My goal for 2025 is to use my storms, from 2024, to help someone get through their storm in 2025.
Storms come.
Storms are terrifying.
Storms are life changing.
That said, we can be a beacon in the storm.
I’m doing my best to encourage others as I continue to fight my way through my own storms. I’m trying my best to bin example for others. Maybe if folks see me going through my own storm, they will have the courage and tenacity to continue working their way through their own.
I figure I may as well use my storms for a positive purpose. I’m done lamenting all the losses through the storms. I’m digging out all of the joy and lessons from each and every storm I have gone through these past years. I have much to share with others. I hope they can use the lessons I have learned.
The world needs your story. Share yourself. We need your life lessons.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I redoubled my efforts today. Life is short….
Don’t waste your life waiting for folk to say positive things about you.
Stay positive. Folk are positively going to hate on you
Don’t wonder about who is saying what about you.
Stay positive. Folk are going to say anything and everything about you. True or not.
God says this about you: You are fearfully and wonderfully made. NOTHING shall separate you from My Love.
The Universe says this about you: There is only ONE you. How priceless you are!
Life says this about you: What a precious gift you are!
I say this about you: I love you, beloveds. I pray for you EVERY day. I 😂 laugh at the enemy for being so stupid as to try you. For, I KNOW, these trials SHALL have you come out as gold.
Make sure YOU say this about you: I am loved. I am NOT alone. I CAN. I WILL!
Now, beloveds, get out there and LIVE. Let today be the LAST day you go begging for crumbs of love.
Love. Just love. Love will be sure you receive your share as you share your love with others.
It has taken these last years, of terrible strain and hardship, for me to learn to just love folk. I no longer base my love, or lack thereof, on how much or if I was loved back.
I love. I keep it moving. I love it when I am loved back. Yes, it hurts when love appears unreturned. Yet, I understand folk are hurting so that most have NO clue how to receive love. Let alone understand HOW to return love.
In these days and times, the word love is tossed about soooooooooooooo casually. Too casually.
Folk have forgotten the sheer wonder of love. Folk have replaced love with lust. Sadly, they mistakenly believe lust will fulfill or tie others to them. It does not. It never will.
Life is short, beloveds. 🛑 Stop paying rent to the 🌎 world. This means, stop trying to buy love, affection, and safety by presenting yourself as something/someone you are not.
Be you. Don’t worry about the negative things people say.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Step out. Be audaciously YOU. Without apology. The 🌎 world needs your particular brand of you.
I had wanted to start a blog for many, many years. I didn’t because I was afraid no one would care. I was afraid of what folk would think about what I thought. I thought my thoughts were stupid. I thought some of the dumbest things.
One day, I decided to deal with my fear and try. I tried. I felt like an idiot at first. There are days when I STILL feel like an idiot.
I feel like an idiot now. So what? I’m still trying. That is enough for me. All I can do is try, right?
Try. Just try. YOU may be the very person I have needed to propel my dream forward. I may be the answer to YOUR prayer/ hope/wish. How shall we ever know unless we try? Let’s go!
Your life has done so much more than you will ever comprehend.
You see where you have not yet gotten. The Universe sees where you are headed.
Be encouraged. Your best days are in front of you!
What kind of history are you making? Make it a positive one. make it a game changing one. Make it one where people are in awe of your integrity, your faith and your joy.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I can’t wait to see what ye shall create. I root for you everyday. I pray for you every single day. Be encouraged. Your dream shall come true. Enjoy your today. It’s the only one you’ll get. I love you.
The struggle was real, beloveds. Disappointment had reared its ugly head. 56 was annoyed being in the SAME place 55 had been.
My old was feeling old. My get up and go had told me earlier to go on ahead and kick rocks.
Then, good habits rode to my rescue!
Hope joined the 🎉 party, and we decided to put discouragement and disappointment to work by making us some chili!
Up, I got. On with it, I did. Backatcha, I told fear! Ha! Kick dem rocks!
Hold on, beloveds! We fight on!
We can NOT afford to give up on our dreams!
Success is our ONLY option!
Get up! Yea, it’s tough. Yes, it’s hard. So what?! Let’s go!!!
If you are disappointed, keep at it. If you are discouraged, stick with it. Until we win.
Your dreams mean too much to turn your back on them! Ah, beloveds. Keep going. You CAN. YOU WILL!!
hanging in there with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Failure is NOT an option for us. I wanted so badly to listen to discouragement today. Seemed like it would be easier to give in, you know?
Then, beloveds, I reminded myself of how many times I told myself that awful lie! Giving up had done nothing but make life ten times harder/frustrating/disappointing!
I REFUSE to allow quit to occupy 2025!
I’m going to keep trying. I’m going to run towards my dreams. I’m going to encourage as many folk as I can. What are YOU going to do, beloveds? Asking for A Friend…
I’m kinda, sorta, just a tiny bit focusing on the 🌊 waves, on the hard. They seem sooooooo large. What if I can’t/don’t/won’t make it to the other side?!
