Author: Cassandra S.

Tell lies to shut up.

I’m fat.

I’m old.

I can’t.

I don’t know how.

Nobody cares.

SHUT UP!!!!!

*Cassandra pops herself upside the head, grabs hold of some act right and moves on with her day”

Nuff said.

Cassandra

Note: I just stopped by to tell you to be encouraged, beloveds. Do NOT allow anything to tell you foolish things like you can’t and you won’t make your dreams come true.

Tell yourself to shut up, then keep it moving. We can? Why? Because we MUST. Nuff said. STOP listening to your foolishness when your act right wants to do nothing more than snack and hide from life.

Remember, it takes but ONE step. Just one. Then another. See!? You got this! As do I. In the meantime, stop being mean to yourself when you fall short. We fall more than we rise. The trick is to keep rising, as does the Phoenix. Look how magnificent your try is growing! Amazing! YOU are amazing. Whether you feel as though you are or not. Our feels lie to us. Be encouraged. As shall I. I love me some you. As does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Geeeeeez!

Geeeez!

God: You rang, beloved?

Me: What in all that is holy, begging Your Pardon, is all this hard doing on my plate today? Geeeeez!…*pout *

God: Why are you asking Me? You asked for your dreams to come true. There they are.

*Cassandra looked upon the mountain of hard with skepticism*

Me: I don’t see anything but hard.

God: Look closer, beloved.

Ah.

Aha!

*Cassandra scrambles off The Father Lap anxious to take on her hard.*

What was in the hard, you ask?

Hey! No cheating! Pick up your own ⛏ ax and get to it. 🔹

doing hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. Some fantastic things can be found in your geeeeeez!…lol.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I am discouraged. I fight on.

I am discouraged.

I fight on.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

Note: It’s important, imperative even, to acknowledge where you are. It is equally important to advise where you will NOT stay. I refuse to give up. I have drug sick and feels to work with me today. They are not happy. So what? Keep it moving.

If you are having a tough go, snatch hold of your feels and keep it moving. You have things to do. As do I. Let’s go. Don’t give up. Hard is teaching you many lessons. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Entitled to be lazy.

I find it ironic, beloveds.

Here I am getting things lined up so I can learn how to then post motivational videos and all kinds of well known folks are leaving YouTube in droves.

Over and over I keep hearing folk talk about being burnt out from ‘work’. Alas, their ‘dream job’ of creating content is now just a lot of work.

Who knew?

I was raised to work. And, to work hard and long. This last decade or so have heralded the value of making a living by NOT having to work hard, or not at all.

It seems folks just want to frolic on beaches whilst ‘influencing’ others to want to do the same. Everyone is told how idyllic the world can be IF you are:

Young enough.

Pretty enough.

Wealthy enough.

If you know the ‘right’ people.

If you have the ‘right’ job.

If you have the ‘right’ address.

If you are the ‘right’ skin color.

If you are/have the ‘right’ legacy.

The rest of us can, apparently, turn left, keep working hard and stay kicked to the curb.

Yikes.

Be encouraged, beloveds.

It’s up to YOU to accept whatever label folk will try and slap on you.

I don’t believe all young folk are lazy and entitled.

I don’t believe all older folk are hard working and level-headed.

I think we are all a combination of these things.

We are ALL lazy, at times.

We are ALL entitled feeling, at times.

we are ALL hard working, at times.

We are ALL level-headed, at times.

And, at ALL times, we are…human.

We are entitled to be lazy, beloveds. Yet, we must bear the cost of being lazy. Life is short. I choose to keep my act right acting right.

I choose to try even when I am tired and weary.

I choose to believe everything will be okay.

I choose to love.

I choose to laugh.

I choose to make the best of things.

I choose to encourage as many folks as I can wrap my arms and my heart around.

Be encouraged.

Keep on choosing you.

Keep on trying.

Take care.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an awesome rest of your day. This day was made for you. Embrace all that happens within it. This day is bringing out the best of you and showing you what things need to be tweaked, discarded and cherished.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Ah, Life. Why do you keep breaking my heart?

Ah, Life.

Ow!

Why do you keep breaking my heart?

Hey there, Life. Why won’t you open these doors for me?

Come on, Life. Why do you do the things you do?

Don’t you, care?

Why won’t you share, your bounty, with me?

What else must I do, Life?

What else must I give?

How else must I act before YOU will act for/with me?

I’m tired, Life. Not of you. But of all you have been putting me through.

Take hard with you, Life. And, bring me rest, in return.

Tell bounty to head my way. And, take lack and watch it burn.

Enough, Life, of all this hard. Give it a rest. Give me a break. Whew.

Okay, Life, I get it. I see what you are trying to do. You have been trying to get me to keep on keeping on. No matter what.

I shall try, Life. I love you. Still. Even though you keep breaking my heart. The ONLY thing I will allow to stay broken is

broken not beaten,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note Every since I made a full-fledged effort to super try and make my dream come true, in real time, all kinds of foolishness and folly have come screaming out of the woodwork.

Folk have either been trying to get in my pants, get in my pockets, or both!

I have been told, endlessly, all the 50 bajillion reasons why I shouldn’t, can’t, won’t, dear egads don’t waste my time, and 90 other messages that would cause one to dive in bed never to return.

The more I have pondered and research the more, at first, I wanted to change my mind and stay in my comfort zone.

In my coffin, er, comfort zone, beloveds, I KNOW my space. I KNOW how far I can go. I KNOW what to expect. Every day…*sigh*.

