Note: I didn’t feel like getting up this morning. I’m glad that I did. It has been a wonderful day. I have made countless mistakes. I have laughed at myself at least half a dozen times. I have praised God. I have sung songs terribly. I have danced in my chair. What a wonderful day this has turned out to be.
Sometimes, you just got to keep on walking. Keep going. You got this. For the billionth time, another storm system is going through. It plans on sticking around through tomorrow. I would have imagined the clouds would have ran empty or become bored by now.
Stay encouraged. I know. I know. It gets old. Who wants coffee?😁😎
Note: Life really is good. I’m thankful today. I’m grateful for family and friends who love and care about my life. I’m appreciative of a lovely cup of coffee. I’m looking forward to some grilled chicken and macaroni shells and cheese.
What are you grateful for? It helps us when we remind ourselves of what we have to be grateful and thankful for. It’s hard to be discouraged and upset when you remember where you have. where you have come from and where you look forward to going. Look forward to your life. You don’t have to dread the future. Enjoy your present. Enjoy your moments. Laugh often. Love much. Live now.
The storms here have been constant. So much so it’s not always easy living amidst them “in the meantime”. I want them over. Life is not on our timeline, though. Life is going to storm…*sigh*.
I told life I am tired of it cutting up this way. Life told me to mind my own business and to be patient. 😁😎
Be encouraged. Laugh while it is storming. We are protected still. Ah, God. What do we do with us now?
Are you moving closer to making those dreams a reality? Are you taking a step everyday? Are you trying just a little something every single day?
If not, don’t be hard on yourself. it takes courage to get up and try. It takes effort to get up and try even when you can’t find the courage. Take a step. Courage will find you as you take a step forward. Don’t rush. It will take as long as it will take.
What things do you hope to accomplish this year? If you have not already done so, go ahead and drop things down. right out a plan on how you can achieve something this year.
Where would you like to go? Daydream plan, then make it happen. You can do it. You can get there.
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Have an amazing day today. Start over as many times as you need to. be sure to get in some me time.
Life sure has been lifing. So much so, beloveds, I was sick of it.
I was sick of the flipping trials already!
Enough, I said. Trials simply laughed, then turned up the heat for my having dared to ask for some respite.
My faith has been pummeled. One night, I angrily told God I was “done!” Normally, I would have left that off and kept it moving. Instead, I found myself wondering if I really was done. I wondered what my life would be like. I had been following him for 30 plus years. What would I do with myself? I was almost afraid to find out.
It was that fear that made me pull the end of the string. I followed it and followed my heart to see where it would lead me. It led me to The Father’s Lap. Ah, God. I love me some You…
Sometime it’s OK to be shaken and stirred and turned upside down. How else would you get turned right-side up?!
What’s so much going on in the world? It is easy to question everything, everyone, and wonder what in the fresh hell is going on.
Be encouraged if you are being tested right now. This too shall pass. We shall make it to the other side of these trials and tribulations.
In the meantime do the best you can to enjoy your day These are all the days that we get. Use them well.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Hang in there. You got this. God has us all.
Unquestioning. Loyally. Unequivocally. Just because.
I’m not sure what dastardly devastation would befall but was loudly and soundly advised that SOMETHING horrible, awful, terrible could maybe, could well be, maybe, might happen if I didn’t obey to the letter.
Thankfully, God, Life, The Universe, situations, circumstances, this, that and ALL the other things taught me it was needed, necessary and perfectly okay to question, to ask questions and be open to a new answer, a disconcerting answer, or no answer whatsoever.
I find myself asking all kind of questions lately. No plan on asking questions until I leave here. Finding out the answers has been fun.
Keep asking questions. keep being willing to change your mind. Keep being willing to be wrong. There’s nothing wrong with admitting mistakes and doing your best to correct them. It’s called adulting….lol.
Take care and have an amazing day today.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is short. Live it to the fullest. Stop surviving life.
Jimeny Cracker Jack’s and corn flakes!!…*this is Cassandra’s way of swearing*
The storm won’t stop pounding. I have told fear to shut up and am currently singing loudly/badly to “You Have Made Me Glad”. Am sure the neighbors appreciate the thunder over my singing. 😁🤗🤣
I just stopped by, again, to sit with someone, who is also going through some storms. Peace, be still, beloveds. This too shall pass. Geez, tho, God. Whew.
singing DURING the storm, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Hang in there. We got this. Short of that, you got me. Poor you.🤣🤗😁😎🌏🙏❤🥰
Today is the first anniversary of the tornado. Ha! Not!
Today is the day the Lord has made, as the bible says. I SHALL rejoice and be glad in it.
I beat the dawn this morning. I made coffee. I worked on my dreams for a few hours. I sang, badly, to early morning praise music.
I thanked God for my life. I thanked The Universe for being big enough to contain my dreams. I thanked Life for teaching me how to fight.
Then, I got on with my day. I have life to live. No time for standing over a grave. Last year happened. Am leaving last year in 2024, where it belongs. 2025 is a handful all on it’s own.😳🤣
I have much too much to do, beloveds. So do you.
The storm is raging. I am working in the midst of it. In fact, I recorded the voice over for the first piece I am going to put on YouTube next week. Badly. Clumsily it’s going up. I also created some cheesy intros and endings. I am going to see how many eyeballs I can cause to roll out of folks heads.🤣
Yikes, beloveds, I had already quit three times, before the sun rose. Geez, Cassandra.😳🐥
I was in the middle of trying to figure out WHY IN TARNATION I COULDN’T DOWNLOAD MY FILES THIS MORNING!!! OMG!!!!!!!
I quit. I stormed to the kitchen. I made coffee. I drank said coffee. Annoyed at having quit, I pouted my way back to the computer.
I tried again. Again, nothing! I quit. I stormed to the kitchen. I made coffee. I drank said coffee. Annoyed at having quit, I pouted my way back to the computer.
I tried again. Again, nothing! I quit. I stormed to the kitchen. I made coffee. I drank said coffee. Annoyed at having quit, I pouted my way back to the computer.
Apparently, the third time being the charm, I figured out that I was out of space due to having copied files repeatedly and in several different places.
In trying to teach myself how to organize and save files, I had learned badly. Still, I learned. Now,I had to teach myself how to delete all the extra files, organize the ones that are left, and cut myself some slack while doing so.
The me, before the tornado, would have given up two tries ago. I would have blamed everything and everyone but me. I would have taken to my bed and pouted.
Post tornado, I tell myself we WILL sit here ALL day, if we have to, and WILL figure things out.
I sat there for more than 12 hours. I figured things out. I’m glad I took the time to get things. organized and situated. Now I know exactly where every file is. Now I can start projects and complete them in a more proficient and timely manner. I’m proud of my try.
Be proud of your try. Keep trying, and trying, and trying, and trying, and trying as many times as it takes to get things right.
Don’t let it be okay to quit. You have too many things to do.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is going to happen whether you quit or not. Keep going.
One thing I am learning beloveds is that it takes as long as it takes.
Simple as that.
There will be days when you get it on the first try. There will be other days when it will take fifty tries. Annoyingly, there will be days when you just don’t get it!! Ack.
It’s a good thing I have figured this out. It only took me 56 years to get here.🥰🤣
Be encouraged. It takes as long as it takes. Don’t get upset with all the mistakes. You are doing your best. Let your best be enough.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It takes a long time to build a legacy. Take your time. Enjoy the journey. Have a fantastic rest of your day.
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