Category: Inspiration

If at first you don’t succeed, your name is probably Cassandra. 😳🤣🎯

My name appears to be Noooooooo, Cassandra!

That’s ALL I have been hearing from hard as I have tried to rush through needed lessons.

I’m learning to slow down. I’m learning to cut myself some slack as I learn to slow down. I’m learning. I think…lol.

I wonder if success will ever come for me. It seems soooooooo far away.

I made myself take off part of the day to enjoy some biathlon. I need to be sure to fit some “what the hooey” time in there and do absolutely nothing but eat Golden Grahams and watch nothingness.

Life is short. Cut yourself some slack as you wait on success.

I hear cereal calling. Who is up for a bowl?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing day. Work on your dreams. Be good to you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t turn one disappointment into an all day sucker, sucker!😳🎯🤣

Disappointment happens. Turning dreams into reality is a daunting task. It requires a tenacity few are willing to have for themselves.

We fight to the death for others. We fold at ONE “no” when it comes to our dreams Smh. Do better, us!

I was ready to toss it all because of ONE disappointment. Geeeeeeez, Cassandra. 😳🌊😫🙏😡🎯

I told myself to suck it up and get back in the game. I did NOT have time to sulk all day.

We do NOT have time to cry about what had happened wuz. Let’s go!

I fight on. Will you?

Don’t turn one disappointment into an all day sucker, sucker!😳🎯🤣

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Boo hoo. Life happened. Okay, I cried for you. Now, get up and do it again, like my daddy told me.🤗😭🙏🎯🤨🌊

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Prove yourself right.

There is a voice deep inside that is calling you.

This voice says you can.

This voice tells you that ALL you have to DO is to TRY.

There is something coming from deep within you that is begging you to get out there and win.

There is SOMETHING from within challenging you to seize your moment.

Prove yourself right, beloveds!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Prove it to yourself. Don’t worry about proving things to someone else. People are going to think what they think. Let them. These dreams are yours. Pursue your dreams, not someone else’s. Make things happen for you. Life is much too short to continue pursuing someone else’s dreams, in order to receive love and validation. Love and validate yourself!

This is your time. What are you doing with it?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: It’s time for you to listen to your inner voice.

It’s time for you to listen to your inner voice, beloveds.

I love this song. It’s so freeing. Uplifting. Self-affirming.

So often, beloveds, we fill ourselves with the most hateful hate talk about ourselves.

We berate ourselves for not having reached the terribly unfair and IMPOSSIBLE goals of perfection we can NEVER reach.

We shall never be perfect. ALL we can do is strive for excellence. In all that we do. We will not always reach excellence.

There are days where mediocre is as far as our exhaustion will take us.

That’s okay. Just give 100 percent of the percentage of you that remains in your try.

Be sure to fill yourself with positive/motivating/uplifting thoughts.

Remember:

You are worthy.

You are worth it.

You are worthwhile.

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!

Exposed: Keep exposing your dreams to the ☀ sunlight.

I feel soooooooooooooo exposed.🫠😳

I am putting my dreams out there for the world to see, to accept, to dismiss, to ignore, to embrace. Yikes! Egads! Fresh hell!

The reaction, or lack thereof, has been underwhelming so far.

I can understand. I am one of billions. Who am I? Nobody, so far as society’s pecking order says.

Still, I have value. Now, I just have to keep putting myself out there to garner enough “value added”.

My why is not about making money. Having said that, my goal is to make money from the gift of gab/encouragement/tenacity that I have been blessed with.

Sooner or later, beloveds, sooner or later! Ah, God, when shall things spring open for me?!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep exposing your dreams to the sunlight. Don’t worry about being critiqued. Critics are going to critics. It’s what they do. Critics are gold!

Take the lessons, scoop out the good stuff. Don’t concern yourself HOW the message was delivered. The point is someone cared enough to stop, respond and let you know THEIR thoughts of your try.

The lack of response really used to get me down. Now, I use that as fuel. I try harder. I ask what else can I do to improve myself, my delivery, my message, my this, that and other things.

I’m getting stronger. I’m developing a thicker skin. I am gaining deeper perspective and understanding. How great is that?!

Be encouraged. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My dreams just won’t compromise!

I wanted to sleep in.

I tried to compromise with my dreams. I put in “extra work” the night before to appease my dream’s hunger.

I stayed up late. Late!

Weary, but satisfied, I lay down. Surely, I had done enough to be able to sleep in. 4 am was just soooooooooooo early!😳

I fell asleep. I slept. Soundly. 😴🥰

I arose. Sans alarm clock. I looked at said clock:

4:21 am.

😳

*Cassandra, catching the hint, gets on about her incredibly early day*

Get up, beloveds. We got thangs to do!

doing thangs,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are building your legacy. One word at a time. One action at a time. What is your legacy saying about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: Sing yourself a love song.

Okay, beloveds, I have an assignment for you. And, yes, I am asking you to DO this:

Click on the YouTube video above, grab an appropriate microphone of your choosing or making, and sing a love song to YOU. For YOU. For YOUR heart.

This may sound or seem completely ridiculous but I promise it won’t hurt. It will fill you with some love and joy. I promise.

You don’t have to use this song. Grab your favorite.

If you have been too hurt by loving or being loved by someone who has hurt you, be encouraged. Your heart CAN and WILL mend as you tend to your beautiful heart.

Then, EVERY day, beloveds, start filling your heart with POSITIVE, UPLIFTING words, songs and images. We need to replace the negative garbage we have all been guilty of filling our hearts with, over the years.

Give yourself the luxury of your best self. Whatever that looks like to YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Your heart needs you. Love yourself. I know I do. I know He does.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My dreams won’t let me sleep in.🎯

Dreams: Let’s go!!

Day: It’s Saturday!🤨😳

Clock: *alarmed look*…😭😴😫. It’s 8am on SATURDAY!?…*gasp*

Dreams:

Me:

Morning beloveds. Hope your day goes well.

I worked like the Dickens, yesterday, so I could sleep in, today. Apparently, someone didn’t get the memo.

Coffee is on. Who is with me to chase down some dreams for a bit today? Give five minutes to something that will propel your dreams further.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Your dreams can’t wait.

Your dreams can’t wait.

You don’t have time to wait.

The universe is waiting on you.

What have you been waiting on?

What have you been waiting for?

Who have you been waiting for?

What is stopping you?

Why are you stopping you?

The only one getting in your way right now is you!

Take yourself out of the equation.

Take doubt out of the equation.

Take fear out of the equation.

Add some faith to the mix.

Sprinkle in a whole lot of joy.

Mix in some perspiration, perseverance, and resilience.

Now, get out there and do it!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Your dreams are waiting for you to take the next step. Will you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Disappointment: Get up and do it again.

“Get up and do it again”.

That’s what my dad used to say to me, when I fell. I can still hear his laughter.

That laughter made me mad. Furious. Angrily, I WOULD get up and try again.

I had been learning how to ride a bike, sans training wheel. I couldn’t keep the stupid bike upright!😡😭😫

Over and over and over. I wanted to quit. Dad wouldn’t let me. He knew what I had not known:

I could.

I would.

I did!

Eventually.

Be encouraged, beloveds, as you continually fall and make boo boos as you chase down your dreams.

I won’t laugh. I will say this:

Get up and do it again!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: To she who stood in my dad’s place today, I thank you! I got up. I am doing it again.🤗🤔🤨🎯🙏❤😎

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!