Author: Cassandra S.

Don’t sell yourself short.

Don’t sell yourself short, beloveds.

It breaks my heart beloveds, to see so many people selling themselves short. It hurts my heart to see so many doing ridiculous things for click bait. Or, for content for money.

Don’t sell out your dreams because you think the world needs you to do so to make money.

I have been talking to myself and asking myself what it is I want to give the world. I have been asking what I am asking for the world to present or give me.

I have no plans to be the lifesaver or babysitter for the world. I want to encourage others. I want to empower others. I want to share best practices with others.

Then, I’m going to learn how to make motivation old videos and create a page and presented to the world. My labor is worth getting paid for. Am done selling myself short.

I am working things out in real time. Hopefully, something I say will encourage you to go for your dreams. Just start somewhere. Anywhere. Just start.

Stop selling yourself short. Ask for what you need in want. Work hard. Dream big. What do you have to lose?

Take small steps. Cut yourself some slack. It takes time to make your dreams come true. Don’t let yourself be overwhelmed because you felt like a small fish in a big pond. You are a small fish in a big pond.

Yet, God and The Universe sees you. You are not alone.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

Be good to yourself. In the meantime, enjoy your day. Enjoy your life. Life is much more than being stimulated all the time. Life means experiencing the heat of the day. Life means experiencing the dark of night.

Life means standing in the rain. Life means being lonely. Life means being among people. Life means being hungry. Life means being full.

It’s okay to feel uncertain. It’s okay to be afraid of the future. It’s okay to wonder if you’re going the right way. Just keep going. Stop selling yourself so short.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You don’t have to apologize.

You don’t have to apologize…

For being born.

You don’t have to apologize…

For being unique.

You don’t have to apologize…

For being different.

You don’t have to apologize…

For having needs.

You don’t have to apologize…

For having dreams

You don’t have to apologize.

So, 🛑 STOP…

The Apologies.

apologizing no more,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay, beloveds, to desire change in your life. That being said, it’s important to understand that you take you with you wherever you go.

It has broken my heart to see so many people who are imploding their lives because they want to feel differently. These folks don’t understand it’s not the things they seek but how they interpret those things that helps determine how we feel.

Being content is a choice. Being satisfied with her circumstances is a choice. Being happy is a choice.

You can be satisfied anywhere. You can also be dissatisfied anywhere. It’s all determine by what we tell ourselves.

Growth takes time. Change takes time. One step at a time. It’s important not to make rash decisions when we are feeling like we’re in a dry place.

Don’t quit your job, start a relationship, remove things when you are feeling lost or empty. Stop. Take a breath. Take stock. Rest.

Rinse and repeat. Talk to the universe. Pray. Most importantly, be honest with yourself. Ask yourself why.

Why do you feel incomplete? Don’t immediately seek another person to try to make you feel like a whole person. Be good to you. Love you. Allow your heart to heal.

Don’t look for another to entertain you, to amuse you, to feel you, to complete you. It is not the world’s job to stimulate you. It is not your spouse’s job to stimulate you. You don’t need a spouse to stimulate you.

I have been working hard on my relationship with God. I understand that he is not my Butler. I am working on my end of the relationship. I am also working on my end of the relationship with my family and friends.

I asked myself what he is that I need to do to help the communication. I am working on myself when I feel triggered during an interaction.

I’m working on myself with my job. I’m thinking of different ways that I can be more useful and helpful with my job. I’m looking where I can grow.

I have also allotted time to work on my writing dreams. This way, I can give my whole heart to work in be about work business and not be frustrated because I am not pursuing my dreams.

I am no longer apologizing for being born. I no longer apologize for being the person that I am. I no longer apologize for being passionate. I no longer apologize for caring so much.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Stop being so terribly hard on yourself. You are doing the best you can. I am proud of you. I am proud of me.

I am looking forward to tomorrow. Why? Because, I have thangs
of to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Build so the whole world can see.

I am building my dream. I’m flying, beloveds. Where the whole world can see.

Mistakes and all. Missteps and all.

This is MY dream. I shall build it the way MY heart has been longing to do so for 30 years plus. I shall run and see where my heart shall take me. I shall go where I have been afraid to go. I shall climb even though I am terrified of heights.

I shall try.

I WILL fail.

I WILL fall.

That’s okay.

I am enjoying every step.

Every frustrating, maddening, soul destroying, heartbreaking, lonely, awful, heavy, burdened, tiring, annoying, exhausting, wonderful step.

Ah.

Aha!

God just wants us to try.

We build our dreams in the try.

We confront our fears in the try.

We meet us in the try.

Get up, beloveds. It’s time for you to try. It’s time for you to build your dream out loud. Where the whole world can see!

building my dream,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s time, beloveds. Rise. Shine. God is with you. The Universe is for you. Life WILL sustain you as you continue to try. It’s all in the try. When you truly understand that God, that Life, that The Universe could EASILY move and remove your obstacles, the more you will understand there is a point to these, to your shenanigans. Keep going! Look around you and see what you have already built!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Okay. Um. Oops.😳

Okay.

Um.

Opps.

PSA: It is HIGHLY recommended to BOTH put on one’s 👓 spectacles and REMOVE dirty 👟 shoes, BEFORE vacuuming the carpet.

Smh.

I can neither confirm nor deny having done such a foolish thing.😳

*mutters to self and makes note to vacuum the carpet. Again!*

spring cleaning sorta,

Cassandra

Note: It feels good slowly getting back into the swing of things. Give yourself permission to take as much time as you need to heal/grow. Promise you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me.

Repeat after me:

It’s up to me.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Now, go make it happen. How? Beats me. Start anywhere. Just start moving.

