You are worthy.
You are worth it.
You are worthwhile.
Your life matters.
YOU matter.
Nuff said.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You matter, beloveds. Reminding you for A Friend.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Hey!
Yea, YOU, beloveds!
Here you are. Running around looking for a miracle. Know ye not that YOU are the miracle you have been seeking?
EVERYTHING you need to live an amazing life is already inside you. You just have to summon the courage to live. And, if afraid, take your fear(s) with you as you dive into your life.
Get after it. What in tarnation are you waiting for, beloveds? If you have to go alone, get going. If you have to go without a cheerleader, get going. If you have to go broke, get going.
Whatever state you find yourself, beloveds, get going. We got thangs to do!!!
Let’s go!!!!!!!!!
going with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Okay, so, um, after that rip roaring speech what in tarnation are you still doing here!? As punishment, you get to do the dishes! Everyone else, let’s go. Asking for A Friend…lol.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
God, I thought I knew me.
I thought I knew You.
I thought You would judge me harshly.
You don’t.
I thought I would do better by me.
I haven’t.
I thought You would demand that I “get it together”.
You didn’t.
I thought I would give myself the space to recover.
I haven’t.
Help me, God. Help me to love myself, unconditionally, unapologetically, and enthusiastically as You do. Help me to forgive myself for being impossibly hard on myself for not doing the impossible fast enough. Help me to remember that I am loved and not alone when I am feeling just that.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: The tornado dropped off a stranger. Turns out, the stranger has been me…
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
What am I DOING today?
Absolutely nothing.
Without apology.
For the first time in my life.
I am resting.
Without apology.
For the first time in my life.
I am allowing my heart to heal.
Without apology.
For the first time in my life.
doing absolutely nothing,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Who knew how difficult it would be to do nothing? I am used to running myself ragged. Yikes! Today has been absolutely delish and delightful. I have crammed as much nothing as I could into this day….hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
What shall I do tomorrow? Who knows. I am much too busy enjoying my today.
Enjoy your day, beloveds. This day shall not come nigh thee again.
In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He. Be well. Stay safe. Say hello in the comments and let me know what some of yall are up to. Send some love to Craig and Mags if you see them around…
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Don’t go back because you are afraid.
Move forward because you are not.
Nuff said!
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is full of challenges and hard things. So what, beloveds?! Get out there and LIVE. Enough with distracting yourself with hot air, trinkets and noise because you are afraid of listening to your silence.
Your heart is silent because it does not wish to hurt your feelings by telling you to STOP wasting your life lamenting over what was or what happened or what didn’t happen or what could possibly happen or…
ENOUGH ALREADY! The tornado hit. Rebuild. Restore. Renew. In the meantime, get out there and live already! Geeeeeeez!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I give up. I want to quit. I can’t quit, so I’m giving up instead. There is a difference.
I’m giving up my need to control things. I’m giving up perfection. I’m giving up on unrealistic expectations.
Install, I’m simply going to try. I’m going to see what happens. I’m going to accept the results of my try.
I give up. I guess up trying to be all things to all people. I can’t be everything. I can’t be everywhere. I can’t do everything. I will try my best and let that be enough. My efforts will speak for me. Loudly. Unapologetically. Lovingly.
I give up. I give up wanting to always be right. I don’t always get things right. I try to. The more I live, the more I understand. I really don’t understand half of the things I thought I understood.
I give up. I surrender. I acknowledge my reach may exceed my grasp. I’m trying to learn to live with it.
I give up. I am not strong. I don’t have to be. Not anymore. Neither do you. Things truly will work out in the wash. The rest we will deal with.
I don’t know how to do the simplest things in Canada. It is frustrating. I don’t know how to save files. I don’t know how to maneuver within the software. It feels like a metaphor for my life right now. I just don’t know what to do. Or how to do it. Or who to reach out to. Or if I even should.
I’ll try to leave each piece with a bit of encouragement. Some days it really is hard to do so. I feel like a failure today. I gave my all and got nothing back today. I will try again tomorrow. I’m trying not to focus on what comes back to me. I’m trying to focus on what I can give out. There are days when I just want to quit. I can’t quit. So I give up…
hanging in there I think,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: The Heat wave here has set my energy. It is drained my bank account. It has made me want to throw my hands up in despair. I can’t. I give up Be encouraged. You can do this. So can I.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Dream with me, beloveds.
