Note: The world was never satisfied. It is always pushing you towards wanting something new. It is forever pushing something shiny and new in your face. It cries out for you to “keep up with the Joneses”. Now, whether you actually LIKE the Joneses appears to have nothing to do with the equation.
Don’t let the world or others gaslight you, beloveds.
Enjoy where you live. Enjoy your culture. Enjoy your community. Enoy the differences that comes from being different.
Do NOT fall into the ridiculous trap by comparing yourself to things that don’t even matter in the grander scheme of things.
What’s the point of owning ten mansions if you can only live in one? What’s the point in keep everyone out, if you only end up bitter, hateful and alone?
NOT for me. No. Nope. No way, homie don’t play that!
Determine to be one filled with love, joy, hope and optimism. Let the pessimists pppsst all to themselves. The rest of us joyful peeps have thangs to do, don’t we?
Note: I just need to remind someone to take the time to smell the roses. Starting with me.
I can’t believe how much I had allowed myself to get burned out. It shouldn’t have taken months to get used to resting. Now that I have rested and then back to work. I am planning to give myself plenty of time in the future to just slow down and stop reacting to life.
This slow period of life has been amazing. I plan on keeping some slowness in my life.
Don’t let yourself be distracted by all the noise around you. Turn off the television. Set down the phone. Allow yourself to enjoy some peace and quiet.
Things will get done. If not, they were not meant to be done. Be encouraged.
Sis has been going through SOMETHING. I can hear it in her voice. I kept asking her “what’s wrong “? She keeps saying “nothing”.
My spidey senses wouldn’t let me leave her be. I kept calling. She kept saying she was fine. She stopped texting.
Initially, I magnanimously advised I was going to leave her be. Said she was being rude. Smh.
Today, God whispered for me to just love on her. He told me to take up the texting/yakking end and NOT allow HER silence to cause ME to withdraw and become silent.
See, beloveds, foolishness only wants us to join in and act a fool. Anger wants us to get angry regardless if we understand what’s going on.
Not knowing does NOT like not knowing. NOT knowing causes curiosity to get all up in it’s feelings. That’s why God tells us to just love folk.
We do NOT have to understand to love. Yes, it does help knowing where to pray and support.
Still, beloveds, can’t we simply love on folk when we see or sense they could use extra love, care, hope, laughter prayer etc?
Must life ALWAYS be about US? Surely, not. I am doing my utmost to love folk UNCONDITIONALLY. I admit that I initially failed.
For a few moments, I allowed HER silence to cause ME to feel some kind of way. Just because my inner dialogue was admonishing me that my love wasn’t enough to make her speak.
I told those lies to shut up, already! I REFUSE to apply strings to my love and my care.
I hope someone can understand what I am desperate to convey.
Sis needs her silence. She also needs my love. Simple as that.
I love you, wombie. I’m here as best as I can be.
I share this with you, beloveds, in the hope that some may have their own lightbulb turned on. Love is NOT meant to be a business transaction.
Have an amazing weekend. Training this week has been something. More on that later. Geeeeeeeeeeeez.😳🥰🤣
This is the last month of the year. End it strong.
The year has been what the year has been. Don’t waste this last month crying about what happened all year. Use his mind to determine what you would like to see happen for the coming year.
Look forward to your life, beloveds. It’s the only one we have. Life is worth living, even when it’s hard.
Don’t allow the disposition of others to determine how you are going to live your life. There are so many people who are choosing to be divisive and hateful and pessimistic. I refuse to be in that number.
I’m looking forward to my future. I’m looking forward to the tough training ahead with my new job. I’m looking forward to life.
What are you looking forward to? And if you’re not looking forward to something, that may be an indication that you may need to rethink what you’re doing right now.
Have a fantastic and amazing rest of your day.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Today has been so peaceful. Why? Because I have chosen to enjoy my day. I’m done and during the days…..hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
EVERY corner had some what in the fresh hell is this within in.😳
What did I CHOOSE to do?
I turned on some praise music.
I prepared supper.
I prayed.
I thanked God.
I prayed some more.
I went over my gratefuls.
I was grateful.
I AM grateful.
For the hard.
For all the what in the fresh hell is this found in every corner.
For my hot supper.
For Thursday Night Football.
For God’s Promises that ALL things work together FOR my good and that NO weapon, formed against me, shall prosper.
With ALL the above, what the world do I have to be bothered about?
I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me.
Oh, yea, I forgot to add the phone has decided NOT to dial out and I don’t have back up or landline. Hopefully, it will work itself out before work tomorrow.
Be encouraged. Do NOT waste your joy fretting over things that have ALREADY happened. What are you going to DO?
Note: I’m keeping my writing promise I made to myself a good year or so ago.
I promised I would take the time to take some days to get some pieces done and schedule and do them at least 10 pieces at a time. I allowed myself to pause on that while I rested.
Now that I have got my feel asleep, I am ready to keep on keeping on. I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep their promise to themselves.
It’s so easy for us to break our word to ourselves. We keep better promises to an enemy than we do ourselves. Which is a shame.
What promise(s) do you need to keep that you have made? Apologize to yourself then keep it moving. We got thangs to do, remember?
WE are the ones who are forever rushing here, there, and everywhere. We want things. DONE. NOW. HURRY.
At times, we don’t take the time to count the cost. Then, we are the first ones grumbling the food was cold, the meal wasn’t done, and fifty other things that happened because WE got in a hurry and got ahead of God/Life/The Universe.
I have learned to slow down already, Cassandra! Life will do what life does. Periodt. There is absolutely NO need for you and me to keep on mucking up what God/Life/The Universe has meticulously planned to help us to achieve/receive/let go of.
I am living in the moment. I am done counting minutes. I am simply using the minutes I have. I suggest you do the same, beloveds.
Okay, lecture over…lol. Who wants coffee? I have some chocolate chip cookies also.
If you want to be somewhere else, be somewhere else. Stop making excuses. Stop using your circumstances, your heritage, your culture, your upbringing, your gender, your finances or lack thereof to keep you from keeping on.
Your choices are yours there. Not mine. They are not your parents. They are not your significant others. Your choices are yours. This means whatever happens is because of what happens NEXT.
I just stopped by to remind someone that you can take a rest. You don’t have to be saving the world 24 hours of the day. What’s more, sometimes the person needing saving is you!
lol, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I’m glad this new job was pushed to starting a month later. These last few weeks I was able to get so much rest. I am ready for the future. Start rushing headlong into the future. Life is short. We don’t know how much time we have. Let’s start enjoying the life that we have. Here. Now. Currently.
The future is going to do what it does. Let the present guide you. Stop being held back by the past.
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