Category: Inspiration

Acknowledge you: Goldfish crackers.

I love Goldfish crackers. They make me feel like a kid, again.

It’s hot. I’m tired. Turns out, I’m coming down with a cold. Or something.

This something, is something else.

Why am I carrying on about not feeling well and Goldfish crackers?

🤷‍♀️

I’m a bit of a crab apple when I get sick. I tend to be melodramatic and ramble on about inconsequential things.

Okay, so I do that when I’m not sick, but still.

Huh?

Whatcha mean I’m rambling so get to the point?!

Sheesh.

I don’t feel well. I FINALLY admitted this to myself, a bit ago. Told myself to go take some meds, and tuck into bed to get well.

It was ONLY after I told myself the truth, that I was able to track down my symptoms and find out I am actually coming down with something.

I felt this way yesterday but chalked it up to everything but not feeling well. I have been burning the 🕯 candle at both ends and it is catching up with me.

Beloveds, we MUST stop running our lives, into the ground, in pursuit of this, taking care of that.

OUR lives matter, as well. Time we do better, eh? Yes, it’s important to keep on keeping on. It’s also necessary to rest.

Rest, now. We have time, still. It’s time for us to just be. We can leave the doing alone, if not for just a little while.

Today is Labor Day. Ironic. Time to cease from our labor.

Rest.

As will I.

Thank you for giving me your ear. I got you. Be encouraged. Your life truly does matter to me.

Cassandra

Enjoy you while you wait for them.

It’s Labor Day Weekend.

I’m alone.

Yet not.

I rose early, to have some delicious coffee ☕ and yak with mom, whilst she is up in heaven doing her some her.

Flopping this way and that, on my Cali King, whilst I wait on The Universe, to do It’s thing for me and my life.

Life is good.

I am good.

Yea, I’m waiting, for my posse, to arrive.

In the meantime, I am loving on me.

Too often, folk find themselves waiting around, for love. Life is short. Love on some YOU, beloveds.

Keep asking questions.

Keep doing ridiculously dumb things.

Keep trying.

Keep living.

Keep moving.

Forward.

Beloveds, these moments will NEVER come again. Enjoy, the growing. Enjoy, the bumps in the road. Enjoy, the heat of the day, as you journey towards your goal.

Try not to make the goal, the goal!

The gold, is in the TRY.

Life is so much more precious, to me, in the TRY. I can live with whatever happens or does not happen because I KNOW I gave all. THAT, I have found, is enough.

I am enough.

As are YOU.

So, enjoy your life, while you wait for your them, to show up.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, I have already gotten tomorrow’s pieces written and scheduled. I have done all the walking laundry. I have gathered the trash to take out later. I have my 🚚 order scheduled to have ham and cheese sandwiches 🥪 for lunch! How great am I?!

Give me more.

Give me more, says The Universe.

Give me more, says Life.

Give me more, says God.

More of what, I ask.

Give me more, says my heart.

Give me more, says my mind.

Give me more, says my spirit.

More what, I ask, yet again.

GIVE ME MORE!!

These words, reverberating everywhere.

I want to do, more.

I want to be, more.

I want to give, more.

It’s odd in that I am not asking for more to be given, to me. Not anymore. The closer I walk, with Life, with The Universe, with God, with my heart, the less I have a need to have THINGS to make me feel safe, loved and protected.

Ah.

Aha!

Give me more.

I shall try.

giving more,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Give more. More what? Ah. Aha! Keep asking, beloveds…

Heart ♥ check: Now what?

Now what?

After you have given your all, to all.

Now what?

After you have shared all you know, with all.

Now what?

After you have done all you know, for all.

Now what?

What of YOU, beloveds?

You are so much more than what you give, what you do and what you have.

I have been asking myself these questions, this morning.

I reached out, to folk.

I encouraged, the whole of the world.

I checked, on a friend.

I yakked, with my twin.

Then, there was…

Silence.

I can feel The Universe…waiting?

For what, my heart asks.

Ah.

Aha!

MY heart is asking!

For ME!

Perhaps, for the first time??!

I want to SHARE my life with folk who love life.

Healing can be lonely. The more healing, the more I find myself wanting to connect with the wide world.

Anywho, just checking on your heart ♥ as I wished someone would check on mine, today.

I’m not sad. Just wishing I had folk to come outside and play with me. I have coloring books and 🖍 crayons.

Be encouraged.

Remember:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Dream out loud.

Dream out loud. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwr7fSIObzJ/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Be encouraged.

Cassandra

All we do is win!!

All we do is win, beloveds!!

Why?

Why, because we are MORE than conquerors.

Why?

Why, because God said/says so.

How come we winning?

Because, we have CHOSEN, to win.

Because, we be CHOSEN.

For, greatness.

For, reals!

YYYAAAAASSSSS!!

Defeat, fears us.

Doubt, doubts it can defeat us.

Anxiety, is anxious to keep away, from us.

Why?

Because, all we do is win!!

You better ask somebody!!

Keep collecting diamonds, beloveds.

Live.

Love.

Laugh.

Rejoice.

winning with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Don’t be afraid to change corners.

I love my Cali King!

It’s HUGE!

I can stretch out, in ANY corner!

