Category: faith

Relentless: Forward momentum.

I am not strong.

I am relentless.

I walk.

I run.

I pursue my dreams, relentlessly.

I press forward, towards the high calling.

Of, that, of He, of What, of Who calls me.

I know that as I move, They also move, with and for me.

Forward.

I move.

Not counting steps.

Not worrying about time.

Enjoying EVERY precious, priceless, pause in the receiving and experiencing of my dreams.

I am not strong.

Yet, I am relentless.

I shall never give up on me.

I shall never give up in my dreams.

I pursue.

Relentlessly.

I press on.

I move forward.

I strive.

I strain.

I am not strong.

I am relentless.

Give me my bounty!

Give it here!

The ONLY thing that shall keep me from pursuing is…..NOTHING!

I am not strong.

I am relentless.

Ah, God. Help me make my dreams come true!

asking for a friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Breakfast🥣: Self-care.

Self!

Care!

Back away from the chocolate donuts, Cassandra!

That’s what I told myself as stressful circumstances, stressed, er, stretched me to the point I wanted to stress my way to some chocolate donut eating old ways.

I’m currently getting my act right to act right. I have done more comfort eating then I care to admit.

Last week, I got back to getting up early and preparing breakfast.

Good habits take over when we give them room to. At first, it was tough getting up early again.

I used to get up two hours early. I had to. I liked to arrive to work an hour early. I enjoyed a bit of chillaxing before getting into the work day.

Since working from home, I eventually allowed lazy into talking me out of my one hour chillaxing time.

Wonder of wonders, this led to a bit of the grumps as I gave myself more sleep and less me time. Which just made me tired and grumpy.

I had forgotten how much fun it is to slurp endlessly on ☕ coffee and yakking with God until it’s time to be about being about it.

So much so, beloveds, I have found myself doing so on my days off. I have popped out of bed, even earlier!

Slurping ☕ coffee.

Yakking with God.

Yakking with you.

Today is my day off. Yet, I beat the sun up this morning. What shall I do with this day?

I hear a good nap calling.🥰🤗😂

Take care of yourselves, beloveds. You only have one you. Get up and make 🥣 breakfast. Restart your good habits. Dust off old dreams. Get on out there and live. Asking for A Friend.

doing thangs with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Breathe.

I am getting training from the training which was just not enough training!

Geeeezzzzz!

Friday, I was ready to cry. I felt soooooooooooo stupid!

At 55, my brain wants to know what in the name of all that is holy is it being forced to stretch this way?!!!!

I told myself to take a breath.

Breathe, I said!

I took a breath.

I felt better.

Okay, I didn’t feel better. But, I didn’t quit either. There is that.

It will get easier. As I learn. As I work. As I ALLOW myself to stay in this uncomfortable place and space.

Too many folk walk away from the uncomfortable places and spaces. They don’t understand their miracles and dreams are living in those uncomfortable places and spaces.

It takes a ton of prayer, try, faith, laughter, resilience and a billion other things to remain in the uncomfortable places and spaces.

Hang in there, beloveds. Breathe! Then, remain in the uncomfortable places and spaces until you learn and grow your way out of them.

Let’s go! We got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:⚒️💯💪🚪🏆🙏🥰😳🤗🤗📣🥇

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What doesn’t kill you STILL hurts.

Ow!

OW!!

Crackers!!!

*stamps foot*

Scuze me, beloveds. You have caught me in the midst of a mini tantrum.

Work is, and has been especially difficult/challenging/busy/maddening.

So much so I want to run away from home. Gas is much too costly so there’s that…*pout*.

I feel Ike a:

Moron.

Idiot.

Dumbsky.

I am learning a completely new area and having to work whilst learning. NOT an easy task. To have to work AND learn.

Life is just like that: Living AND learning. It would be fantastic, wouldn’t it, if we could have a bit of practice time. THEN get to live. How great would it be to have some cherished life stored in a vault for us. Waiting for us to grow enough to cash it out and live fully.

