Month: November 2024

Don’t let frustrations ruin your day.

Nothing wants to work right!!!!

Ack!!!!

I could scream.

I did scream, tastefully. I didn’t want to wake the neighbors.

Nothing was working right. My streamer stopped streaming. My tv stopped playing. My get up and go, got up and went.

I did my level best to stay out of my feels. Dumb things tend to happen when I allow my feels take over during frustrating moments.

I used my frustration to get some meal prep and chores done. I am choosing to use everything for my good. Even frustration.

Use what happens for your GOOD. Things are going to happen. Stop wasting time arguing with or blaming The Universe for picking on you. The Universe has more important things to do than to purposely ruin your day.

I’m heading out for coffee and to laugh off my day. Who wants a cup?

standing on business,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things will get better. Short of that…there’s ALWAYS chocolate!🤣🥰😁



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Make the best of things, not the worst of things.

Make the best of things, not the worst of things.

Make the most of things, stop complaining about things.

Look for the best, stop looking for the worst.

You can find the worst in anything, beloveds. Why spend your life looking for it?

The glass is ALWAYS half empty. It is also ALWAYS half full!

How are you choosing to look at life?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Look for the best, not the worst. This is a pessimistic world. Be one of the optimists. Why not you? Why not now? Why not?



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When disappointment shows up, add something to it.

I tried a new Cassandra dish. The dish was missing something.

I added some sauce. It was still missing something.

I added one thing more.

Aha!

Yum!

Life will ALWAYS throw us curve balls, beloveds. It’s up to US to adapt to the changes. I know it can get frustrating. Well, I know how disappointing this can be.

Instead, I CHOOSE to see disappointment and the like by new lenses: Challenges! Nothing more. Just challenges to make my faith muscles stronger.

I just turn it into another piece. Beloveds, use those adverse winds to propel you FORWARD.

I am already concocting a new dish with the fresh 🍋 lemons delivered today. How ’bout you?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There is something about hearing a full grown 🌪 tornado, outside your door, that tends to male one a tad less afraid of the everyday nonsense that shows up!

Yes, I have grown weary of scammers but I no longer rush to the mad button. I am more:

Thoughtful.

Hopeful.

Resilient.

Persistent.

Faithful.

I promised myself I would continue to remain faithful to my try. No matter what.

Keep trying. You have NO idea what your try is doing. Neither do I. I have NO idea who has needed these words. I give them. Weary or not.

Keep giving YOU. You will be glad you did. Your legacy thanks you. The Universe thanks you. I thank you. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Faith: Keep standing on business!

I’m standing on business!

FAITH business.

LOVE business.

JOY business.

PERSEVERANCE business.

INTEGRITY business.

GOD business.

PEACE business.

Also, beloveds, I am minding my own business!

What are YOU standing on?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep believing in YOU. Keep trusting the outcome will work for your good. You got this. God has got us all…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Faith: Keep getting up!

Life:

Me: Ow!…*pout*

Life has not been playing with me. Goodness and gravy!…*stamps foot*

I have been doing my best to take things in stride. I must admit life broke my heart yesterday…*sigh*.

For a brief moment, life opened it’s bounty to me. Then, cruelty snatched it back and laughed…*sigh*.

I kept my mouth shut. I went to bed early. I told night I would bring joy to the day, tomorrow.

I did. I kept it moving. I left the hard of yesterday, with yesterday. Today is a different day. I am a different me.

It’s not easy to reframe hard things. It’s sooooooo easy to give in to the pout. It’s much too easy to give in to a victim mentality. I choose faith.

Keep getting up, beloveds. Giving up is NEVER an option. Rest as you must. Then, get back after it.

No one wants to go through adversity. No one wants to be tested. No one wants to hold themselves accountable. It saddens me how many folk want to lay around waiting for others to make their way easy…*sigh*.

Stop pouting about it and be about it. Utilize your faith.  Keep trying. Keep moving. FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Keep seeking answers. Keep on keeping on.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You’re welcome.

Victory, I have snatched you from the jaws of defeat.

You’re welcome.

Peace, I have wrestled you from the jowls of restlessness.

You’re welcome.

Joy, I have chosen to walk with you instead of despair.