Ah!

I am a creature of habit. Or at least I used to be. Rather, I am trying hard NOT to be, a creature of habit!

In my lovely, lovely HUGE, Cali King, I find myself flopped precisely in the middle. Oceans of corners and sides, just waiting to be enjoyed.

Yet, as creature of habit, I found myself flopping, dead center, leaving oceans of corners and sides, undiscovered and unexplored.

*sigh*

One day, my heart whispered for me to move over, just a smidge, just a tad, just a mere inch, from dead center.

I moved.

Just a titch.

Just a hair.

Just a breath shy of dead center.

I wasn’t ready, you see, to move a whole…*gasp*…smidge, away from dead center!😳

Yikes!

Egads!

However, I COULD try, a twitch, a hair, a breath.

I moved.

Ah.

Aha!

I found the world had NOT, moved on it’s axis. The world still stood! A wonderful rest was had by the whole world. Okay, maybe just me but still.

After that, I moved some more. I flopped this way and thataway. I flopped sideways. I clung perilously, at corners edge. I flopped on EVERY corner!

Now, I make a habit of having no particular flopping habit. Life is awesome when you take some of the limiting habits, from your life.

Yes, positive habits are imperative. I’m talking about habits built just because we ALWAYS did this. We ALWAYS went there. We ALWAYS sat here. We ALWAYS go there.

Why?

Great question! Keep asking!

Why do YOU do some of the things you do?

Oftentimes, we do things for no other reason then what fam does, what friends did, what peers do.

From time to time, it’s good to take stock of our why.

Why, are we continuing, to do this?

Why, are we choosing, to believe that?

Why, did we say no?

Why, won’t we say yes?

You may need to move over, just a titch, just a smidge, just a hair, on order to refocus, re imagine, re invigorate, your life and surroundings.

I feel good about the life I am building. Yes, from time to time I need to flop, in a different corner. But, I am having fun exploring different corners of my life.

Enjoy your life, beloveds. Enjoy new corners. Enjoy flopping this way and that way!

flopping with you,

Cassandra

Note: Whatcha still doing here? You posed to be flopping around somewhere. Get a 😁 going.

Gratitude: Your attitude will adjust your altitude.

If your altitude, is in need of adjustment, beloveds, go on ahead and adjust your attitude.

I have told my act right to get and KEEP some act right!

It’s amazing, what showing gratitude can and WILL do, for your altitude and attitude.

I was down in the dumps, the other day, for no other reason then making the choice, to get all up in my feels, for no good reason.

Nothing had changed. The hard was no more hard, than before.

Okay, so the hot was hotter. But, I had been doing well in keeping positive.

For NO reason, for whatever reason, I CHOSE to pout, fuss, fret, complain and waste a perfectly good morning/afternoon, slapping all kinds of extra hard, on things, because of a low altitude, stemming from a poor choice of attitude.

After a long pout, er, sad, er, nap, I adjusted my attitude. I spoke aloud, my gratitude, in how far I have come.

No, I am not there yet. Hopefully, I will never grow comfortable, with where I am. Content, yes. Comfortable, no. I have NO intention of living a life without intention.

Have to jet. My walk awakes. Just told lazy, vertigo and the heat to go on ahead and kick rocks.

You are welcome to join me.

walking whether I feel like it or not,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

#HereForIt

Keep fighting with the King.

*sigh*

The King is waiting for me…

*sigh*

*pout*

Okay! Okay!

I’m coming!

*Cassandra clamors down from The Father’s Lap and heads for her fight with changing the sheets on her Cali King*

Huh?

Oh, you thought I was fighting with THE King?!

😂😳💪

In a way, I am. Fighting WITH Him, to make my dreams, come true.

Fighting WITH Him, to keep my act right, acting right.

Fighting WITH, not AGAINST HIS Will, for my life.

It’s not always easy, doing the hard thing, ALL the time. It’s easier, it appears, to sleep on sweaty sheets.

EEEWWWWW!

Speaking of sheets, it’s time for me to get to wrestling with these Cali King sheets so I can have a delish nap, after my shower.

Yeppers, I have been about being about it!!

Say that, Cassandra!

Get it, Cassandra!!

Make it do what it do, Cassandra!

You CAN, Cassandra!

You WILL, Cassandra!

Be encouraged, yall.

being about them thangs😂,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

#HereForIt

In the meantime: Transition.

Transition.

Transition, can feel like a four letter word.

Transition, is ZERO fun.

Transition is:

Maddening.

Frustrating.

Scary?

Feels like we are:

Dangling.

Falling.

Failing.

Failing to:

Land.

Win.

See.

Know.

Do.

We are unable to DO, in the middle of the transition!

Blast it all, we just want to DO!

Transition…

*sigh*

It is during the transition, in the meantime, it’s crucial not to get in the way!!

Breathe.

Rest.

Use the time, to pack your essentials and fave things.

Use the time…

Ah.

Aha!

The Cook IS preparing the meal 🍴!

Wait.

Wait, patiently.

In the meantime?

Enjoy the breadsticks!

🤷‍♀️😂

waiting patiently,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Cut yourself some slack. Your dream is around the corner. Which one? Aha! Keep asking. Keep dreaming.