Alas, beloveds, we just have to, at times live this life feeling like a big idiot.❤️‍🩹🤣🤷‍♀️😂

Even though this time has been painful, it has also been:

Fun.

Enlightening.

Delightful.

Whoever said ‘What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger’ needs a nice boot to the rear, in my opinion. Ow!

Keep going.

You CAN.

You WILL.

going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Whew! Ow! ❤️‍🩹⚒️💯😳🙏🚪💪🚪🏆☕️🤣🤷‍♀️

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Again. Again. And, again.

How many times will I try?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I forgive?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I love?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I lose?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I win?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I seek?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I receive?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I laugh?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times will I surrender?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

How many times?

Again.

Again.

And, again.

living to the utmost,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: How many times shall I think of you, beloveds?

Again.

Again.

And, again!

In case no one has told you today: I love you.

Enough already with simply surviving. Get on out there and live. Enjoy your life. Right now. Right where you are. Enjoy the folk around you. Love those in your vicinity. Expand your circle. Love as many folk as your heart can hold. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart❤️‍🩹check Tuesday on a Monday.

If your heart looks/feels anything close to mine, beloveds, you are currently in need of a whole lot of love and care.

Why?

You are simply exhausted.

Why?

Your world has turned into a never-ending series of try, fall, fail. Rinse. Repeat.

After a while, without an end, without resolution, without fulfillment…*sigh*

After a while, it begins to wear on the soul.

The Bible says for us to NOT be weary, in well doing. As we SHALL reap if we faint not. I’m too weary to remember where this is found in the bible(kidding Galatians 6:9).

My try is awfully tired. I just want to wake up and live in my fulfilled dreams. The way I imagine they will be.

I was laying in bed, pondering, wondering what the world would even LOOK like fulfilled.

Don’t get me wrong. I love life. I love yakking incessantly with God, with Life, with The Universe, and with you.

I love working. I love telling jokes and making folks laugh.

I love watching my sports. I love wandering through my eclectic mismadge of YouTube channels.

I love sooooooooooooooooooooo many things.

Yet, there has been a dream which has been calling me for the entirety of my life. I feel I may fail it/them. I fear I may I let them down.

I beat myself up for not having born them into fruition.

I no longer know if I am chasing my dreams or if they are now chasing me?

Am I afraid of them? Is this why they have not come?

Ah, God.

Why do Yall keep bothering me?

Asking for many friends.

How is your ❤️‍🩹 heart, beloveds?

If your heart is anything like mine, I feel your pain!

Be encouraged.

Keep going.

Don’t give up.

Not just yet.

I know you are tired. I know you want to be there already! So do I. The fact that we are not there yet IS an answer.

We are EXACTLY where we are supposed to be. The Universe has already calculated our dumbness, our foolishness, our fear, our doubt, our apathy, our disappointment, our try or lack thereof all into the equation.

In the meantime, beloveds, enjoy this life you have. We only get ONE shot at this. Enjoy each moment.

In case no one has told you today: I love you.

His and yours,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, beloveds, be encouraged. The week is just starting. Just saying that makes me tired. Yet, just saying that also feels me with joy. Today, my dreams may yet well catch up to me or vice versa!

Love someone. Starting with you. Reach out to someone. Someone needs to hear and to know they are loved and not alone.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

For you, for them, or for Him?

Why are you with them?

Why are you working there?

Why are you serving Him?

For you?

For them?

For Him?

Or, are you doing things to serve you?

Nothing wrong with that. It’s just important to know what you are doing your why for. So you are not disappointed with the results.

Why are you trying?

For you?

For them?

For Him?

It’s important to know, to understand WHY you are doing what you are doing.

Why?

Otherwise, you will lead a life of quiet frustration. Vaguely annoyed/angry/dismayed as life appears to be swaying you this way and that.

Knowing your why helps keeps you centered and focused. It also helps keep you from living your life in a victim-like state.

Too often, folk allow themselves to be swayed by other people’s views and desires.

Life is short, beloveds. It’s time, don’t you think, for folk to…THINK!! 🤔

Who do I live/love/dream/hope for?

