Month: March 2025

All is NOT lost: Use frustration to your advantage.

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I could:

Scream.

Kick something.

Scream AND kick something!

Excuse me, beloveds, whilst I have a brief but immensely satisfying, virtual temper tantrum…

Whew!

It was either throw a virtual temper tantrum or throw my laptop over the balcony railing…*pout*.

I have been working on the first piece I am planning to upload to YouTube.

I pressed record. I spoke. For 30 some odd minutes.

I exported said recording. I played it back to make sure all the captions showed…*sigh*.

All was well for 13 minutes.

13 minutes?! Surely not?😳😤

Surely, sadly, the next 17 minutes were greeted with silence as the rest of the 📹 video image continued to roll.

I tried everything that I didn’t know to find 17 minutes worth of lost words and emotions.

Heckamiah Jeremiah! Crap!!!!! OMG!!!

The story of my damned life this last year!!…*stamps foot*.

I decided to use the energy from my mad 😡 to work on a piece to encourage folk when they have lost WORDS THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND FOR A BLASTED YEAR AND NOW THEY ARE GONE LIKE THE JOB I NO LONGER HAVE AND EMPTY BANK ACCOUNT LAUGHING IN MY

BROKE FACE!!

I am learning not to live in my feels. I am learning  to not waste too much time lamenting over what I have lost.

I am learning to reframe loss. This was just another practice session. This was an opportunity to learn the software. This was a chance to see that I COULD speak, extemporaneous, for 30 minutes.

The ONLY way to learn is to go ahead and learn.

I am learning HOW. I am learning how to be PATIENT as I learning.

I AM learning. That’s the point, isn’t it? I can’t give out what I haven’t received for myself.

Be encouraged. Use ALL your day to make your day. Even the frustrating portions.

I promised myself I wouldn’t stop until I learned. I have. I’ve done my try. I have put in another day’s of working on my dreams. This is enough for me.

I’m fixing to reward myself with some sausage and cheese sandwiches. Who is up for a snack?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The old me would have raged and pouted for days. I would have had a pity party and ate my way through a bag of Doritos. I would have stayed from the computer for days. Life is much too short for THAT foolishness.

I am learning to enjoy lemonade making!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If I must, I shall die clutching a dream.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Nutm8Nwk5xM&si=ShabRYUMoWljvTIB

If I must, I shall die clutching a dream.

Nuff said!

determined,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Fight, beloveds! We shall NOT go down into that gentle good night!

We SHALL make a way. Some kind of way.

Ah, God. What do we DO with these dreams of ours? Asking for many friends.

Be encouraged. The road has been long. No matter. Move FORWARD. Look UP. We CAN. We WILL. 2025 will give up our bounty!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Seizing it: Time to expand.

It’s time, beloveds.

Time to:

Expand our horizons.

Try new things.

Put away some old thinking.

Reach for the impossible.

Destroy negative thinking.

Walk away from unhealthy relationships.

Embrace the new.

Let go of ill conceived ideas.

Following the crowd.

Stop living via emotions alone.

Accept help.

Reject false narratives.

Beloveds, this is OUR lives. WE say what goes on within it.

It’s time to BLOOM where you are planted. This place is NOT an accident!

Get up, beloveds! Move! Get on with it!

I have determined March will be a month full of joy. I am not worrying about April. I may not make it there.

I truly am living as though today may be my last day.

What would you DO, beloveds, if you KNEW time was short? Would you be chasing what you are currently chasing?

Life IS short. Don’t wait until catastrophe comes calling.

I needed to have made moves long before the tornado visited. All I can do now is to move NOW. I can’t beat myself up for not moving because of my fears.

I’m no longer afraid. When fear comes to visit I get to throwing haymakers!

Do me one favor, beloveds. Take a bit of time TODAY and ask yourself:

Is THIS where you CHOOSE to be? If the answer is no get up and move someplace else!

You can do this, beloveds. You CAN. You WILL!

What are you focused on? If it’s on nothing other than making ends meet, set your sights higher!

You CAN do more. You MUST do more! My dreams may be mixed up in yours! Yours may be lost within mine. We will never know unless we try.

Let’s go!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s goooooo!!!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop lying 🌎!

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I was just listening to someone who was saying there is no such thing as truth, but everything is folk perspective.

