Month: April 2025

Keep going. Even during the storm.

Keep going.

Even during the storm.

Remain hopeful.

Even during the storm.

Stay faithful.

Even during the storm.

Storms have been raging here. Last night, ALL night. Through the morning. They have paused. Long enough for me to stop by and encourage someone who is in desperate need of respite from an awful long storm seige.

The storms are due to start again in three hours and rage for the rest of the afternoon and through til Easter tomorrow. 😳. Good egads.

I must confess that hankering down in the bathroom, with tornado sirens blasting, came mighty close to reminding me of last year’s tornado.

The anxiety I am fighting with, today, has everything to do with last year. I keep reminding myself this is NOT last year. Tell that to my terrified soul last night.

Storms pass. They are not personal. They are doing their job. Our job, beloveds, is to continue standing on FAITH when storms show up.

Yea, they can be mighty loud and scary. Yes, they can be capricious and cause awful damage to some, whilst sparing others.

I don’t know why hard has to be so flipping hard. I DO know hard is doing it’s job in revealing the character inside.

Be encouraged. Do what you can to prepare. Survive. Keep it moving.

Also, reach out for support when going through hard times. We need one another. I have been reaching out to family and friends and letting folk know I am struggling alone.

Struggles don’t last always. Be sure to find the joy in your day. I am fixing to have a bowl of Golden Grahams and a yak with God to let Him know I feel soooooooo alone and tiny, at the moment.

Be encouraged, beloveds. We are loved and not alone.

thankful in the midst of the storms,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

One second can stop everything.

I have been trying to post my video foreeeeeevveerrr!

For the life of me, beloveds, I could NOT figure out what I was doing wrong. I kept at it. I kept looking. I kept experimenting.

Finally, FINALLY, I saw where ONE extra second had recorded and WordPress will not download a video, longer than five minutes, in the free blog. Oops.

I trimmed the fat. I posted said video. Said video sounded a bit hollow because I forgot to select ONE thing…*sigh*.

Be good to yourself, beloveds, as you work on you. Sometimes, it’s just ONE thing that is stopping the flow.

Keep LOOKING until you FIND the thing holding you back. Don’t get all frustrated and up in your feels. Life is a PROCESS.

Celebrate your try. Enjoy when you finally find and fix the one thing stopping you.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this. It’s important to utilize POSITIVE self talk as you learn. Insert the word “challenging” where you would normally use “I hate this”, “This is too hard”, “I can’t do it”,  “This is frustrating”.

It really does help to say “This is challenging” then see it as the challenge it is. Then, you end up turning it into a successful game or challenge.

The second I turned looking for that second into a challenge, the easier it became to find and correct the mistake. It was sooooooooo satisfying!

Before, I would have long given up in frustration and disappointment. Now, I do not allow disappointment to have the last word. Tell discouragements to kick rocks. Life is what we make. Let’s make it fantastic.

You CAN. You WILL.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use your reasons why you have not, as fuel ⛽ to get after it.

My tummy is in rebellion. It keeps rushing me to the bathroom 🚽. 😳

I have thangs to do. I do NOT have time to waste, beloveds.

In the past, I would have allowed lazy to coax me into 🛏 bed. Now, I simply tell later to get going but to take things a bit more slowly. Later is getting in the habit of doing something, if even just small things, to keep my dreams fueled for the day.

I also switched to working on my phone 📱 since it is not conducive being on the computer 🖥 and rushing to the bathroom every other five seconds.

Use your reasons why you have not, as fuel ⛽ to get after it.

Once I learned that trick, life became a lot easier. I wasn’t forever looking for Thanos in every inconvenience…lol.

Life is good. Even with an upset tummy.😁😳🤣🥰

enjoying this boring life of mine,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Enjoy your life. All of it. Life is so very short. what are you doing with the life that you have? We are all so focused on worrying about things that really don’t matter. We are also focused on how much money we are making or not making. We are not seeing what life really is all about. Have an amazing rest of your day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Tell distractions, hell no!

I had texted my brothers something.

Then, I got about making my dreams happen. I put the phone down. I got about being about it.

Being about it got distracted. Distracted was dying to see what the phone had to say.

The phone got to yammering for me to pick it up.

I told distraction, the phone and being about it to shut it up, already!

Be about it was smart enough to get back to being about it…

being about it,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Do NOT allow distractions to keep you from being about it. We got thangs to do, remember. Let’s go!!



