Month: June 2025

Be still.

The 🔮 future is silent. She won’t speak to me. I want to make her.

God is silent. He won’t tell me what He is up to. I want to shake Him.

56 is afraid she will be left behind. I am shaken.

Fear: Run!

God: Be still.

Doubt: Hide!

Life: Be still.

Circumstances: Nobody gives a hoot.

The Universe: Be still.

Storms: We ain’t going nowhere.

My heart: Be still.

56: Let’s get the heck out of here.

57: Be still.

*Cassandra looks at the storms raging within/without, tells all doubters to shut it, and heads for a cup of ☕ coffee*

Be still, beloveds. This too shall pass. We are loved. We are NOT alone. We CAN. We WILL.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Tears were my 🥣 breakfast this morning. I let them fall. I am not strong. Then again, beloveds, I don’t have to be.

Uncertainty does NOT mean certain destruction is imminent. It just means you can’t see what’s up ahead.

Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Keep standing ten toes down on FAITH. Keep standing on business.

Get in your gratefuls. I am thankful for the hard. It keeps me on my knees. It keeps me from donning a cape. It keeps me from hiding. It keeps me from running. It keeps me fighting for ME. It keeps slapping me awake so I can live my life with INTEGRITY and INTENTION.

I put on some praise and worship to get this party started since all kind of foolishness wants to barge in to get me to look everywhere but up. I don’t think so. Homie don’t play that!

Be encouraged. Nothing is over. We just getting started! I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be willing.

Be willing.

To hear from your critics.

Be willing.

To listen to your fears.

Be willing.

To sit with your doubts.

Be willing.

To be vulnerable.

Be willing.

To be redirected.

Be willing.

To tell yourself the truth.

Be willing.

To hear the truth.

One of the hardest things I have had to do/learn, beloveds, is all of the above.😳😁🥰

I’m finding that I have had to confront ALL of these barriers these last months. Particularly in the past few weeks.

I have had to face rejection over and over and over and over.

I have had to decide if I was going to continue to allow my heart to face the awful sting of being rejected/not seen over and over and over and over.

My pride angrily, through tears, keeps saying “h to the no!”😡

My dreams, through resolve, keeps saying “absolutely and all day!”🎯

My heart, through faith,  keeps whispering “just ONE more try”.⏳🙏

Old age, through experience, keeps saying “you’ve tried giving up on yourself before, remember?”

Ack.

I am siding with old age and my dreams.

When I forget about all the noise, beloveds, making these corny, not yet great videos is soooooooooooo much fun!

I enjoy encouraging folk. I enjoy the sound of my voice. I enjoy sitting at my desk to see what will come from this old heart of mine.

Focusing on bills, on what will probably never happen, snatches me back down to earth.

Shattered, humbled, and timid, I scramble up from scarred knees, to make my way back up Dream Mountain. I got thangs to do. Don’t you?

being willing with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Switch up the game.

I want to scream. I did scream.

My quitter quit again this morning. I’ve made quitter get up and make coffee. I wanted to give up so badly on starting. on starting my channel, I decided I’m going to work on pieces and get my channel started. There has to be a reason why doubts trying its best to get me to stop.

I fired up the computer, and I just started talking. The video turned into something else. I turned into something else.

Wouldn’t you know it, just as I was getting into with maintenance decided to start whacking down more old trees? The sounds of the chainsaw is driving me up 10 walls. I can barely hear myself think. I had to start recording videos.

Instead of giving up on my day, I decided to work one more pieces. I can’t believe my Dallas also tried to get me to delete my blog that I have been working on for 5 years now. I don’t know why discouragement has been so loud these past few weeks.

I am normally able to encourage myself with uplifting use egg or reading or talking to my family or encouraging myself. for the past week or so, I have not been able to consistently keep myself motivated and encouraged.

It’s a good thing my good habits are holding me down. It’s a good thing my trier with Jesus to give up more than 10 minutes or so. It’s a good thing my toes are standing. 10 toes down on faith.

I just stopped by encourage someone to keep on keeping on. If an obstacle gets in your way, move it out of the way. Or use the obstacle to step up to greater heights.

Don’t stop playing the game because it has gotten hard. Switch things up if you need to. Things may not turn out the way you had hoped. You will never know until you try. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

So and what, boo and who, Cassandra. 😳

I was having a tantrum, beloveds. A tasteful one, mind you. It went something like this:

Boo and hoo. Life just ain’t fair! Waa and waa.

I had even thrown in some wherefores and how comes and a few what in the worlds??!

I was dramatic. Tastefully so, or so I thought…

*sigh*

Just as I was working into rare form, Life asked a good question:

So and what, Cassandra?

Kinda hard to argue with Life when put so tastefully.

I kindly decided to shut and up.🥰😁🤦‍♀️🤣

Life is short, beloveds. Sometimes, you just have to laugh when life is lifing so hard you can barely stand it.