Too bad, my heart absolutely REFUSES to stay in check and hide. Life is just too short, my life says to me. EVERY day. ALL day.

Okay, heart, I shall keep trying. Broken and all. Diamonds are formed by pressure!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When life is not funny, laugh anyway.

I had to laugh, beloveds.

And, I mean laugh. NOTHING was working. I mean absolutely nothing. Stakeholders not happy. Managers not thrilled. Peers not amused.

I have spent the day apologizing for things I can do nothing about.

What did I do?

I laughed.

I made lemonade from the lemons.

I told myself the truth:

It is well.

When life hands you lemons, make something tasty.

Don’t fret.

Don’t sweat.

Don’t worry.

Things WILL be okay.

It is well.

laughing through the hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hang in there. It will be okay. Okay take some of this with you and spread liberally:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

How’s your ♥ heart?

How’s your ♥ heart?

How are YOU doing?

What does YOUR heart need?

Beloveds, your heart matters. YOUR heart and YOUR needs.

Mine is currently on the ill side. I took the day off to get some things done, but my body says ‘not today’.

I am giving myself the time to get better. I put down my dreams just for the day. Okay, I daydreamed just a smidge.

Be encouraged. Keep doing your best. The outcome is not ours to worry about.

I am still learning that it’s okay to shut it down and heal the way I need to.

Ewwwww, I hear 😷 medicine calling. Want some? Here.♥️

😷,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 🤮😴

You don’t HAVE to.

A friend recommended a new type of coffee creamer.

It sounded gross.

I tell myself I will try it.

I am learning to try new things.

Ewwwwwwwwww!

I absolutely HATED it.

I pouted as I paid a million dollars for it. Okay, it was close to four bucks but now I have a 50 gallon monstrosity of nastiness in my fridge who is demanding I finish since I had already paid for it.

In the past, I would have toughed it out because I had already paid the 4 bucks. Yep, beloveds, I would have inflicted weeks of pain/agony from messing up perfect cups of coffee adding nastiness just because I had ‘paid’ for the horrifying coffee crime sitting in my refrigerator. Smh. Don’t judge me. I am learning…lol.

I don’t know why us humans do super dumb things like staying in relationships, jobs, situations that do not serve us simply because we have been there ‘too long’. How long must we put ourselves through torment, er, foolishness because we had been with this person or that job forever?

There is a time and purpose for everything. You may have outgrown friendship from 30 years ago! You and the person may have grown in different directions. There is nothing wrong with missing folk well and growing in a larger/different pot.

Now, I am NOT saying leave a marriage/relationship you think has ‘grown stale’. Could it be YOU the one who is stale? Refresh the relationship. Talk to your other half. Grow together. Love each other and keep it meaning.

I am talking about a job you KNOW you have never cared for but have not taken the courage to look for something new, get the new job, THEN say goodbye to the one that is holding you back.

Please, please, please don’t blow up your life because you are feeling out of sorts.

Oftentimes, God and The Universe are trying to upset your apple cart so you can start asking questions to determine your why and get to doing YOUR why.

Be open to new things.

Just know you don’t HAVE to force down something not to your liking. Just because someone else believes something, find out for YOU if you agree/disagree. Then, keep caring for them and keep it moving. Disagreement does not mean the opposite side is your enemy. Just means you don’t like their coffee creamer. Eww!…lol

trying new things/sticking with my creamer,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Remember your thoughts/opinions matter. Don’t follow like the rest of the world seems to be angry about this, mad about that. Half the time I don’t think most folks even know what they have decided to be mad about. They have just seen a bunch of folks up in arms and began to yell and scream as well. SMH.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me.

Repeat after me:

I am amazing.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Too often, beloveds, we tell ourselves ridiculously untrue things such as we can’t, we won’t, nobody cares, we don’t care. On and on. Feeding ourselves mound of foolishness and lies.

Speak truth to your heart. You ARE amazing! You ARE worthy. You ARE lovable. You ARE loved. You ARE intelligent. You ARE. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Guard your why.

It’s important to guard your why.

Why?

If you don’t, you may find yourself pursuing the whys of the world. You end up hopelessly chasing likes, subscriptions, joiners and all manner of things.

You will find yourself wondering why you are doing what you are doing.

YOUR why is important.

Why?

Because, the world needs YOU. The AUTHENTIC you. Not the contrived you folks try to get you to be to suit THEIR agenda and needs.

Be YOU.

Just you.

Pursue YOUR why.

Why?

Your why will grow discouraged waiting for you to get back to it, that’s why!..lol.

Life is short.

Guard your why, beloveds.

Your peace is contained in your why.

Your joy is hopelessly tied up in your why.

Heckamia, the key to MY dreams may be hopeless tied up in your why!

Be encouraged, beloveds. Take heart. I have seen tons of folks, here lately, who are quitting their YouTube channels etc because of burnout, feeling like imposter(s) due to feeling as though they have had to pretend they were something they were not, thinking they had to lie and pretend they were ‘more successful’ so they could be in the orbit of other folk they feel are ‘more successful’.

Remember, beloveds, you are soooooooooooooooooooo much more than what you do, what you have, what you wear, who you know, who does not know you.

Why?

Because, you are loved and you are NOT alone, that’s why!

It’s crucial you guard your why and enjoy your life whilst being, doing and pursuing your why. The rest will come out in the wash.

#YourLife MattersToMe

Note: Why are you doing what you are currently doing? Why are you not pursuing that which you have desired to do? Answer yourself then get on with your why.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!