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Commit to it.

Commit to it.

Keep your commitment to it.

Allow your commitment to propel you forward.

What is IT?

I don’t know. You tell me.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: April is waiting to spill it’s bounty to you. Squeeze every ounce of destiny from within its grasp!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Dear God, I’m disappointed but I ain’t mad.😳🙏

Dear God, I’m disappointed but I ain’t mad.😳🙏

Okay, I’m a bit disappointed AND discouraged because things are not moving where I can SEE.

I can’t see. Crapola. Sheeeeeeeuuuuut.😳

A friend told me that not knowing what to do can be hard. But, needed or some kind of inspiration or other.

God, I was just too discouraged and disappointed to half listen to his rah rah words.

I promised myself that I would NOT get in my feels because You are currently playing hide and seek when I need to see You the most.

I have learned enough to keep it shut, during these times. Hollering and screaming won’t make You show up sooner.

Ah, God, I will be glad when this test is over. It has been incredibly nerve wracking.

Easter is coming. I know you are super busy getting ready!❤🥰

I just stopped ’round to let You know that I ain’t mad. Just disappointed. This too shall pass.

disappointed but thankful still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Life is good. Even when it’s hard.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Folk: Do what makes YOU smile.

I’m going to ask for your patience, beloveds, on the front end.

I am going to do a me. Rather, I am going to BE me and explain something that makes NO sense that will end up making perfect sense. I hope.

I have been lying in bed and contemplating the word ‘folk’. Specifically, I have been musing over the fact that I have been using the word ‘folk’ an awful lot in my pieces, of late.

Why?

Because doing so makes me smile.

Why?

Because I could use a million other words to describe folk but like using the word folk Because it makes me smile.

Why?

Because,…hhmm…*shrug*. No idea. It just does. So I do. Me.

I shall continue to do me. I shall continue to do that, which makes me smile. I suggest you do the same.

We can all be odd ducks 🦆 from time to time. So what?

I write 📝 in such an odd way that at times that spell check and grammar check have NO idea what on earth to do with my words. That’s okay. I know what I mean to say. I say it. I’m MY way.

Keep walking YOUR path. In YOUR way. At YOUR pace. Many, most may/will question what/why on earth are you doing/saying that?! That’s okay. Your path is YOUR path.

Your path does NOT have to be explained. Just taken. You don’t have to be ashamed over your path. It’s yours. Folk may not understand now but will be grateful you built it!

Folk look upon the NOW. Your why knows why you are building and taking this path. Even you may not yet know why your why is building this path and leading you down it. Keep going. Keep trusting your why. God does. Life does. The Universe does.

Your why IS/WILL lead you down the right path!

See? That wasn’t so painful, was it? You folk will learn to trust me sooner or later. 🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❤️

Be encouraged. Keep on being…YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay to be different. It’s perfectly okay to wonder why your why is taking you to odd places. Enjoy the journey.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Focus.

Focus on today, beloveds.

Focus on what you can do, now.

Focus on the folk in front of you.

Focus on today. Let tomorrow look after itself. Let the past stay there.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you focusing on?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why FOUR, 4?!😳🌊

My dreams are about to overtake me, beloveds. 🌊

WHY, 4, though?!

4 am.

4 am.

4 am.

Like clock work, dreams get to yanking on my ears at or around 4 am.😳🤷‍♀️

I don’t even have to set the alarm clock. I picked up a bit of a cold yesterday. Still, early this morning….yank! Bleary eyed, I snatched up the phone…*sigh*. 3:51 am.

I just stopped ’round to wake others up since I have to be. Oops, I mean, I stopped by to encourage folk to get up and get to pursuing thangs today!

We got this.

We go!

being about business,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Do it for you.

I love encouraging folk.

I love writing.

I love the creative process.

There is just SOMETHING about creating SOMETHING from NOTHING. It never fails to amaze me.

This blog was created, beloveds, with YOU in mind. Still, I enjoy it. I delight in it. I no longer fret about who may or may not show up.

I show up. Every day. Here. Present. I’m doing my best to do so, in my every day life.

Life is short. Show up. Be present. Put yourself out there. You can’t be loved if you don’t. Do it for you. You will be so glad you did.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:  Okay, um, so like you supposed to be out there loving folk. Get going…lol.🥰❤🙏🔥🌍🤗🎤🎤😎

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!