraid I will let you down.

Dreams: Trust you with me.

Me: K.

I’m looking at my dreams sideways. They are so loud now. They are drowning out everything else. They seem too large. They sound absolutely ridiculous. How in the fresh hell will/can I make them come true?

My dreams tempt me to go up higher. My dreams taunt me away from the mediocre. My dreams says there is so much more to me than I could ever know.

I want to find out about this me. What of you, beloveds? What say YOUR dreams? Are you listening? Don’t be afraid to slow down to listen to your dreams.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: These dreams sure like living up high. I am terrified of heights…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.