If I must, I shall die clutching a dream.

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If I must, I shall die clutching a dream.

Nuff said!

determined,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Fight, beloveds! We shall NOT go down into that gentle good night!

We SHALL make a way. Some kind of way.

Ah, God. What do we DO with these dreams of ours? Asking for many friends.

Be encouraged. The road has been long. No matter. Move FORWARD. Look UP. We CAN. We WILL. 2025 will give up our bounty!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It don’t make sense until it do.

“It don’t make sense until it do”.

What a ridiculous and nonsensical sentence that makes NO sense. Until it do. Until you think about it.

Hhhmm.

Life often makes no sense. Until it does.

Until you:

Fight through the noise.

Fight your way through your fears.

Do that which you thought was initially impossible.

Understand you were your biggest enemy.

Find out you were your best friend.

You were smarter than you thought.

You have been an idiot more times than you’d care to admit outloud.

It was them.

It was you.

It was life.

It doesn’t matter who/why.

Your lack of faith moved nothing.

Your faith moved a pebble.

Life is what YOU make it.

Laughter helps just about everything.

Sometimes, nothing is funny.

Being alone sucks.

Being alone is fantastic.

Your own grass feels pretty good.

There are too many distractions in other folk’s grass.

Sometimes, it’s best to order brownies from the bakery.

Yea, beloveds, it just don’t make sense. Until it do.

amused,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This piece made me smile. Be sure to get in some me time today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s time: Assemble!

It’s time, beloveds.

Time for us to assemble.

Time for us to begin again.

Time for us to reclaim that which was wrongfully taken by fear/doubt/anger.

Time for us to restore.

Time for us to get some get back.

Time for us to redeem our try.

Time for us to do what it takes to make things happen.

Rise.

Walk in INTEGRITY.

Run to the fight.

Yes, things are different. Yet, WE are different. We are:

Stronger.

Mindful.

Mighty.

We are well able to pursue our enemies and to overtake them.

We are in the fight of our lives. We fight for the freedom of dreams. We fight to shine our lives. We fight to overcome.

These Avenger trailers fire me up!…😂 I hope you clicked on the link and got fired up as well.

I did NOT want to get up this morning and keep my promise to myself to 📝 write, daydream and plan for my future. Lazy wanted to stay in bed. Later agreed. Later, remembering what happened the last time it sided with lazy, rushed to make my ☕ coffee. 😂

*Cassandra dons her cape and prepares for greatness*

It’s time, beloveds. Stop waiting for someone else to rescue you. Rescue yourself!

Get out of bed.

Work on your dreams.

Work on yourself.

Fight for the underdog.

Shine your light.

BE the light.

Now, how you won’t be able to have an amazing day after THAT inspiration is beyond me.😁😳🥰

Get out there and LIVE.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I made later help lazy.🤣🥰

“Later”.

That’s what lazy said this morning.

Okay, I said. Then, I made later go help lazy and get chores done early.

Early got mad for having been thrown in for no good reason.

Uh,oh got in trouble for laughing as I made it go wash the dishes.

Scram took off as was smart enough not to get caught up. It said it wouldn’t be nuttin’ if it didn’t do nuffin’.

Laugh just laughed at all of us.

I told them all to kick rocks and went in search of something to do…lol.🥰🤣

Have a wonderful day. Get some good laughs in there somewhere.

Life is much too short to spend it worrying about everything!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You is wunnerful…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Clean as you go.

Ah!

Lazy was being extra lazy. So much so I made it get up and make some chili!😆

The 🛏 bed was looking mighty fine this morning. I went back and forth with myself about waiting until “later”. I made later help!

Mom taught us to “clean as you go” whilst cooking. That way, once everything is done, you don’t have a pile of dirty dishes!

Now, I have chili done, dishes washed, and ready to get on with the rest of my day.

Be sure to clean as you go. Do what needs to be done. Don’t wait and let things pile up.

Yes, I know, chores can be monotonous and mundane. Life can seem monotonous and mundane. Do them, anyway. Do life, with joy, anyway.

I’m lifting up every heart that is weary from doing the damned dishes already!

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: Empty yourself.

Empty yourself, beloveds, of the fear that you carry so that you may have/be an empty vessel that can be filled, fully, with:

Love.

Hope.

Joy.

Laughter.

Faith.

Integrity.

Tenacity.

Compassion.

And a million other things you will need in order to make your way, SUCCESSFULLY, through the rest of your life.

I would be a billionaire if I had a nickel for every time I have heard how the glass is “hall full” or “half empty”.

No one talks about filling the glass all the way up. Until now. Until me…lol.

It’s time for us to empty ourselves so we can begin to be refilled with all those things that grow and prosper us and all in our path.

Unfortunately, we all have allowed ourselves to be filled with all types of foolishness. What’s worse, WE have filled ourselves with such nonsense with the utter lies we have been telling ourselves ABOUT ourselves.

Enough of that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s time for us to empty ourselves from all the things holding us back.

Life is short. Let’s get on with it, shall we?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Do the best you can. Then, do a little more.

Do the best you can. Then, do a little more.

Nuff said.

Get out there and love someone, beloveds. Starting with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What you still doing here? Go! Love someone today. Enjoy your day. Dig out the  joy in each moment!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half:When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

Something to fire you up, beloveds, when the going gets tough.

We got this. Keep believing in your try. Stay focused on your dreams.

Take ONE small step, today, in pursuit of your dreams.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Creamer anyone? Don’t judge me.😳🤣

I wanted coffee. I was trying not to stress.

I was stressing. Just a smidge.

I put on the kettle for coffee.

I took out instant coffee.

I took out creamer.

I took out sugar.

I yelled at the kettle to hurry.

Kettle told me to shut up, stop stressing and wait.

Wait said “Yea, chillax Cassandra! This is EXACTLY why you are all stressed out!.”

Nosey got all up in the business and called instigator so they could laugh at my anxt.

Next grew annoyed over being woken up and told everyone to shut it already!

Kettle, now annoyed, FINALLY howled it’s displeasure.

Steam, now also mad, spew all over every which way.

I didn’t care. I wanted coffee.

I demanded for spoon to get to work spooning my coffee, cream and sugar into my coffee cup.

Coffee cup tried to let me know it’s not very smart to get smart and demanding with spoon. No telling what spoon may do.

*Foreboding and forewarning music starts to play.*

Undaunted, I told spoon to hurry up already.

A few minutes later…

Coffee presented itself to me. Annoyed, I snatched lid and huffing whacked it on my cup. Lid AND cup snorted in outrage. Spoon told lid and cup not to worry and quietly said “hehehe” where only lid and cup could hear…

*Cassandra takes a sip of coffee*

Hhmmmm.

Hhmmm?

*Cassandra wonders why the coffee tastes weird*

*Cassandra peels lid of coffee cup and wonders why the coffee looks so darned light?!*

Oppps.

*Cassandra, being a tad stressed, accidentally forgets to add coffee to the cream and sugar*

*Cassandra decides to cut herself some slack. Cassandra apologies to cup and lid and pitifully asks spoon to make some coffee.*

LOL.

Unfortunately, a true story. Just thought I would send a smile your way, beloveds.

Don’t allow stress to stress you. Make the most of things and keep it moving.

Keep going. Keep trying. None of us can know the outcome of our try.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are worthy. You are worth it. You are worthwhile.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Grace Got You.🥰🤗😎

This song ALWAYS lifts my spirit!

Yyyaaaassssssssss!

Grace got you and me, beloveds.

No matter what you are going through. You are NOT alone. Be encouraged. Get on with your day. Make your way, as best you can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m rooting for you, beloveds.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!