Boo hoo. Life is hard. So what? Life is too short to be carrying on about how hard life is being to us.

Get up. Get going! Let’s go!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this, I think.😁😎🎯🙏❤

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Good morning.

I just stopped by to wish you a good morning. Like it out there and make it a fantastic morning!

Our dream might come true today!!

We have no idea what life has in store for us today. Seize every precious moment.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What do you hope for today?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart check whatever day this is.

How is your heart?

Mine has been taking quite a beating these last days. It’s a little bit tired. It’s a lot of bit set up with having to keep on keeping on. Still, I keep on keeping on.

Are you being good to you? Make sure that you are.

The week had been so discouraging inadvertently. I stopped turning on my uplifting videos and music. Consequently, I started seeing the darkness instead of the sunshine, waiting just for me.

As soon as I realized this, I turned on my music. I did a chair dance or to.

I kept my promises to myself. I caught up on all my pieces. I had a cup of coffee. I cut myself some slack. I dried my tears. I laughed.

I think I will pop me some popcorn and watch a ridiculous action movie.

Have an amazing rest of your day. Remember that you are loved and that you are not alone. Reach out for love and support as needed.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this. God has us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Walk in the midst of your dreams.

I am living my dreams, beloveds.

Outloud.

In real time.

I told God I am not waiting around anymore. I’m doing what He has asked. It’s not MY fault He has given me some reeeeaallly dumb sounding things to do/say.

Here goes nuttin, world. Here I come. Don’t blame ME, though. 😎🤣🌍🎯

launching out to only God knows where/why,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This IS your time, beloveds. What the world you STILL waiting for?!! Go on, now. Scoot. Skeedaddle. Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My want to did not want to. Which is precisely why I did.

My want to did not want to. Which is precisely why I did.

Periodt.

End of story.

So what.

Now that we have got excuse out of the way, beloveds, how about we make it happen?😎🛎⏳

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s go!! Good habits got to work tonight. I didn’t feel like it. I put on myself wandering over to my computer and getting to work. We have been avoiding each other this week. It has been terribly frustrating not seeing more from my efforts.

My give up has given up about three or four times. I find there’s too much in me to quit for long. I keep reminding myself that change takes time. I tell myself the best is yet to come. I tell myself to keep trying. Everyday.

I have to take out the trash tomorrow. I don’t want to. Which is precisely what I’m going to.

Hang in there. Your time will come.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The world is our oyster, not our waiter!

The world can be our oyster, beloveds. That is, of we work for and towards the things we want/seek/need.

Life does not owe us a thing. The 🌎 world has no interest in serving your needs. Truth be told, beloveds, we are not the center of the universe.

We are one of many. Unique. One of one.

Our world of what we make it. We can serve ourselves anything we want. We are the ones who have to put forth the effort. Life doesn’t owe us anything. Our families don’t owe us. our friends don’t owe us. We don’t own them.

Folks give and do what they can because they choose to. We are give each other enough room to determine whether to be helpful or not. I’m doing my best to give folk permission to be there for me or not. All I can do is ask for support and wait patiently for whatever comes. Or not.

I have secretly been having quite the pity party. Upon realizing this, I made myself get out of bed. Life doesn’t owe me a thing. I owe life every bit of effort and tries that I have within me.

I stopped blaming the old me for not being able to get the new me over the finish line. Her time is passed. It is up to me now. No matter what happened in the past, all I have now is a present to make something of my future. All I have is today. Now. These moments.

I’m trying to let myself off the hook. I keep having to forgive myself for all I have not done over the years. I keep telling myself to be patient with me.

Be patient with you. Forgive yourself if you need to. Start again as many times as you have to.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this. Have an amazing today. You deserve it.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Your habits work for you. To your service or your detriment.

Your habits work for you. To your service or your detriment.

I woke from a delish nap. Automatically,  I headed to the bathroom. After the bathroom, I found myself sitting, grabbing my phone, began editing, creating, and finishing pieces.

I wasn’t thinking. My good habits got about getting after it. Without needing cajoling or bribery. Good habits had thangs to do. I woke from my slumber and became an active participant. My goal had been another nap. Good habits said, ha!

I’m so glad my good habits have gotten so good that they paid no mind when I go into a mini pity party. I am thankful my good habits are used to making myself eat, getting old with my dad, whether I want to or not, and try. and trying to see the best out of life.

I have been pleasantly surprised to find myself reaching for the sunshine when darkness comes to visit. I have not been comfort eating or hiding under the covers. I have been facing my fears. I have been confronting the past. I have been making peace with it.

I’m doing my utmost to own my present and future.

The more darkness I see around me, the more I shine my light. I no longer allow myself to give in to the rage baiting that is going on right now. I choose to live. I choose to love. I choose to remain hopeful and joyful.

Keep doing what you know. Everyday. Good habits will continue to show love for you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you..

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!