Author: Cassandra S.

Keep stacking days.

Keep stacking days.

Keep trying.

Keep loving.

Keep believing.

In YOU.

In your dreams.

Things ARE changing for the better. You ARE growing.

Lasting change takes time, beloveds. Don’t allow discouragement to move in. You ARE doing the work. Having done your part, allow The Universe time to do its part.

In the meantime, go do something you enjoy. You got this. Be proud of your try.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I got up early this morning to yak with fam. Enjoyed some me time. Prayed for you. Now, I am enjoying some ☕ coffee. How great is that?

Be encouraged. We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Love yourself NOW.

Love yourself.

NOW.

Don’t wait til tomorrow.

Don’t wait til others follow.

Love yourself.

NOW.

Don’t wait for perfection.

Don’t wait for another’s seal of approval.

Love yourself.

NOW.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Too often, we judge ourselves based upon this, that and the other thing. Sadly, if we don’t measure up to those supposed things, we hold back loving ourselves.

Worse, we stingily hand out love like it something to be bartered for. It’s not. Love is meant to love. Period.

Life is short, beloveds. Love yourself.  NOW. Don’t wait until you have it all together. I doubt if any of us will ever have it completely together.

Your love is much too valuable to keep hiding it from yourself. And others. This world needs the love only YOU can give it. What say you?

I can’t rest. My why won’t let me alone. Too many folk are needing love. Give it to them, beloveds. Starting with you…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My stister: The greatest gift God has given me through this time.

Dear wombie,

I just wanted to thank you, for being my twin. Thanks big stister, for being there. Thanks wombie, for being:

My friend.

My comfort.

My cheerleader.

My kicker-in-the-behinder.

Thanks, big stister, for being you. You mean the world to me. Truly. You have allowed me to:

Cry.

Fuss.

Scream.

Wonder.

Doubt.

Rage.

Pout.

Sometimes, all in one phone conversations..lol.

I appreciate you. I just wanted to share, openly, all you have meant to and for me, secretly.

Sis, if any have been encouraged, by my blog, it’s due, in part, because of your support and care. For me.

You amaze me, big stister. You roll your eyes when I am being particularly getting on your nerveness. You answer the phone, KNOWING you are set to experience any manner of stupidness that may and does/will come out of this mouth of mine.

Before I end my night, big stister, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your being in my life.

Keep on being you, would you please?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love my wombie…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The Magic of Redirection.

I have NO idea how you KNOW exactly what I need to hear. EVERY time I have NEEDED a word, in season, one of your pieces will slap me upside the head. Thank you for your words. Fantastic. I must repost this. Amazing! Wonderful. I must go back and read again. Need to share this as well. Wonderful, inspiring piece.

Cassandra S.
The Magic of Redirection

Just HAD to share this piece, beloveds. I love her work. Love her words. EVERY time I need a bit of encouragement, her blog is just the thing. I hope you are encouraged as I was reading her words. God please bless this wonderful soul. Asking for a friend(s).

Cassandra

P.S. What a wonderful piece!

Even when you are tired.

Keep going.

Even when you are tired.

Keep trying.

Even when you are weary.

Keep giving.

Even when you are running on empty.

Keep moving.

Even when everything in you wants to stop.

Keep believing.

Even when all about you seems unsurmountable.

Keep the faith.

Discard unbelief.

Keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this, beloveds. Keep on keeping on. There is too much awesome in you for you to give up just now.

Be encouraged. You got this. So go on ahead and get it. Things take time. And effort. And more time. And more effort. Geeeeeez.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God cares about the little things.

My 🛁 was clogged.

Annoying.

Maddening.

I told God I was 😡 mad. My 🛁 was clogged! I told God I was tired of making lemonade out of a damned clogged bathtub!

I told Him that I did NOT want the maintenance man traipsing around in here. I’m tired of all these damned maintenance men who are running around fixing every damned thing the damned tornado tore up!!

I want the stupid tub fixed WITHOUT maintenance having to come in. I want…

Huh?

In mid tirade, there was a knock at my 🚪 door.

Would you believe, beloveds, there was a maintenance at my door asking me if my 🛁 was stopped up!!

???!!!

😳

I was almost too afraid to ask him how on God’s green earth had he known my bathtub was stopped up?!!!!

I asked him. He told me the adjacent apartment was having an issue with their tub so he decided to see if I was having the same problem. He also told me he could fix it from the other side and would not have to come in to take care of things.

I swear you could have knocked me over with a feather. Made me shut up fussing. Quick. Fast. In a hurry. Yikes!