LIES AND PROPAGANDA!!

There has been a YouTube argument, amongst creators, where there has been a particular creator who “found a loophole” by “stealing other people’s content”, encouraging folk to start a channel by basically saying whatever is needed to say to “chase the algorithm”.

He says the only thing that matters is the “views” so “you can get the bag”. He says the subscriber doesn’t matter and that their comments don’t matter.

Sadly, this 🌎 world/society has placed “chasing the 🛍 💵 bag as life’s ONLY priority. How sad.

I won’t get on a soapbox here. I will say this:

Life is short.

People matter.

Integrity matters.

Honor matters.

Truth matters.

How we treat one another matters.

Now, there has been a flood of new creators liberally throwing lies and disinformation around chasing the bag. Sad.

Don’t get it twisted, beloveds. Karma is a b for a reason!

I choose to live a life of integrity. I choose to care for my fellow man. I choose to see folk as beautiful souls and not a dollar sign!

Keep being the wonderful person you are. Keep shining your light. Don’t be discouraged. Keep laughing. Keep loving. Keep praying for blockheads!😳😳🥰

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short. Tell the truth. It matters.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It don’t make sense until it do.

“It don’t make sense until it do”.

What a ridiculous and nonsensical sentence that makes NO sense. Until it do. Until you think about it.

Hhhmm.

Life often makes no sense. Until it does.

Until you:

Fight through the noise.

Fight your way through your fears.

Do that which you thought was initially impossible.

Understand you were your biggest enemy.

Find out you were your best friend.

You were smarter than you thought.

You have been an idiot more times than you’d care to admit outloud.

It was them.

It was you.

It was life.

It doesn’t matter who/why.

Your lack of faith moved nothing.

Your faith moved a pebble.

Life is what YOU make it.

Laughter helps just about everything.

Sometimes, nothing is funny.

Being alone sucks.

Being alone is fantastic.

Your own grass feels pretty good.

There are too many distractions in other folk’s grass.

Sometimes, it’s best to order brownies from the bakery.

Yea, beloveds, it just don’t make sense. Until it do.

amused,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This piece made me smile. Be sure to get in some me time today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What if the answer is no, God asked me.

Fear and I have been in some mighty battles since the tornado.

Fear: You won’t find a job.

Me: I will.

Fear: You will lose everything.

Me: I might.

Fear: God won’t be there for you.

Me: He is.

Fear: God may be there for you but will certainly tell you no when you ask for THAT. Hasn’t He been silent all these last years?

Me: This is true. Still, I’m going to keep asking.

Initially, I battled fear alone. I didn’t admit to being afraid. Outwardly, I told everyone all was well. I told myself all was well.

Secretly/inwardly, I quietly told myself I was terrified. I was absolutely terrified.

Soon, comfort eating replaced standing ten toes down on FAITH.

I was, initially, afraid God’s Answer would be no.

Soon, I began to focus on and ask myself what if God DOES say no?!

Would I:

Walk away?

Walk away from my faith?

Walk away from my faith in HIM?

To my delight, my answers were an emphatic NO!

NO, I will NOT  walk away.

NO, I will NOT walk away from my faith.

Absolutely, NO, I will NOT walk away from HIM.

His yes or no has NO bearing on MY yes or no.

I have been doing my level best to not allow my choices to be guided by other’s choices. Meaning, I am not going to treat folk how they treat me.

I am going to love folk. Period. Hopefully, that love will be returned. If I am treated poorly, I shall move on.

I am holding myself accountable for my life. No one owes me a thing. God doesn’t owe me squat. The Universe doesn’t owe me. Life doesn’t owe me. Family does not owe me. Friends owe me nothing.

My life IS the cake. The rest is occasional icing. What’s more, I can ice my own cake as well…lol.

In the end, the answer may turn out to be no. I shall never know until I ask Him. I have.

I await His Answer.

Ah, God…

May I?

Will you?

Can we?

How soon?

How much?

How?

asking for many friends,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged, beloveds. The answer will ALWAYS be for your good and with your best interests in mind. Be well this day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s time: Assemble!

It’s time, beloveds.

Time for us to assemble.

Time for us to begin again.

Time for us to reclaim that which was wrongfully taken by fear/doubt/anger.

