Month: December 2024

Heart ♥ check Friday.

I have spent a delicious day encouraging as many folk as I could wrap my arms around, via words.

My lonely has been feeling awful lonely lately. The more healing I have gotten, the more my heart longs to love the entirety of the whole wide world.

As we speak, I am singing love songs to myself. My heart is so full it can barely contain all of the joy within it. I wish mom were here, in the flesh, for me to hug and laugh with. I shall do so in my dreams. Awoke, I have spent the day blabbing with her incessantly about this, that and absolutely everything.

Ah, God, bless EVERY heart. Comfort all who are mourning lost loved ones. Be much with them this day. Help folk to find there way. Let all know they are loved and that they are NOT alone. Especially, God, reveal Yourself as One who loves, One who cares, One who is there. There are many who are feeling a smidge lonely. I’m feeling my sad tonight. I think I shall sit with sad and see what she has to say to me as these hours fade into the newness of 2025.

In the meantime, I just stopped ’round to check on your heart.

Be encouraged. I love you.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Two words that soothes the soul. This has been a tough year for so many. The toughest year I have had. And, I have had some super tough years. Yet, I am thankful for ALL the hard. The hard keeps polishing this diamond called ME!

Move FORWARD, beloveds. Nothing we can do about the happenings of 2024. They have happened. Now, ALL we can do is make some fantastic mishmash from ALL that has befallen us.

I thank each and every person who have stopped by and sent a like a time or two. Those likes tend to be a balm to the soul at unexpectedly needed times. I thank EVERY soul who has stopped around silently. Know I pray for you on the daily. You are all so much more to me than a name, a like, a follow and the like. I truly do spend countless hours wondering how each and every one of you are doing. It has been a true blessing to have been able to be a bit of encouragement. Ah, beloveds, I hope I have been. You have been a light for me through many a dark day.

Life is good. Even when it is hard. Even when it’s hard to know what to believe, let alone who or Whom to believe in. I promise to do my best to keep keeping my promises to myself. One being to encourage you EVERY day. If I read my notifications right, I am up to 443 days straight of encouraging someone to hang in there. I used to wonder how the world folk wrote EVERY day. Now, I have built up such a good writing habit, good habits won’t allow me to miss one day without letting someone know they are loved.

Have an amazing rest of the evening and rest of your life. I shall do the same.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Start anyway! Here I come 2025…

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Good evening beloveds!

I promised myself I would get some kind of motivational something or other started BEFORE 2025.

Hours later, and I mean hoooooooooouuuurrrrrrrrrs, beloveds, I have my FIRST partial, not very fantastic but what I have almost sorta kinda but not really figured out. It’s tastefully kind of cute in a weird she has NO idea what she is doing kind of way.

If you would like to laugh at me, er, support my FIRST effort, click on the link above. Hopefully, fingers crossed, it will open and you shall hear my old, never going to have nothing in life and no one will love you anyway voice…lol.

Be encouraged. Go for your dreams. My dreams are going to have to catch me. I have run ahead into tomorrow!

How about you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing 2025. It’s not quite ten and I am about ten minutes from heading to bed. I am long past the age of waiting for midnight. 2025 will be there, hopefully, when I wake up.

I have spent a delicious day praying for each and every one of you. I have asked for some serious blessings to come your way. Until they arrive, LIVE, beloveds. Enjoy the life that you have. You are much farther than you think.

KNOW, of a surety, that you are loved and that you are NOT alone. You are more than what you do, what you have or where/how you live. Your life was worth the death of The King.

Walk confidently into each of your days. Determine this was the LAST day you are going to stand on fear/doubt and all the other naysaying emotions meant to keep you from pursuing all the things that sets your very soul on fire.

Be sure to get some me time in there, somewhere. Take joy with you EVERY where you go. If you found the courage to look at my first attempt, maybe you will make a first attempt at/towards a dream that appears to be much toooooooooooooooooooooooo large for you to fulfill/have/produce.