God has jokes. I am sure He is STILL yukking it up. It really was a nice reminder that we are not alone. Even when it feels like it. Especially, apparently, when it feels like it…lol.

Hang in there, beloveds. Keep on making lemonade out of your stopped up 🛁. You never know who shall knock on your door. 😁🤣🤗🥰🙏🤷‍♀️🥳♥️

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Living a lifetime in 3 1/2 months.😳

A little over 3 and 1/2 months ago?!

Wow. I can’t believe it has been such a small amount of time that the stupid tornado ripped my every day living to shreds.

I feel as though I have lived a full lifetime in less than four months. Yikes. Fresh hell. 😳

This morning, I found myself ready to live again. REALLY live. Up til now, I have been scraping by on ‘half to’. I am ready to move on because I ‘want to’.

I’m doing something I haven’t done since the tornado: Sitting in my car, yakking to you, via blog, thinking of mom, enjoying my fully paid off car.🥰😁💃💝

Life is short. I am doing my best to enjoy it. For the first time in more than four decades I am doing more than chasing a check.

I am enjoying my day for no other purpose than to encourage you and enjoy my day.

How great is that?!

Enjoy your life, beloveds. You get just one. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Time to love, beloveds. Time to live. Time to embrace and enjoy your life. Where you are. Right now. Go now. You got thangs to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop listening to the hate(rs).

Haters are going to hate, beloveds.

It’s what they do: Hate.

They hate themselves. They hate their circumstances. Instead of changing THEIR lives, they hate on me. They hate on you.

That’s a they problem. I don’t have time for hater-aid. I have thangs to do. So do you.

Haters want to keep you on THIER string. You are okay so long as you march to THEIR drumbeat. Ha! I don’t think so.

Thank your haters. They are a sign you are on the right track/path. Thank them for giving you extra motivation to cram your success down their hating throat.🤣🥰

Keep on being YOU. Your you is especially annoying to haters. Good! Keep on getting in ‘good trouble’.

Tell hate to kick rocks. You got too much love to give. Tell hate(rs) how sorry you are to keep winning as much as you are. Not!

Life is short. Why are you spending so much of your precious time wondering/worrying about what your haters are going to say/do?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Pray for folk who are full of hate and keep it moving. Your light WILL drive out the darkness.🥰🥰

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart check.

I’m just doing a heart check.

How are you holding up? Are you still holding on? Are you still keeping on? Are you still trying?

I can’t believe fall is here. The summer went so fast. The year is going fast. I’m looking forward to enjoying the rest of the year. I’ve spent most of the year enduring the year. I’m ready to enjoy it. How about you?

I have almost forgotten what it was like just to enjoy the day. I woke up and have been enjoying my day. All day. I am not worrying about bills. I have not worried about what comes next. I’m just enjoying my now. Right now.

Enjoy you now. Enjoy your now. Now is all we have.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: How is your heart?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I ain’t mad. Am I mad ’cause I ain’t mad?😳🤔

I ain’t mad.

Am I mad ’cause I ain’t mad?😳🤔

Maybe I should be.

Times past, beloveds, I WOULD be.

I received some news that would have upset me back in the day. In fact, out of habit I started to allow myself to get angry. I told myself I had permission to be super upset about the news. I told myself I was going to allow myself to be as angry as I wanted to be. For as long as I wanted to be!

I told my sister; I am going to spend the day mad! Furious. Righteously indignant!

I waited for anger to come. Wisdom arrived instead. I listened to Wisdom. I reasoned with reason. I talked to God. I lamented with The Universe. I cried with Life.

Then I got up and kept it moving. Life was much too short, I wisely reasoned with myself…lol.

The world would have you act when angry. The world rejoices when we respond out of anger. Why? Because we do dumb things when we respond out of anger. We are open to all kind of attacks when we lash out in anger. We tend to give up sacred ground when we react out of anger.

Anger helps us to walk away from beautiful relationships. Anchor gives us permission to burn down our lives So no other reason than we were angry. How sad? How dumb? I’m done with being dumb.

Stop allowing your anger to yank your chain. Stop blaming anger for the choices you are making. There is just too much anger going on in this world. I choose to let go of my anger. I choose to spend more time loving this world. Even a world that could care less about someone who looks like me.

I ain’t mad. Am I mad ’cause I ain’t mad?😳🤔

content,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I want to be mad at mom for leaving me alone. I want to be mad at 55 for making me so damned old. I want to be mad at me for carrying so damn much in the first place. Crap…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!