Moving on can be scary. I admit whilst doing my research, I have wondered if it would not be easier remaining in the known I know now.

The future, the unknown future, used to scare the begeez out of me. Now, it just terrifies me.🤣

Now, I know God is with me, so I am not so afraid. Or, I take my legit fear, climb onto His Lap and tell Him ALL about it. Poor Him.😁🤣

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Put yourself into some new categories.

I think I have finally figured out what categories are for. At least, for the tags.

I think they are so people could know what the piece is about. Who knew! All I know, is that when I did not words or put something in categories no one ever read my pieces.

One day, I put some words there. After that, folk began to show up. The only problem is that I had no idea what word drew them in.

Life is like that, isn’t it? We often have no idea what the magic word we used was that made things, happen in our lives. How annoying.

That got me to thinking: folk need to be opening themselves up to new categories! I keep opening myself up to new categories!

Maybe, beloveds, we have not experienced our dreams yet because they are waiting in other categories!!!

Just some food for thought. I know I’ll be thinking about this for the rest of the day.

opening myself to some new categories and tags,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I wonder how many opportunities I have missed staying stuck in my comfort zone? I will never know. Neither will you. Let’s try some new categories together, shall we?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why not today? Why not you?

Why not today?

Why not you?

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Why not you, beloveds? The Bible says that God is not a respecter of persons. This basically means that you are just as chosen as any in His eyes. You look at your life and see something that is mediocre. God looks at your life life and sees something amazing.

Make something amazing with the amazing life that you have. You can. You will. You have to. My dreams may be waiting on you to start yours. Get going…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Healing takes time. Give yourself permission to heal.

I feel good.

I finally got around to looking up my demolished laptop and attaching my microphone. Now, I can use my Dragon software!

Since typing as part of my everyday work job, I have always faced a dilemma about tired hands when it came to wanting to write each day. I told myself I would get myself some Dragon software one day.

Alas, that one day never seemed to arrive. Excuses, sadly, took its place. God had to send my one day through a friend!

Even then, I replaced one day with excuses. Again!

For years, I used to excuses as reasons to not set up my Dragon software so I could start writing after work.

Worse yet, I replaced excuses with discouragement and stopped writing altogether.

Of course, I blamed God. I blamed life. I blamed my job. I blamed everybody but me.

In blaming the entire world, I was able to get away with not pursuing my dreams. It was all their fault I could say.

Eventually, I began to heal. I began to grow. I began to love. I began to trust… Me.

God and Life and The Universe, helped me learn how to love and see and trust in me. Through Their love. Through my try. Now, I spend my time trying to help others to love and to see and trust in themselves.

I can’t get back the time I wasted. All I can do now, is helping you to not give away your time, beloveds.

Healing takes time. Give yourself the time you need to install your own Dragon software and keep it moving. We have things to do!

doing things together,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I feel good. It’s fantastic to be hands-free in order to enjoy some coffee. The first that comes from doing what you need to do. Do what you need to do is move on with your dreams.

Take the time you need to heal. Cut yourself some slack. Give yourself as much rope that you need!

Life is short but it is long enough to accomplish what you need to accomplish. Don’t allow yourself to be pressured. In the meantime, be good to you. Remember to get from behind the wheel. Take a break. Take a breath. Take a walk. Tell fear and doubt to take a hike. Start with one step. Then another…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The storm is over now.

The storm is over now.

Now, it’s time to assess the damage.

It’s time to move on now.

Now!

Rise!

Shine!

Live!

*After uttering these words, God gave Cassandra a final hug, slid her from His Lap and watched her move slowly, timidly about her way. He would take extra watch today…*

moving on from the storm,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Yesterday was rough. Today, a brand new day. To do with as I please. It pleases me to enjoy my day and embrace everything within it. Ah. Aha!

Life happens, beloveds. Be sure and happen to your life. We are not victims of our circumstances. We change our circumstances as WE change.

Change takes time. And effort. And more effort. Rinse. Repeat.

Be sure to cut yourself some slack. Some storms we bring about by our stupid. Other storms come about from the stupid of others. Then, life shows up and shows out bringing more stupid.

Be encouraged. We don’t face stupid alone.😳😆

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repair your broken dreams.

It’s time to repair my broken dreams.

Months ago, I fail and broke my favorite desk and laptop computer I paid more than $1,000 for.

I cried for days. I could not bring myself to pick up the pieces and throw the desk away. I could not look at my laptop let alone open it. Every time I looked upon the shattered glass, it reminded me of all I had lost.

I learned to work around the remnants of the accident. Soon, other things began to pile up around it. Yet, I was too weary and brokenhearted to fix things.

I became angry with me. I blamed me for my clumsiness. I blamed God for not catching me. I blamed The Universe for not warning me. I blamed life for just being life.

Eventually, I grew tired of watching the sad tired mess. I was ready to move past the accident.

I forgave myself. I picked up the pieces of my shattered heart and moved forward.

I use what parts of the desk I could use and threw the rest away. I hooked up my laptop to the television so I can use it as a display. I moved on. I move on.

I am preparing my dreams. I am repairing my dreams. I’m using this broken laptop to bring my dreams into reality. I can do it. I will do it!

Life is short beloved. If things have been broken in your life, clean up the mess and move on with your life. You have things to do.

If you need time to heal, that’s okay. Give yourself space to live within the mess for a while. Then, move forward. Use what you can. Discard what you can no longer use.

You owe it to you to keep moving forward.

moving forward with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: One step at a time. One day at a time. In the meantime, keep doing the best that you can. You CAN. You WILL!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!