Category: God

Keep putting in the work.

I’m putting in work.

I have spent hours working on my dreams.

I have been studying. I have been writing 📝. I have been daydreaming.

I have been putting ACTION to my hopes, my dreams, and my try.

Life is short, beloveds. Keep putting in the work. The outcome of that work is not our work/problem.

Then, after you have put in the days work rest!

We got this. We really do.

believing in you and me,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. We will get there!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hey Rob!

Hey Rob!

I hope you are okay. I am thankful for you. I have enjoyed your comments, your humor, and your CARE. I look forward to more emails! I owe you on or two…*delicious shiver*.

There are several folk, like Shannon, that I would like to call out and say thanks but afraid they will go into hiding. I have been praying for and thinking about Shannon every since she commented the other day. I want to ask her how she is doing. I want to tell her that I wish I could take the hard out of life for her. If she happens by,  beloveds, let her know she is loved and appreciated.

There are a few folk who regularly stop by and wink as they scroll through. You know who you are. You are selfless. You are giving. You don’t force yourself on others. Yet, you are persons of integrity and you care. You think your efforts have not been seen. They have been.

I thank everyone who has stopped by. Every heart is important to me. I wish I had enough money to pay every bill, to lighten every load.

I can’t do that. I can pray. I do. I can sing terrible love songs to and about you. I do. I can tell you awfully corny jokes in the middle of the night. I do.

Ah, beloveds. Be encouraged. Keep looking UP. Keep moving FORWARD.

Be sure and work on your dreams today. Be sure to love on you today. Take care of that beautiful soul of yours.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I Will Get There!

I will get there!

So will you!

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We will get there. In the meantime, enjoy where you are!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Uprooted: Preparation.

I love, love, love watching Japanese cooking channels!

I love how the owners of the little shops get up super early to prepare for the day.

Chopping vegetables.

Making homemade noodles.

Scrubbing down tables.

Preparing fresh grease for tempura.

Cutting up meat for various meals.

Preparing soup for udon 🍜 noodles.

I realize it takes quite a long time just to get one meal prepared. We sit down for a meal and want it quick, fast and in a hurry.

How often, beloveds, do we take into consideration how long it takes to prepare a meal? I know I don’t think too much on that. I just want my food. Hot. Well prepared. Right now!

The last few years have been teaching me that preparation takes an awfully long time. I’m trying to be good with that. I’m better. Still, there are times when I wanna tell life to just hurry up already and get me my plate.

I want to be there already. I want to be experiencing the change already. I want..

Hang in there beloved. We are being prepared for greatness. Do you have been uprooted so that we can be planted in larger soil. We have outgrown where we were. We are being prepared for where we have yet to go. In the meantime, hold fast.

Don’t give up. Not just yet.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Bing uprooted has been a pain in the hoo-hah. It has been inconvenient. It has been no fun. Not for one second. I was not ready for the upheaval. Damn it, I was just not ready!

Still hard times came anyway. I will be so grateful when I can speak of these moments in the past tense. I have gone through truly difficult things before. I will find my way through this. fresh hell!

I am praying for all of us. I am hopeful some of us will make our way to our dream soon. Maybe it will be you. Maybe it may be me. One can hope. I hope. I hope for you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

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Show yourself some love.

I love, love, loooooove this song! I AM a bad mama jamma!

I love the song because it reminds me of how AWESOME I am!

Yaaaasssssss!

I sing it to myself and soak up the awesome way it makes me feel about ME. Not because of thinking of some man admiring my wonderful self.

The point is really not about some man ogling a good-looking woman. It’s more about walking comfortably in your skin. To me, anyway.

I’ve never had an ogling. I had to learn ogle myself…hahahahahahahaha!

All kidding aside, it’s important to affirm oneself. ALL of ourselves. The big me. The getting old me. The broke me. The what in fresh hell is THIS part of me. She be a bad mamma jamma!

Be sure to show yourself some love today. Be sure to affirm yourself today. Be sure to show yourself some grace today.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be sure to show yourself some love today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God’s Silence: Finding my voice.

Me: I finally understand!

God: Understand what?

Me: WHY You have ALWAYS remained silent through the most frustrating/hard/maddening times of my life.

God: Why, beloved?

Me: Your Silence forced me to question.

God: Question what?

Me: You. Me. You, again. Me, again.

God: What did My Silence force you to question?

Me: Your Love. For ME. And, whether you loved me at all. And, whether I was worthy of Your or anyone else’s love.

God: Ah.

Me: Your Silence also forced me to…

God: To what?

Me: I don’t know, really. I just know Your Silence had me getting awfully loud demanding Life, The Universe, my try, You, my circumstances, my situations to turn loose my dreams.

God: Good! Keep going.

Me: K.

I have been finding my voice. It has not been easy. It has not been pleasant listening to what she has had to say to me. I have had to apologize for dismissing her voice. For dismissing MY voice.

If you are going through a period of silence just now, maybe, you are being asked to find your own voice. If so, speak up. Your words matter. As do you. Let’s use our voices together.

in there with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep using your voice.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Ah, beloveds, just LIVE!🥰

What a wonderful Sunday this has turned out to be.

I have spent ALL day loving as many folks as I could get my heart around…*hugs self*.

I gave not ONE thought to how bills will be paid. I didn’t consider lonely, who ended up pouting in the corner. Alone!

I could have cared less about all gloom and doom were trying their level best to lay at my feet.

I loved me some Him. He loved Him some me. I loved me some you. Some of you loved me back today!🥰

I LIVED.

I LOVED.

I LAUGHED.

How great is that??!

Life is short, beloveds. Please, please, please get out there and make as many precious moments as you can.

I have chili in and ☕ coffee set out for those who have been behaving. None for those who have cut up today. You know which group you fit in, so act accordingly. 😆

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: NEVER forget:

You are worthy.

You are worthwhile.

You are worth it!

Lift up your head. Love you NOW. Just as you are. There is only ONE you in all the 🌎 world!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are so amazing!

You are:

Amazing.

Incredible.

Strong.

Tenacious.

Keep on being you.

Listen to the song and KNOW how incredibly amazing you are!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You ARE amazing! Get on out there and do your thang!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let life just be about numbers.

Don’t let your life be about just numbers.

Yes, making money is important. We all need to eat. Still, don’t let the entirety of your life be about chasing a bag of money.

Don’t allow your life to be all about gathering clicks, likes and the like.

Leave room for enjoying what you have now. If you have a little bit, share it with someone. If you have lots, know you are worthy whether you had your lots or not!

Time grows short for us all. If we’re going to count something less count the times we love others. Let’s take note of how much we can give. Let’s see how much of our self we can give away. I dare you!

Life is more than numbers. Life is just waiting for us to make as many memories as we can. We have moments to make. Moments to share. Moments to give away to others. Take as many of my moments as you can stand.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is worth living. Even when it’s hard. Hang in there and know that you are loved and that you are not alone. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

This IS your comeback!

Yyyaaaaaaaaassssssss!

This IS your comeback, beloveds!

This IS your year!

This IS your moment!

Let’s make things happen in 2025!!

Let’s gooooooooooo!!!!!!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this!

It’s time we all stop using the lack of something to keep us from using what we DO have to make things happen for ourselves! Let’s go, people!!!!

Can you tell I’m fired up?…😂

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!