For you?

For them?

For Him?

Don’t you know by now?

All of the above!

Nuff said,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Mismatched sheets(dreams). So what?!

I could scream. I could cry.

Why?

I just completed a long and winding eloquently inspiring piece about mismatched sheets. Piece complete, I selected to say the words and all I find was a blank page! Crap!!

I can’t re-create the feelings and words the second time. Inspiration comes and goes. You must catch it when you can catch it. Now, I have to make a new piece. Now, I have to make new words.

Mismatched.

Ah

Aha!

Life can and will teach us many lessons if we are willing to listen/learn.

I could have gotten angry and try to reproduce the words I had initially written. I did not waste the energy. I decided to go with the new inspiration presented itself to me now. Perhaps, this was the whole purpose of the piece!

The Universe has something to say. To me. For me. I started out try8ing to inspire, to encourage you. I find The Universe wanted to teach ME a lesson. I am inspired.

Instead of transfer. sometimes, we cancel things out of our lives without realizing it. Then, we fuss and complain about what happened.

I am learning to embrace whatever happens. The intentional. The accidental. The known. The unknown. All things work together for my good.

What was I going to say about the mismatch sheets you ask? Ah, a story for another day. I hear a cup of coffee calling. Want some?

Speaking of sheets, I have to finish the laundry.

Inspired by accident,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t fret when life gets all lifery and changes up your plans. As long as the sheets are clean who cares what color they are, eh?…lol.

I don’t know who else is as ridiculous as me. My greatest dream is to help others reach THEIR dreams. How dumb is that? I pray you reach your dreams, beloveds. If you can help me reach mine, let me know. Asking for A Friend.

In case you have not yet heard today: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are you doing here Doritoes?!

Well, phooey!

*Cassandra peers at the bag of Doritoes wondering how the wide world did they end up in her arms. Again!?*

Life has been doing all kinds of lifery things.

And, like the chump I have been for the past few weeks, I have succumbed to a LOT of foolishness.

I have allowed fear to beat me all upside the head.

God, Life and The Universe all sat there looking at me with pitying stares. They just shrugged when I beseeched Them to DO something!

They would NOT:

Take away my fear.

Do what I could/needed to do for myself.

They did encourage me to keep on keeping on. No matter how I felt. No matter how far my dreams seemed to run and hide from me.

Eventually, beloveds, I got tired of being hollered at by fear. Made me mad, me being a dumbsky and believing fear’s lies.

I told fear to kick rocks, take two seats, and to STAY on the curb! Ha!

I don’t know why life seems soooooooooooooooooooo precarious on this side of 55.

Yet, I am enjoying every terrifying, frustrating, maddening, joyful step/moment.

Life is short, beloveds. We only get this one shot.

Keep going. Even when you are afraid. Especially, when you are afraid.

These times are here to help us to grow. To help us to grow up. We have all acted ten kinds of fools long enough. We have all acted like big kids having tantrums for far too long, eh, beloveds?

I have to get up and find the energy to take out now TWO bags of trash. Get it together, Cassandra!

Keep being good to yourself.

Keep keeping the promises you have made to yourself.

Keep hanging on with all your might to your dreams. They are priceless. If they were not, the enemy and the world would not be fighting so hard to keep your dreams from coming true. You keep doing what you know. The rest will come out in the wash. It will.

Be encouraged. I have to tell myself this EVERY day, here lately. And, I mean EVERY day.

My lonely has not been so lonely. My sad has not been too terribly sad. I have been much too busy enjoying my moments.

Ah, beloveds, I hear a cup of coffee hollering for me. Who is up for a cup?

Take care.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this. I think….hahahahahahahaahahaha. In case no one told you today: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be faithful to you.

Be faithful.

To you.

Keep your promises.

To you.

Then, be faithful.

To others.

Keep your promises.

To others.

Rinse.

Repeat.

faithfully yours,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I promised me I would try. Every day. I promised you I would encourage you. Every day. Done and done.🥰♥️🙏😘

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!