Category: faith

Happy tears.

I am content.

Ah.

Aha!

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s important to embrace where you ARE. NOT where you were hoping to be. You are:

Here.

Now.

Right now.

Enjoy your lives, beloveds. Even the hard parts. Even the lonely parts. Training was a beast yesterday. System issues. Got chewed out, rightly so, because I had NO clue what I was doing. Yet, today, I KNOW I gave my all. That’s enough.

I embrace today. I miss my mom. I shall have ☕ coffee and a laugh with her soon. I embrace my lonely. She is awfully lonely today. I shall listen to her quiet.

Listen to your quiet. Quiet does NOT mean you are not moving forward. You are growing. Sometimes, growth requires stillness. Ah. Can you feel the silence? Listen with me.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Who are you without…?

Who are you without…

Him/her/they?

Who are you without…

This/that/the other?

What are you…

Without a cause?

What are you…

Without a fight?

Whose are you…

Without a gift?

Whose are you…

Without a check book?

Are you:

Somebody?

Somebody, worth knowing?

Somebody, worthy?

Ah.

Aha!

It’s important to know why you do what you do. It’s important to know who you are. It’s important to know whose you are.

It’s crucial that you know that you don’t have to come bearing gifts to be loved. It’s imperative to know you don’t have to work yourself to death to be loved. It’s amazing to know that you don’t have to…

You don’t have to!

Ah.

Aha!

Life wants you to come just as you are. God wants you to come just as you are. The Universe wants you to come just as you are!

You are:

Enough.

Much more than enough.

Everything!

Lift up your head. Stop trying to validate your existence. You are NOT a parking spot you know.

Be encouraged. You are love and you are not alone.

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Wow. How you need a note after THAT is beyond me. Okay, here:

Hhmmm.

*scratches head*

🤷‍♀️🥰🤣🤗🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️💃🎤😁🎹🎶🎸

The quiet is not so quiet.

The quiet is not so quiet.

Is the quiet mocks me.

The quiet asks me where is my symphony.

I don’t know, I reply.

The quiet asked me where is my song.

I know not, I say.

The quiet asks me what will I do with the silence.

I shall rejoice.

I shall sing.

Here.

Now.

In the silence.

I shall listen to all that the quiet shall say to me.

Be still.

Listen.

The quiet is not so quiet.

listening,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t be afraid when life gets quiet. This is when life speaks the loudest. Speak. We are listening…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Keep trying Tissue paper wars.

OMG!

I need you!

I NEED you!!

What the what the what!!!!

Wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

*stamps foot*

O

M

G

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*Cassandra considers tossing the offending not wanting to open itself so she can roll off some tissues and thought against it. She DID NEED IT ALREADY!!! WHY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS…OMG!!*

*Cassandra patiently slides her delicately fingers around THE STUPID TOILET PAPER FOR THE 100000000000 TIME IN HOPES TO GET A FEW MEASILY SQUARES OF TOILET PAPER!!!!!!*

What a way to start the morning, eh, beloveds? Not to mention I LEFT MY PHONE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER AND WAS TOO TIRED TO GO BACK AND GET IT!

Hhmm.

*Cassandra, listening to the apparent hints from The Universe, and goes back to 🛏bed.*

Have an awesome Thanksgiving, beloveds.

For those missing loved ones, be encouraged. Love on you today. Enjoy your day.

For those who wish they had loved ones, what the world you still sitting on the sidelines? Join a group. Make your own group. Pray. Reach out. Be the friend you are looking for.

For those who have loved ones who are working their last nerves…hhmm. I got nothing. Do the best you can. Whew.🥰😆

For all:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Ah, God. Why NOW?

Ah, God.

Why NOW?

Did this hard HAVE to get extra hard, just NOW?

Ow, God!

Thus hard really hurts. Especially NOW.

Oh, God.

You promised not to give more than we can bear. I trust You. Me? Not so much with this much hard.

I want to:

Run.

Hide.

Rage.

What good would that do?

So I:

Stand here.

Mute.

Screaming inwardly.

Praying outwardly.

Ah, God. Why NOW?

asking for a friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep pushing through the hard. You will get through. You are NOT alone. You are loved. Be encouraged.

I can not tell you how hard life has been to me. So what? I have thangs to do. As do you. I no longer allow myself to wallow. I don’t know how many more moments I have. Neither do you. Live. Love someone. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

Improve.

Improve.

Your try.

Improve.

Your mind.

Improve.

Your work.

Improve.

Your care.

How?

Try.

Think.

Work.

Care.

Seems like folk are looking to and waiting for others to tell them how to think/feel/do. Make your own decisions. Think for yourself.