You got this. God has us all. He even has ALL the unbelievers. How fantastic is that??!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep trying: Chocolate Pudding Fiasco Take Two.😳

Okay, soooooooooooooo, it may or may not be kinda sorta accidentally true that…ehem…

Joke based on an unfortunately true story:

Question: What do you call Chocolate Pudding that was made with entirely toooooooooooooo much 🥛 milk?

Answer: Chocolate shake!…*annoyed pout*.

Don’t judge me, beloveds. At least, I am still trying…

Why, Cassandra? Why, oooooooooo good heavens, WWHHHHYYYY do you keep inflicting these food crimes upon the land?!

Well…hhhmm….

While I figure out why, I stopped by to encourage you to keep making your own food crimes, er, mistakes.

I used to hate, hate, hhaaaaatttteee to make mistakes. Making mistakes made me feel as though I were the mistake. My mistake…lol.

Mistakes are how we learn. Making mistakes and learning from them helps us to grow.

So I ended up making Chocolate Shake instead of Chocolate Pudding?! So what? It was absolutely delicious.

Find the joy in your mistakes, beloveds. Have fun trying new things. 😂 Laugh at the blunder. Learn. Keep it moving. Rinse. Repeat.

Have a glorious day creating your 🔮 future! What you do today is contributing towards your future. This can be a good or not so good thing. Be sure your contributions are POSITIVE, filled with integrity, laced with love, and full of joy.

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 are worthy of love.

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You are worthy of love.

Nuff said!
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: As we end this year, let these words sink in. You are worthy of love. You are worthwhile. You are worth it.

Consider spending your life chasing things which will be life lasting. Consider stretching wide your heart. Consider helping someone realize their dream. Consider being a giver. Consider your neighbor.

Then, watch and see how The Universe will bless you for considering others. Give because you can. Do because you want to. Act because you choose to.

I’ll see you in the new year. I will be doing the same thing as I have always done: Loving you!


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Call me a faithful fool: There IS another side.

I have been thinking about the story in the Bible where Jesus told the disciples to go with Him to the other side. Then, He went to sleep. How rude!?

I’m sure the disciple, we’re not very happy for Jesus to go to sleep and leave them fighting a storm by themselves. I don’t blame them.

The comforting thing for me is that in going to sleep, Jesus was an example that they would make it to the other side. He was confident. He didn’t worry about the storm. He didn’t worry that they wouldn’t make it. He knew they would. So, He slept.

God is teaching me how to sleep during the storms. He knows I would make it to the other side of my financial storm. I just need to trust Him and to go to sleep. I trust Him. Call me a fool if you must. A FAITHFUL fool!

I am going to make it to the other side. So will you. Have faith. Go to sleep knowing that you will get where you need to go!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I must admit I have had many, many days where I didn’t know if I would make it. I’m still waiting on life to right itself, so I continue on, financially. I don’t yet know the outcome to that story. I just know I will end up on the other side of this. The lesson is not about the finances. The lesson is about faith. The lesson is in exercise in my faith. The lesson is living a joyous life. In the meantime, as I am waiting for things to turn around for me, financially.

Be encouraged. You’re going to make it through this!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The Chocolate Pudding Fiasco.

Okay.

Sooooooo…

There is a small possibility that I may have perchance kinda sorta may have committed a small food crime, once again.

I wanted to make some chocolate pudding.

I know. I know. I told myself I would follow directions this time. I maybe, perhaps, didn’t quite follow directions again.

The Box said to add three cups of cold water along with the package of chocolate pudding mix. I found a half cup. Guess how many of those I used?! You guessed it. I used three. which meant I only put in one and a half cups of milk.

Instead of making putting, I ended up making chocolate paste!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I have been enjoying my food experiments. I am wondering what other food catastrophe I can make this week…

I stopped by to check on you. Hopefully, I’ve given you a laugh today. Don’t let this day in without you getting in a few more laughs. Reach out to someone. Encourage someone today. I love someone today starting with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This piece made me laugh. I hope it made you smile. Life is much too short to be spending all day fretting and worrying. We are heading into a new year. Be sure to take optimism with you into next year. Dream big. Remain joyful. Remain faithful to your dreams. Begin again as many times as you need to. Be good to you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Show your haters some love.

