Category: hope

Give it a rest, beloveds.

I’m having a hard time.

A hard time resting.

A hard time giving myself PERMISSION to rest.

How can you rest when working, working and working some more is all you have ever known?

Being one of 13, us older kids had to babysit and half raise those under us. There wasn’t much room for rest.

Then, having to work to help out the family left precious little time for resting or foolishness like daydreaming or fulfilling ridiculous flights of fancy.

My heart longs to give in to those flights of fancy. The adult in me admonishes me to get back to work. God is silent. Purposely so. Ack!!

What do I DO, beloveds, when everything in me needs the rest but I don’t know how to put the rest down?

My mind goes to shoulds and needtos. My heart says rest. My spirit says work it out as it is tired of being in the middle.

The silence holds wonders if I am courageous enough to be still. If I can be silent. If I can rest.

I find myself restless. What do I DO? The answer appears to be do nothing. Geeeez.

Learning how to do nothing when you’re used to doing so much something is really something!

I must say I really will be glad when this period ends. I’m doing my best to hang on as best as I can. I don’t feel like hanging on today. Yet I will. I have to. So do you.

I have been doing a bit of organizing. I think I will give myself permission to watch some old movies and munch on popcorn. Who wants to join me?

In the mean time, while waiting for a life to change, get some rest.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What have you been longing to do? Start doing some of those things.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I have questions.

I have questions:

Can I?

Should I?

Will they?

Will He?

Won’t they?

What if…?

Ah, beloveds, questions have rousted me out of fitful dreams. I have so many of them now.

Can’t I?

Would they?

Do they?

How can it?

Do you know? If so, let me know. 2024 left so much loss. 2025 beckons. It winks. It whispers there is much joy to be found there.

Ah, beloveds, what if I can’t?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. Take your questions with you! We have much too much to do to sit here wondering…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Leave it there.

Past mistakes.

Leave them there.

In the past.

The past lives only in our minds.

Wrong choices.

You were wrong.

Forgive yourself.

Move on.

Right what you can.

Let the rest, rest in the past.

Leave it there.

Chances not taken.

Those chances can no longer be taken.

Walk away.

Move away from the regret.

Leave it there.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Leave it there. Move on….

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What if you did?

What if you did?

What an amazing thought!

Try.

See what happens!

What if you DID?!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What IF we DID, beloveds?! Let’s try. Let’s find out. Some of us WILL!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I love you.🥰❤️

I have spent the day texting family and friends that I love them.

I just wanted to take a moment to tell you:

I love you, beloveds. I care about your life. I fight for you through prayer, humor, warm thoughts and love.

I hope the best for your life. I intercede for you. U pray comfort for all who mourn.

I ask for joy to be sprinkled through your days.

I ask for God to watch over you.

I ask The Universe to rush your application to the front.

I cheer for you.

I rejoice over your impending success.

I cry with you, in solidarity, over your inevitable failure/disappointment.

I’m fixing to call my twin and yak for about fifty hours…lol. Man, we sure can talk forever about the dumbest things. 🤦‍♀️ 🤗🤣🥰❤️

Have a spectacular rest of your day. Share this with at least one person.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are SEEN. You are CARED FOR. You are CHERISHED. By God. By me.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Let’s get to filling up the other half of the glass!

I have heard enough of folk declaring the glass is either always half empty or half full.

Let’s get to filling up the other half of the glass!

There are soooooooo many ways and things we can do to change the equation.

What can YOU do to make an impact? It’s going to take ALL of us to make it out of here alive…lol.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: YOU CAN DO IT.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

There is NO quit in us.

I have been watching football for more than 30 years.

I have been astonished to witness several players quit on their team. During the game. After a loss. After the ball was not thrown to them enough.

How sad. Folk have forgotten what teamwork means. Society has forgotten what integrity and supporting one another means.

Folk have been supposedly ” quiet quitting” their jobs. This apparently means folk are giving little to no effort.

Phooey on that! If you don’t care for things going on with your job, TALK to someone. Work it out. If you can’t, find another and give your all.

If you don’t get the ball thrown your way, so what?! Block. Run the route. Your route running STILL affects the outcome of the play!

Don’t pick up your toys and run if you were not chosen to lead the way. Enjoy the camaraderie of the team. Make memories.

In 2025, let’s all choose to get in there and be a light.

Okay, mini rant over…lol.

I have wanted to quit many a day. Life just seemed too damnedably hard. I learned how to push through the hard. I leaned into the hard. I strengthened faith muscles fighting against the hard.

There’s more to this life than we know. Don’t quit. Hang in there a little while longer.

Have you ever considered the reason you have been placed on the sideline, was to help someone standing there? Perhaps it was meant to give you the rest you would never give yourself.

Rest. Then, get about being about it. There just ain’t no quit in us!

being about being about it,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can do it. So can you…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Let’s Goooooooo!

Let’s Goooooooo!

Good morning, beloveds. I hope all finds you well.

I stopped ’round to let you know you were on my mind. Have an amazing day. Remember to focus on your dreams and not on nightmarish fears.

Everything will be alright. It will.

grateful for the hard,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Okay, you supposed to be gone. Let’s goooooooo!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Create a safe space.

Create a safe space.

A space where others can be themselves.

Even you. Especially you.

Create a safe space.

A space where folk are free to share THEIR feelings without you getting all up in YOUR feelings.

Create a soft landing.

A spot where others can lay down their shame/guilt.

Even you. Especially you.

Create a soft landing.

A spot where folk can lay down THEIR burden without you feeling as though they were a burden.

Create a haven.

An oasis where others can trust you with their dreams/fears.

Even you. Especially you.

Create an oasis.

An opportunity for others to spread their wings and fly.

Even you. Especially you.

Create an oasis.

An opportunity where folk can be THEIR best self giving you the chance to be YOUR best self.

Create a safe space, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We are all a part of life’s tapestry. 🥰💝

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Set the standard. BE the standard.

Have you ever heard the saying that says “the standard is the standard?”

Mike Tomlin, the head coach for The Pittsburgh Steelers, uses this phrase all the time. It’s true. The standard IS the standard.

This means that there IS no excuse for not getting things done. You get things done. Period. You do things to the highest order. Period. You do things with excellence. Period.

I am doing my utmost to set the standard in my life. Period. I am doing my level best to BE the standard. Period.

We all have the opportunity to have and make a tremendous impact. Get to it…lol.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Your life matters. Let the folk in your orbit know their lives matter as well. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!