You will make mistakes? So what? That’s what happens when you make decisions. You will also succeed. In any event, fail from the choices you make and not from the choices of others.

Last weekend training I had a partner. This coming week, I will flop on my own. It’s part of the training. It’s part of the growing. It’s part of life. I will try. I will improve. How about you?

improving,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Improve.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Let’s cause some Monday Mayhem!

It’s Monday!

Time to unleash our dreams!

Time to inflict some Monday Mayhem upon aa that has defeated us:

Fear.

Doubt.

Apathy.

Hiding.

Lazy.

Faithlessness.

Let’s storm the walls and take back the things pride has been trying to keep us from:

Relentless.

Resolve.

Wonder.

Integrity.

Character.

Love.

Hope.

Faith.

Communication.

Fellowship.

Pride is sneaky. Pride lies and says no one cares. Pride lies and says we don’t need anyone. Pride lies and says we don’t have to share our thoughts and hearts as people should already know. Ha!

Yea, beloveds, let’s cause some Monday Mayhem. This world needs our love and all we bring to life’s table. The world is hungry. Best we get out our serving platters.

And now, don’t start judging yourself on what your platter looks like. And what little or what you have to serve. What you have is perfect. What you have is just the right meal for the world. Stop judging yourself and just be yourself. I mean it!

Have an awesome Monday. Select your attitude carefully. Just as you choose your wardrobe when you wake. If you find yourself wearing the wrong attitude, then change your clothes.🥰 You can’t blame the world for the attitude you find yourself in.

Be encouraged. I will be carrying you around in my pocket. So I can pray for you and tell you stupid jokes. I shall make you laugh all day. Please know you are loved and not alone. I hope for you peace, love, joy, laughter and all of life’s good things.

You’re a dastardly friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What do you dream of? Wake up and move towards making them happen. This IS my dream: Writing to and encouraging the whole of the world. Ah. Aha! Get going now. The world is waiting.

“Embracing Home: A Symphony of Senses in My Neighborhood”

As I turn the familiar corner into my neighborhood after a prolonged absence, there’s a magical transformation that occurs. It’s not just the physical return to my humble abode; it’s a reunion with a symphony of senses that define the essence of home. The olfactory overture begins as I catch a whiff of my favorite […]

“Embracing Home: A Symphony of Senses in My Neighborhood”

I sooooooooooo enjoy Silent Knight’s way of describing things. Delicious!

If you have some time, scroll through some different blogs. It’s heartening to see how many folk care about others and the world around us. Gives me hope.

Enjoy your Sunday. I have spent a delicious afternoon writing and enjoying the writing of others.

Thank you, truly, to all who have liked a piece or two. I no longer live for likes when I write. Still, they mean a lot. Means we have connected, if just for a fleeting moment. Means someone else has heard how much they are loved.

I love you. Some have not heard those words spoken to their heart. I wanted to make sure you were loved on. Just a bit. Also, imp said to give you this…

*Cassandra tosses water 🎈 balloons in every direction and takes off*🤣🥰

Be encouraged.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Writing as me.

I write weird.

Okay, so I don’t think it weird.

Just me.

The world does not seem to care for folks being them.

So what?

Keep being you.

Write.

Weirdly.

Your way.

writing weirdly for no reason,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t let this world scare you into being everyone else but you. This world needs your weird…lol.😆

In case no one has told you: I love you. Nuff said. Love someone. Starting with you.

You are loved and you are not alone.

Life, why you keep bugging me.

Well, phooey!

AAARRRGGHHH!

Go away!!!

*stamps foot*

Stupid bugs!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

*sniff*

*Cassandra continues, valiantly, to battle, tiredly, er, tirelessly, against the occasional dastardly that dashes, cross the floor*

*pout*

I hate bugs! I am doing my best to not hate ME for being too lazy to take out the trash one day tooooo late, Cassandra!!!!

So dumb.

Dummy me.

Okay. I’m sorry, me. I promised I would NOT castigate you for making mistakes. Mistakes are made, every day it seems, when we are living and making our way in and through the world.

Do the best you can, beloveds, to keep taking out the trash. Don’t put it off. Do the needed thing. Do the hard thing. Do the boring thing. Just keep doing thangs, okay? Asking for Your Friend.

taking out the trash,

Cassandra

Note: I promised myself I would do my best to write every day. To work towards my dream of writing and working from home from MY writing every day. To try. Every day. I got my promise in early today. Life is short. Live, beloveds. Remain joyful. Through it all. No, it is not always easy. So what? Stop looking for life to be easy and fair. It has never been. It shall never be. So what? Live. Rejoice. Love. Try. Rinse. Repeat.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU