Month: March 2025

I don’t HAVE to know what to do. I know WHO to go to.

One of THE greatest lessons I have learned through living through the hardest times of my life is this:

I don’t HAVE to know what to do because I know WHO to go to.

Simple as that.

Who are you going to? who are you leaning on to support you?

Do you have positive influences in your life? Are you leaning on those who are caring, loving, and supportive of your dreams?

Who are you trusting with that precious heart of yours? Are you with someone simply because they are paying the bills? If so, you can get a job and take care of yourself. You do not have to demean yourself or make yourself less than to keep a roof over your head.

Are you at a job that is bringing out your best self? If not, work towards getting another one. Don’t state a job that is poisoning your soul simply to keep your roof over your head.

When you are in need of counsel, are you going to those who will uplift you and be honest with you?

You don’t need someone who will be condescending to you and pat you on your head. You want someone who will think of you. You want someone who will give you options and let you make the decision for your life.

I seek the counsel of God, FIRST. Then, I reach out to my family and TRUSTED friends.

Finally, I asked myself what I wish for? What I hope for? What I long for?

I’m learning not to rush headlong into a decision. I’m learning to wait. I’m learning to be patient.

I’m learning how to measure twice and to cut once!

I just stopped by to encourage someone. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who/what are you turning to/counting on?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Together, we stand!

Together, we stand!

I REFUSE to live in a world of darkness where hating my neighbor is profitable, preferred and prophesied about. LIES!

Shine your light.

Be a light.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We are all be challenged in this hour. What say you? Evil thrives when good men do nothing, as the old saying goes.

If one of us suffers, we ALL suffer.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We win together.

We win together.

We can conquer the darkness together.

We can do mighty things.

Together.

Or, we can collectively turn our backs and watch the world burn down. Together.

Not on my watch!

Who is with me?

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!

All medicine is not always the RIGHT medicine. 🤧🤒

I could kick myself.

Truly.

I added days, DAYS I’M TELLIN’ YA, to my illness, simply because I had not stocked up on the right medicine.

I told myself to reorder things. I got busy. Was too busy doing thangs. Smh.

Sure enough, illness knocked, kicked me in the face, and perused the near empty medicine cabinet.

I had just enough to be dangerous. Nothing that would clear up the cough, the congestion and barely touched on the fever. When I looked at the cost of what was needed, I balked. Dummy me.

It only took two extra days of flames erasing my brain for me to holler uncle, aunt and all other entities as I ordered meds suitable for dealing with congestion and cough.

Who knew?! Relief soon followed. Yes, I still feel like paint scrapings. But, I am on the mend. For those wondering how the world I know what paint scrapings feel like, just trust your sis.

I know there is some inspiration in here, somewhere, but I am honestly too tired of coughing to remember.

Someone well please pass out some wonderful pearls of wisdom for us all, okay?

In the meantime, have a wonderful day. This day is as YOU make it. What are you turning your day into?

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:Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

I sing this song to YOU, beloveds, as I think of you and pray for your life.

I sing, with gusto, asking for The Universe to bring tons of love into your life. I ask that your heart be filled with peace, love, hope and joy.

Listen and receive the care meant and sent for you today.

Be encouraged. Enjoy the rest of your awesome day. If it doesn’t feel awesome, shift your perception. You are still here. You have the opportunity to start again. And again.

Live NOW. LOVE now. Love you some you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The ONLY thing that can stop you is YOU.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Love wins.

Love wins.

Shine your light.

Be a light.

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!

Adapt.

I’m tired.

I do NOT want to get out of bed.

I DO want to work on my dream.

The things I have planned to do, I CAN do from bed.

Ah.

Aha!

This week I am focusing on listening/watching some teaching videos I have been gathering.

I can still put in work.

I overdid work on Sunday and now am paying for it. I have to teach myself to work but not work myself to the point where I can’t get out of bed.

That was for old me. Now, I am just too old fo being that dumb. 🤣

Do you want to hear something funny? Whilst laying down and thinking on my dreams, I found myself rising.

I found lazy pulling later towards the kitchen to get the coffee going. Ah. Aha!

It’s okay to adapt. It’s okay to be flexible. It IS necessary to cut yourself some slack as you maneuver your way towards greatness.

It’s soooooooo quiet, beloveds. I can almost hear my dreams in the distance. I hope…

living in the meantime,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can truly say the sweetest gift I have been given, through all this hard, is being able to enjoy the quiet, the waiting, with ME. Just me. This still me. This hopeful me. This inspired me. Ah, beloveds, she inspires me. Look at her fight!? Look at her try?! Amazing.

Be amazed by you. Be inspired by your try. Don’t dismiss you or your efforts. Your efforts shall NOT be in vain.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Beauty in the ugliest things.

Beautiful.

Ugly.

Two powerful words.

What makes something/someone beautiful?

What makes someone/something ugly?

Is there value only in the beautiful?

Is there no value in the supposed ugly?

Our perceptions shape our world. Our lives are determined by how we choose to see them.

I have been beautiful. I have been ugly. In my thinking. In my perceptions.

I am working on me. I am working on seeing the best in me. I am working on bringing out the best in me.

The world is full of much ugliness right now. It is also full of beauty. I continue to look for the beauty in others. I continue to pray about the ugliness in all of us.

I’m learning to see the beauty in the ugliest of things. We have to learn to love one another, flaws and all. We have to learn to work on our flaws. Together.

Life is worth living. Folk are making it impossibly difficult to want to live in a world that is filled with such hate right now. We don’t have to live in an ugly world that is full of hate.

I choose to love my fellow man. Even the ones who cause me to shake my head, in wonder and sadness. Actually, I do not understand how people can gleefully celebrate the hurt of others. I don’t understand that. I hurt when you hurt. I don’t have to know you. I just need to know that you’re a human being that is hurting.

Let’s start pulling out the beauty in one another. Let’s work to get the ugliness out of our hearts and out of our actions. We can. We have to.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I try to keep the current climate out of my blog. I leave it for others to spread divisiveness, hatred, and fear. I pray for them. I hope for the best for them and their families.

There is too much hate not to confront it. I choose to combat it with love. I choose to shine my light and focus on love. Life is short. Love one another. starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let go of your dreams.

I wasn’t willing to let this flu/cold stop me from uplifting folk for another second.

Be encouraged.

Don’t let go, beloveds!

We CAN.

We WILL!

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!

Don’t fall for the okie doke. You were built for this.

Don’t fall for the okie doke. You were built for this.

THIS time.

THIS place.

THIS struggle.

THIS face.

With YOUR voice.

With YOUR race.

In YOUR skin.

With YOUR love.

With YOUR try.

With YOUR resilience.

Now, beloveds, get up, get out there and reclaim YOUR time.

The government does NOT own your peace. Society does NOT own your want to. Those around you do NOT own your agency.

This life is what WE make it. I am making my present glorious. I am preparing a fantastic future. I am leaving the past where it lies.

Don’t fall for the okie doke. You were built for this.

Don’t be dismayed. Don’t be discouraged. Enjoy your moments. All of them.

Love one another. Get in your me time. Put your energy into making things happen in and for your life.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Uh, oh! I feel my Let’s go getting ret to go!!!!



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!