I had to snatch my try from the jowls of despair
I told my act right to keep acting right. I told my ♥ heart to keep standing on FAITH!
I got up. I got moving. I got a grip!
Then, I got back to work. I got thangs to do.
It’s okay to get nervous during the hard. During those shaky times, remember to speak LIFE over your circumstances.
We SHALL make it to the other side. In the meantime, cut yourself a bit more slack. I have been feeling like an old, useless hag these last few days. Doesn’t mean I AM one.
I am going to treat myself with an old movie and perhaps some 🍿 popcorn. Who wants in?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Don’t spend all day fretting. Do what you can. Pray. Wait. Rinse. Repeat. Enjoy your day. Hard gonna hard whether we want it to or not.
STOP beating yourself up for being human, beloveds. We ALL experience times where we doubt ourselves. It really IS okay.
I am sooooooooo thankful a job has not fallen from the job tree yet. I have needed this time off to heal and to grow. I have been working most of my life without a real break.
Before the jobs, I helped raise siblings and nieces and nephews.
Growing up, all we knew was hard. My life, up t now, has been viewed through the lens of hard.
Yet, God has been teaching me to see the beauty I EVERYTHING. Hard has not been a punishment. That’s what I used to think. I now know hard is just…hard.
Life can be hard. Life can be harsh. So what? We can still do our thangs, beloveds.
56 is growing up me. This morning, she sat me down and showed me a treasure trove of experience she has gathered through the years.
56 also showed me all my tears. She showed me how many times I have tried. She showed me ALL of my failures and commended me for still trying. There was a LOT of failure.
Finally, beloveds, she showed me every footstep that I had ever taken had brought me to THIS day.
The Bible says THIS is the day that the Lord has made. We are to REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
I am learning, in this hard, how to rejoice in EVERY day.
Be encouraged. It really is okay. Plus, it’s perfectly okay to not be okay until we become okay again.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Everything will be alright. in the meantime, continue being good to yourself. Be encouraged. Those two words uplift my spirit every time I see them or say them.
I was driving myself up ten walls over my chili or tacos debate.
I was hankering for tacos.
I was remembering how delish the last pot of chili turned out.
Chili? Tacos?
Tacos? Chili?
Suddenly, a brilliant idea proffered the greatest solution of all time: Do both!
Ah.
Aha!
I had two pounds of ground beef. I used one for tacos. I made chili with the others…*slaps self upside the head*.
I wasted days on something that had a simple solution.
I have spent the week enjoying tacos and chili.
Sometimes the only thing to do is just to make a decision. Do something. Or decide not to do the thing. Get out of the middle of the road. You may get run over!
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I am making the changes in 2025 that I needed to have made in 2024. I allowed the fear of the unknown to keep me from making a decision. Never again. The unknown does not have to be scary. I am embracing the unknown and living in the meantime.
Make it happen in 2025. don’t worry about failing. You will. When failure happens, get up and try again. We are not our failures. We are not failures. We are magnificent human beings. Let’s BE magnificent. Asking for A Friend.
Note: You are not responsible for others, beloveds. We love, yes. Yet, we must allow others to do and to be themselves.
We can’t control love. All we can do is to give love. We ought not handle care carelessly. All we can do is care. We can not control what others do. All we can do is respond with thoughtfulness, care, and love.
Even if we have to walk away from those who choose to treat our love and care in a reckless manner.
Life is short. Cut the strings for/from those you love. If you feel as though you must tie someone down, to “earn/have” their love, let them go. Your strings are your answer and their prison. You want partners, not hostages, eh?
Good morning, beloveds. And, it IS a GOOD morning!
I just stopped ’round to speak life to those who have been feeling like they have been dismissed and/or not counted. This is not so.
You have been set apart. You have NOT been set aside. There is a difference.
I used to feel like an outsider. I used to feel like I was on the outside of life looking in at others enjoying their lives.
I felt like a kid with their face pressed against a glass. which was separating them from some wonderful goodies..
I no longer feel that way. now I’m just waiting my turn. I may be asked to take the stage. In the meantime, I’m going to have a good time being a stagehand and helping out where I can. I will help someone else. I will be in the audience for someone else. I will give them a standing ovation for their try.
And if I never get called to the stage, I will still be grateful. I will be thankful I was part of the show in any capacity. I don’t have to be the spotlight. I don’t have to be in the spotlight. I will happily hold the life for someone else.
I love writing. I love encouraging people. I love praying for people. I no longer worry about if others are receiving my words and my care. I send them anyway. My joy is in the writing My joy is in trying to connect. My joy is in the try. The rest is merely icing on the cake.
Life has not discarded you. You have been set aside for this time. This is your time. Take the stage. Build a stage. Clean the stage. Just do something. Just be available. Life will come calling. How shall you answer?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: If you are feeling discarded about now, get ready. Life is fixing to open up to you. You have not been forgotten. You are just bring prepared. Enjoy the respite. Enjoy your day.