Have the audacity to dream, in the face of ALL you have gone through.
Hope with me, beloveds.
Have the audacity to hope, in the middle of the fight.
Love with me, beloveds.
Have the audacity, to love when nothing and no one appears to want to love back.
Fight with me, beloveds.
Have the audacity, to fight for the things you want. Even as the things you want continue to move beyond your grasp.
Believe with me, beloveds.
Have the audacity, to believe when EVERY evidence presented tells you there is no way, no how, not a chance things will turn in your favor.
Dream.
Love.
Hope.
Fight.
Rinse.
Repeat.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep believing. Nuff said.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I am filling my cup with some uplifting music.
I am filling my cup with inspirational videos.
I am filling my cup with inspiring words.
I am filling my cup spending time with God.
I am filling my cup on trying to encourage my fellow man.
I am filling my coffee cup…hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Too often, we wait for others to fill us. Then, when no one shows up, we feel like an unnecessary lump of clay.
It would be nice if someone or someones happened by to fill my cup. If not, I have gone a long way towards filling my cup! How about you?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Speaking of friend(s), I have been wondering what my German friend is up to? Am anxiously waiting more of what it’s like over there in Germany! Speak up, beloveds. Would love to hear how it is living in your space and place in the world. Spill! Asking for a friend(me).
In case no one has told you yet today: I love you. So does He…
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I’m trying to believe in me. EVERY day.
There are days when no one visits my blog. There are days when just one or two may view. Then, maybe one or two may like a piece. I try not to get discouraged by that. I tell myself someone, somewhere received a bit of cheer.
It’s not always easy to dismiss the lack of views/likes/clicks and the like, eh, beloveds? We all desire to be viewed, seen, liked and subscribe to, don’t we? LOL.
God likes me.
Jesus subscribes to me.
The Universe views me.
Life laughs at me.
How can I NOT be entertained?….hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I believe in me. In my try. My try may not be enough for folk. It is enough. For me.
Believe in YOU, beloveds, no matter how many folk stop ’round to see how you are doing and holding up.
I stopped ’round to tell you that you are loved and that you are NOT alone.
caring for folk no matter what,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I love you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I have been driving myself cra cra. Rather, the stupid cursor has been driving me cra cra!!
It’s toooooooooooooooooooooooo small!!!!
It’s tooooooooooooooooooooooo tiny!!!
I can’t seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee itttttt!!!!!!!!!
For days, don’t ask me why, I have been fighting with the stupid mouse to get it to show me where the stupid cursor was/is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??
Finally, the thought occured to me to take two seconds and enlarge the cursor so I can see it.
Huh?
Really?
Ehem…*coughs embarrassingly*…..scuze me….*Cassandra slinks away in order to enlarge the stUPID CURSOR SO SHE CAN SEE IT ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Whew. Am back.
Now, I don’t have to waste half my time chasing down the cursor. Now, I can be about being about writing. Who knew.
I find this as a metaphor for how I have been living my life: Scrounging around, trying to see. Instead of making necessary changes which will aide me in moving forward.
Enlarge your vision, beloveds. Stop trying to force yourself into looking at things you can do something about. Do something about them. Move things around, as needed. Get rid of things, as necessary. Don’t be afraid to walk away from a job, a relationship, a situation which is not a win/win for all parties involved.
I am doing my best to enlarge my vision. I have no idea what my try will accomplish. I am trying anywho. How about you?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I wasted a weekend feeling sorry for myself. I allowed fear of what terrible financial things could happen to get me off of living life. Now. In the present. Things WILL work out. Some kind of way. Until they do, I am going to ENJOY and EMBRACE my now. Right now.
I am almost out of sugar…*gasp*. Until then, I shall enjoy my coffee until I run out. After that…..geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez God move! I can NOT go without my coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Wheeewwwwwwwwwww!
My bad, beloveds. Just having a vision of walking this earth sugar less and unable to make a delish cup of coffee. I can NOT, for the life of me, understand folk who drink coffee with no sugar or iced! Coffee crime!!!
Before I go off on another tantrum, be encouraged. Laugh today. Love yourself. Reach out to someone. Send care to someone. Someone needs to know and to hear that they are loved and not alone. You can start with me, if that helps….lol. Be well. I love you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