You’re welcome.

Love, I have given you my heart, not hatred.

You’re welcome.

God: Thank you.

Me: You’re welcome.

grateful for the hard,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Snatch your victory from defeat. Take peace, love and joy with you with EVERY step you take, beloveds. Make hard easy. Reframe what you see. Be encouraged this day.

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

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Sorry. NOT sorry.

Fear, I done kicked you to the curb.

Sorry.

NOT sorry.

Doubt, no doubt you are mad at me for dismissing your foolishness.

Sorry.

NOT sorry.

Anger, I know you mad cuz I no longer turn to you with grievances.

Sorry.

NOT sorry.

Anxiety, I know you are anxious as I don’t mess with you no moe.

Sorry.

NOT sorry.

Don’t be mad just cuz I am no longer paying rent to yall. Be sure to tell ALL your negative friends I ain’t ’bout that life no moe again!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Kick fear to the curb, beloveds. Tell doubt to take TWO seats. Tell anxiety to kick rocks. You are loved. You are NOT alone. So whatcha frettin’ about? Be about being about it and keep moving FORWARD.

Embrace your day. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

56 and fearless.

I’m 56 and fearless!

I’m 56 and fierce!

I’m 56 and famished! I’m asking for what I want!!

I’m 56 and reaching for the stars.

I’m 56 and…

What are you, beloveds? Life is short. Dream big. Enjoy living in the present. Stop waiting for greener grass! Grow your own or picnic on the concrete.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m fixing to enjoy some football. Be good to you would you please?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The answer is no!: Popquizes from The Universe.

The Universe gives popquizes in the daily. It asks you many questions to see what YOU will answer, beloveds:

“Will you quit?”

The answer is no!

“Will you walk away?”

The answer is no!

“Will you give in to apathy?”

The answer is no!

“Will you join the masses who have chosen hate over love?”

The answer is no!

“Will you treat others badly when they treat you poorly?”

The answer is no!

“Will you walk away from God when He doesn’t give you what you want?”

The answer is no!

“Will you stop working with Life when it takes you somewhere you did not want to go?”

The answer is no!

“Will you stop reaching out for love when your love goes unreturned?”

The answer is no!

“Will you turn your back on dreams too long in coming?”

The answer is no!

You are going to have to excuse me, beloveds, The Universe has more questions. How are you answering yours? The answers are impacting your present and your future…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s not what happens to you, beloveds, but what happens in you as you choose….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t get mad. Turn it into another piece.

I’m trying not to get mad.

I CHOOSE not to get mad.

I just wrote a piece that meant a lot to me. I was just about to reread it. My wombie was able to read it once. She thought it impactful.

Before our eyes, it was overwritten by the next piece.

Gone.

Finito.

History.

All the writers out there will understand the hurt that comes with losing words that can never be retrieved again. It’s like losing a loved one. I HAVE lost these precious words…*sigh*.

Of course, sis is now highly hacked. I am doing my best to console her. To console ME.

What else can I DO, beloveds, except to make some 🍋 lemonade out of THIS?

The piece I lost was called “God, how do I get over THIS?

It was a piece about trying to, learning to get over loss. Ironic. Insert laugh here.

HOW, beloveds, do we get over THIS?

We are never quite the same after THIS.

We don’t know what our lives will look like after THIS. WE would have dealt with THAT better.

We wonder why THIS has happened to us.

We feel different after THIS happened.

Ah, God, how do we get over THIS? HOW do we make our way PAST our THIS? HOW do we MOVE ON from our THIS?

We never asked for THIS to happen. Why us, God? Why, NOW, God? What have we done to deserve THIS?

I can’t speak to your THIS, beloveds. My THIS, the damned tornado and losing my job, has my world turned upside down. I have been trying to right it for five months.

Be encouraged. THIS too shall pass…lol.

Don’t get mad when you have suffered a setback. Okay, you can get mad. Just don’t waste too much time there. Throw mad in the 🗑 trash and keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep choosing joy, love, hope and peace. Everything really will be okay. It will. Until then, enjoy your day. I enjoyed writing the piece I lost. I have THAT. Sure am annoyed THIS happened to it. Crapola.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!