Time for us to restore.

Time for us to get some get back.

Time for us to redeem our try.

Time for us to do what it takes to make things happen.

Rise.

Walk in INTEGRITY.

Run to the fight.

Yes, things are different. Yet, WE are different. We are:

Stronger.

Mindful.

Mighty.

We are well able to pursue our enemies and to overtake them.

We are in the fight of our lives. We fight for the freedom of dreams. We fight to shine our lives. We fight to overcome.

These Avenger trailers fire me up!…😂 I hope you clicked on the link and got fired up as well.

I did NOT want to get up this morning and keep my promise to myself to 📝 write, daydream and plan for my future. Lazy wanted to stay in bed. Later agreed. Later, remembering what happened the last time it sided with lazy, rushed to make my ☕ coffee. 😂

*Cassandra dons her cape and prepares for greatness*

It’s time, beloveds. Stop waiting for someone else to rescue you. Rescue yourself!

Get out of bed.

Work on your dreams.

Work on yourself.

Fight for the underdog.

Shine your light.

BE the light.

Now, how you won’t be able to have an amazing day after THAT inspiration is beyond me.😁😳🥰

Get out there and LIVE.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: I Want To Know what love is.

It’s that time again, beloveds.

Time for us to fill our hearts with some love and call in some love into our lives.

Get those microphones out…lol. I am just a swooning with my blue screwdriver. Poor neighbors. I AM attempting to sing as softly and as best I can. Since I sound like someone stepped on a cat’s tail, I don’t know what to tell you…hahahahahahahahahahaha!

Ah, beloveds, don’t be afraid to call in love for your lives. The folk who hurt you were hurting themselves. Get some healing, then pray for them and for others who are afraid to pick up a screwdriver/hairbrush/whatever to love on themselves and call in more love.

Life is short, beloveds. Love NOW. Live Now. Right where you are.

Don’t wait until you think you have ‘earned it’. You are worthy of love. Now. From you. From me. From Life. From The Universe. From others. You are.

Let’s goooooooooooooooooooooo!

We have love to get.

We have love to receive.

We have love to give out.

What the heckamiah Jeremiah are you waiting for, beloveds??!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, beloveds, please remember:

You are worthy.

You are worth it.

You are worthwhile.

I love you. Love me back. Love someone else. Starting with you!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When you get it backwards, turn it around.

That felt weird!

*Cassandra wonders why her chair feels so weird*

Hhmmm.

Opps…ehem…*Cassandra takes her pants 👖 off. Cassandra puts her 👖 on the correct way*

Don’t judge me, beloveds. I’m 🧓 old.

I had something wildly inspirational to say, but putting my pants on backward kinda spoiled the smrt mood I was in….hahahahahahahahahaha.

Have an amazing day. Do something that makes your heart smile.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You can do it if you want to.

You can do it if you want to.

You can do it!

You can do it if you need to.

You can do it!

You can do it if you have to.

You can do it!

Do you WANT to?

Then do it. NO excuses!

Do you HAVE to?

Then do it. NO excuses!

Do you NEED to?

Then do it. NO excuses!

These are the things I told myself, beloveds, when I found my want to wanting to go back to bed instead of starting on this week’s goal.

My goal this week is to get myself on a regular work schedule. The times are not crucial just now. I am just rebooting the habit of getting back in the work habit…lol.

Going through tough things can throw of the hardest of souls. Especially hard struggles, over a long period of time, can zap the most positive spirit.

These super hard days have been teaching me how to CONSISTENTLY forcing myself to try and DO whether I feel like it or not.

In fact, I don’t allow my feels to have a say in how the day shall go. I tell my feels that they WILL get some act right, or I shall put my 👢 boot up a behind!

I am about to reward myself with a cup of coffee ☕. I really DID want to hop back in my comfy bed. Lazy attempted to convince me I could start tomorrow. I sent lazy to make the ☕ and hurry up already! As punishment, I told lazy NO Danish with the ☕!…*mini pout*

When you find yourself wanting to talk yourself out of things that will help you achieve your dreams, make yourself do a chore. It’s a win/win. The place gets cleaner. You will find yourself slowing down on listening to lazy or not right now.

You can do it if you want to.

Do it whether you feel like it or not!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!