I have been told what I could and could NOT do my whole life.

I have been advised what I can and can NOT have.

Age has laughed at me.

Finances have played around with my confidence.

Apathy has attempted to move in many time.

To ALL my haters, beloveds, I say “Thank you”. If not for the adverse winds, I would not have been forced to propel my dreams forward.

I was trying to teach myself how to do something. I failed. Spectacularly. I tried again. I confused myself even more. I gave it several more Gos. Go said “I don’t think so.”

I put things down. Disappointment and discouragement came calling. We had a meeting. I had to decide if I would let them have the rest of the day…

Nah, fam! I got thangs to do. I decided to use MY disappointment to deliver this message to you:

Be encouraged. Change takes time. Trying new things can be scary. The unknowns can appear terrifying.

Stay in the fight. If you feel overwhelmed, take a break. Take the day, if needed. Then, get back after it.

We SHALL find our way THROUGH and FORWARD. If nothing else, we are creating some awfully entertaining moments!

Keep going. You can do it. You can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Doubt can get awfully loud, cant it? Geez…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

New Beginnings: TRUST yourself.

As we head into the new year, we must leave our worries behind. It’s time for us to trust ourselves. It’s time for us to trust the gift that lies within us. It’s time for us to begin again. We have things to do.

Let’s take this time to get ready and prepare for the greatest ahead. There is so much in store for us. We just have to be ready for it. This is our time. Let’s make the most of it, shall we?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s high time you trusted yourself. He had been trusting everything and everyone but yourself. Cut yourself some slack. Believe in the gifts that are within you. You were put on this earth for a reason. Find out what that reason is. If you know, act on a reason. If you don’t continue to ask what that reason is. Then, be the reason!

The Universe is calling. How shall you answer?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Your hard time is not meant just for you.

Your hard time is not meant just for you, beloveds.

Your hard time is here, in part, so you can leave a bit of a treat for someone else as you make your way through your hard or dark place.

I have learned so many things through this hard time. I’m trying my best to give away as many tools and lessons that I’ve learned along the way.

I have learned how important it is to reach out to others for support. I’ve learned that if you don’t have a support system to create one!

I have learned to ask for help. Loudly!

I have learned to love out loud. Lustily!

I have learned to laugh through my tears.

I have learned to be content with nothing..

I have learned how to lose friends with grace.

I have learned how to love me when I have been at my most unlovable.

I am still learning all these painful lessons every day. I am grateful for the hard. The hard is helping me keep on my toes.

Your hard time is not just for you. Your hard time helps you create your story. Share your hard. Let someone else know that they can make it. You might as well make your hard work something!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It helps to share hard with others. It helps them. It helps you. We all need each other. Be encouraged today. Be sure to get some joy out of your day. Do the best you can, not to focus on the hard. That can be hard..lol. I crack myself up.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

New Beginnings: Don’t react. Respond.

So often, beloveds, we react to what happens in our life. Sadly, we often react in ways that are harmful to us.

I am learning how to RESPOND to the things that happens. There is a huge difference:

RESPONDING gives us the options of taking stock, reframing things, evaluating things.

REACTING gives us no room to THINK, ASSESS, and ACT. We rush in. We waste time lamenting about the awful happenstances.

Today I told myself, I would take the time to just let the day play out the way it wished. It turned out to be a wonderful day!

I talked with family. I wrote many pieces. I made a good meal. I listened to favorite tunes. I listened to my heart. What a peaceful and wonderful day!!

It sure is nice living life not ruled by my feelings.

Respond to what happens in your life. Don’t be so reactionary…lol.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The world does its best to control us by making. us live in our feelings. We don’t have time to be reacting on whims and by every wind that blows. We choose how our day will be. I choose a day where I walk and love all day. How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!