Author: Cassandra S.

Folk: Do what makes YOU smile.

I’m going to ask for your patience, beloveds, on the front end.

I am going to do a me. Rather, I am going to BE me and explain something that makes NO sense that will end up making perfect sense. I hope.

I have been lying in bed and contemplating the word ‘folk’. Specifically, I have been musing over the fact that I have been using the word ‘folk’ an awful lot in my pieces, of late.

Why?

Because doing so makes me smile.

Why?

Because I could use a million other words to describe folk but like using the word folk Because it makes me smile.

Why?

Because,…hhmm…*shrug*. No idea. It just does. So I do. Me.

I shall continue to do me. I shall continue to do that, which makes me smile. I suggest you do the same.

We can all be odd ducks 🦆 from time to time. So what?

I write 📝 in such an odd way that at times that spell check and grammar check have NO idea what on earth to do with my words. That’s okay. I know what I mean to say. I say it. I’m MY way.

Keep walking YOUR path. In YOUR way. At YOUR pace. Many, most may/will question what/why on earth are you doing/saying that?! That’s okay. Your path is YOUR path.

Your path does NOT have to be explained. Just taken. You don’t have to be ashamed over your path. It’s yours. Folk may not understand now but will be grateful you built it!

Folk look upon the NOW. Your why knows why you are building and taking this path. Even you may not yet know why your why is building this path and leading you down it. Keep going. Keep trusting your why. God does. Life does. The Universe does.

Your why IS/WILL lead you down the right path!

See? That wasn’t so painful, was it? You folk will learn to trust me sooner or later. 🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❤️

Be encouraged. Keep on being…YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay to be different. It’s perfectly okay to wonder why your why is taking you to odd places. Enjoy the journey.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Focus.

Focus on today, beloveds.

Focus on what you can do, now.

Focus on the folk in front of you.

Focus on today. Let tomorrow look after itself. Let the past stay there.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you focusing on?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why FOUR, 4?!😳🌊

My dreams are about to overtake me, beloveds. 🌊

WHY, 4, though?!

4 am.

4 am.

4 am.

Like clock work, dreams get to yanking on my ears at or around 4 am.😳🤷‍♀️

I don’t even have to set the alarm clock. I picked up a bit of a cold yesterday. Still, early this morning….yank! Bleary eyed, I snatched up the phone…*sigh*. 3:51 am.

I just stopped ’round to wake others up since I have to be. Oops, I mean, I stopped by to encourage folk to get up and get to pursuing thangs today!

We got this.

We go!

being about business,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Do it for you.

I love encouraging folk.

I love writing.

I love the creative process.

There is just SOMETHING about creating SOMETHING from NOTHING. It never fails to amaze me.

This blog was created, beloveds, with YOU in mind. Still, I enjoy it. I delight in it. I no longer fret about who may or may not show up.

I show up. Every day. Here. Present. I’m doing my best to do so, in my every day life.

Life is short. Show up. Be present. Put yourself out there. You can’t be loved if you don’t. Do it for you. You will be so glad you did.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:  Okay, um, so like you supposed to be out there loving folk. Get going…lol.🥰❤🙏🔥🌍🤗🎤🎤😎

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Break through them!

Obstacles.

Break through them!

Doubts.

Break through them!

Fears.

Break through them!

Challenge yourself.

Be more.

Do more.

Try harder.

Then, beloveds, get up and try again! And, again!

Yesterday was sooooooooooo discouraging to me. I tried and tried and tried and NOTHING turned out as I had hope.

Hope is burning a hole in my soul. I don’t know what to do with it. This hope is making the day almost impossible to get through.

I find myself breathless, with anticipation. Then, disappointment sets in at the end of the unfulfilled day.

Was the day unfulfilled, though? I tried. Hard. I loved. Hard. I lived. How can THAT be considered a failed day?

Yesterday was a good day. I’m going to keep my hope alive. I have NO idea what THIS day shall bring. I hope. Ah, God. What do I DO with me today?

hopeful still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Hold onto your hope.  Embrace today. Store away all lessons learned. Love a lot. Give much. Laugh some.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When you are done, be done!

I finished my ‘work/dream’s goals two hours early. Yay!

To reward myself, beloveds, I did more work. Just kidding. I put on one of my relaxing ocean videos and am now chillaxing, on the beach, in my mind. Ah.🥰

Chores are waiting for me.😳🤨🤔🏃‍♀️🤸‍♀️

I am NOT going to overdo like I did this past Sunday. I am teaching myself to put in the work, then sit the work down. Enough. Finito! WeBeDoneO!

I hope you are having a wonderful day. I am enjoying the day enough for ten people.

Have you worked on your dream today?

Have you gotten in enough me time this week? There is still time.

Take care.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is a hoot when you focus on joy and what’s ahead of you. Leave the past there. Catch up, to the future, when it comes calling.

Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t be intimidated. Learn to use what works for YOU.

I’m learning.

I’m failing.

I’m learning AND failing.

I’m learning how to fail with grace.

I’m learning that failing is part of learning.

I’m learning…

Don’t be intimidated. Learn to use what works for YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There are tons of programs you can use to create content. This used to intimidate me. I had not the first clue what to try, first.

So, I didn’t try. One day, I made myself try one. Then, another. Then, a few more.

I am finding I like Canva for this. But, I like Capcut for that. Then, I use my one phone to upload this, combined with a bit of that.

You will never find out, beloveds, what works for you, until you try and see what works for you.

Enjoy the process. Even the moments when you are ready to toss the laptop over the balcony railing.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I did not want to start. I started.

I did NOT want to start.

I started.

End of story.

moving FORWARD,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Start. Move FORWARD. Rest if you must. Then? You tell me.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Relax. We can’t control the speed.

I’m trying NOT to throw my phone out the nearest window.

EVERYTHING is sooooooooooo slow. NOTHING wants to upload, import or export!

To top it off, beloveds, I have little clue WHEN to upload, import and export in order to post my video to this, that and the other thing…*sigh*.

I keep restarting the upload. Nada.

I redo the exporting. Nothing.

I try importing to another device. Finito!

Ah, God. WHY does hard have to be so blessed hard?!

I don’t have the space to make things go faster. Knowing this, I am trying to be content with the extra wait time. Heckamiah Jeremiah!😭🚧🚨😳

I will keep trying. If nothing else, I will turn it into another piece that may help someone get their dreams moving faster. I hope…

trying still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Sometimes there is just nothing we can do. Things take time. A lot longer than we would like. When that happens, enjoy the view. You got this. So do iI God has us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop making things so darned comfortable(convenient).

I moved my coffee station.

It was in a ‘convenient’, meaning lazy spot.

I moved it. I moved it to where I would have to make an EFFORT.

So often, beloveds, we seek to make things super comfortable and convenient. There is nothing wrong with these things.

Still, comfort and convenient can often lead to lazy and I don’t think so.

Challenge yourself. Move things out of your comfort zone, today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Trying to be comfortable has gotten me into more trouble than I would like to admit. I have made things uncomfortable. I go where I have not wanted to go. I do the exhausting things I didn’t want to do. because they are necessary to achieve my dreams. Hang in there. You’ll get there. I know it’s exhausting. Keep going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!