How much does it mean to you? How much are you willing to give?

What price are you willing to pay? How far are you willing to go?

How badly do you want it? Are you willing to be bad/awkward/incompetent until you learn how to perfect your craft?

Are you willing to be completely wrong? Are you up to admitting you were loudly wrong?

I have been asking myself these questions. The answers have been eye opening…

I dare you to ask yourself these questions, beloveds. You may be surprised with what you find stirring around in your heart.

Be encouraged, though. You can’t change/fix/get ready for things you don’t acknowledge. 😁😎

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The hardest person’s mind to change may be your own…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

The Universe has a way of making the bed 🛏 awfully scratchy, at times. A good way of getting us uncomfortable enough to MOVE.

Us humans can be impossibly impossible to move. We value our comfort, don’t we? Above all, sadly, sometimes.

I’m about to take a leap of faith. In ME. Soon. Perhaps even today.

Why? Because I keep trying to talk myself out of it. I have already given myself the “nobody will care” speech three times, and it’s only Monday.

I’m going to try, or I may lose my nerve entirely.

Don’t give up just yet, beloveds. If for no other reason than to see what all the fuss was about after your dreams come true.

I want to see what my dreams have been yammering about all these years.

waiting as patiently as an old 🧓 impatient, hungry lady can,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This has been an uncomfortable year. Jiminey Crickets! Whew! Hang in there. We got this.

In the meantime, enjoy you today. Leave tomorrow for tomorrow. Stop worrying about how long it’s taking. It takes as long as it takes. I love you in case nobody told you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

I needed an answer.

Right now!

Hurry up, God! I need to pay my bills.

Nothing but silence greeted me.

I was okay with the silence, initially. The longer the silence dragged on, however, the more I began to focus on all the awful whatifs that could/ would happen if I didn’t find the right answers. Right now!…*stamps foot*

The silence makes me want to rush ahead. I dare not. Egads.

The older I grow, the more I understand I would rather wait for the RIGHT answer, than to settle for any old answer.

Your answer WILL come. Wait for the right one.

While you wait, be sure not to rush back to comfort because the waiting appears to be too long.

I find myself fighting NOT to chase old ways simply because the wait is never-ending. I’m ready to get on with it. I’m ready to be done with these tests. Egads and holy whiskers already!…*stamps foot*…😂

In the meantime, keep being good to yourself. I hear a pot of ☕ cackling. Whose up for some?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life sure can take its time, can’t it?😳🤗🙏

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

I found the perfect spoon.

It’s such an odd little spoon.

Long.

Odd looking.

A bit misshapen.

Still, it is THE perfect spoon for scooping ice chips! I love ice chips! I love, love, love my little, long, odd looking, a bit misshapen spoon!

I imagine that I am God’s perfect spoon. Misshapened but loved. Ah, God. I love being the spoon You made me to be. I fit for what I was called to be.

I think we are all perfect spoons. We just have not met all our fits.

Keep putting yourself out there, beloveds. Soon, someone will be saying you are perfect for them.🤗🥰😎

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You were made for someone. Hang in there as you wait.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

My dreams have been teaching me to be practical.

My dreams are also growing legs so they can be grounded on 🌎 earth, not up in the clouds as an intangible, unattainable, impractical thing.

I have been watching a British show where some have decided to chuck their jobs, use their life savings, run off to exotic lands to build/start/run hotels and restaurants with NO experience. 😳

What’s worse, beloveds, are the folk who refuse to take in the advice and counsel of experts they reached out to for help.

Typically, the majority flames out. Only those who are willing to ground their dreams, in the here and now, are able to negotiate their pride, ego, and absorb what  is needed to bring their dreams to fruition.

Being practical is a pain. It requires adulting…*sigh*.

Dreams needs legs. They need to be grounded in a bit of reality. Some. A tad. Th trick is determining how much??😳

I have been re examining my dreams. I did find a few unrealistic things in there. I was honest enough to acknowledge they were formed through the eyes of a child. I have been going through them with adult eyes.

Still, I think we need a bit of whimsy. Practically speaking. 😎🤣

Be encouraged, beloveds, as you work your dreams. We shall see them fulfilled. Hopefully. Joyfully. Eventually…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah,beloveds, don’t give up yet. Not quite yet.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

Quit when you are done.

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I was doing some thangs. I was tired of doing them thangs. I wanted to quit doing those darned thangs. I kept doing the thangs.

Why?

I wasn’t done yet. 💯🎤👣😘

Quit ONLY when you are done, beloveds. Don’t give yourself permission to give up because it’s too hard or taking too long. Keep trying. Don’t chase the trophy. Pursue the excellence that comes from persistent, perspiring effort.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

I have been watching a wonderfully entertaining British television show about folk trying to save their businesses.

The main obstacles have been an unwillingness to let go of old things, old ways of thinking, old this, that and everything.

Everyone wanted to stay in their comfort zone. Yet, everyone wanted change/new/different.

No one wanted to compromise. No one was willing to set aside pride/ego to make NEW tradition(s).

I think on why I didn’t move beyond my comfort zone years ago…

I was much like those folk: Stubbornly clinging to traditions long passed their usefulness. I had grown. Life had moved on. I needed to move on with it.

I stayed the same. Holding onto tradition and doing things “that way” simply because that’s the way things had always been done.😳

I’m learning to make new traditions. Don’t be afraid to start a new, beloveds. It’s part of life to do so.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

Love someone.

Just because you can.

Feed someone.

Just because you can.

Help someone.

Just because you can.

Do something.

Just because you can.

Forgive someone.

Just because you can.

Fight for someone.

Just because you can.

We all need each other. Let’s help one another.

Just because we can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:  Someone needs to love you have to provide. Please do so. Just because you can.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.

I’m learning how to listen.

I’m learning how to really listen. Not just so I can find a place to interject my thoughts and views, but to learn what the other person is trying to say and teach me.

I’m learning to be an ear, beloveds, not just one who waits to have a say.

Life is short. Continue to hear. Continue to listen.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• Tell it no.
• I won because I tried.
• Whatcha Doin?
• Running on empty.
• What is your greatest 💪 strength, The Universe 🌌 asked me.