Category: Inspiration

No one knows. Not even you.

No one knows how far you can go.

Not even you.

No one knows what your future holds.

Not even you.

No one know how far your reach will/can extend.

Not even you.

No one knows the impact your voice will/can make.

Not even you.

No one knows how much your voice is needed.

Not even you.

No one knows the ending to your story.

Not even you.

The world is full of naysayers. Everywhere you turn, beloveds, you will find those who will gleefully let you know what you will never have. Countless others will be happy to let you know where you will never go.

Your life matters. Your voice matters. You are much more than just one of many. You are:

Unique.

Uniquely qualified.

Unquestionably amazing.

I’m starting over at 55. My birthday is next Sunday. Just today, I came across a report that companies won’t hire folk in their 50s. All this week I have had videos come across my feed lamenting how awful the job market is for older folk.

I told myself I am uniquely qualified. I don’t know my future. I DO know I look to the future with optimism. I’ll leave the pessimism for those too timid to believe in themselves and their dreams.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Continue to move FORWARD. Continue to stand on business. Continue to stand ten toes down.

Make life pry your dreams from your cold, dead hands. The ONLY way we lose, beloveds, is if we quit. We ain’t got no quit!

No one knows. Not even you. Get out there and LIVE.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL. One moment at a time. Have an amazing week! Dominate your Monday. Enjoy it. Look forward to the beginning of your week. Don’t let circumstances get you down.

If you have a spare prayer, I sure could use it/them. Ah, God. Please hurry. We all have dreams to fulfill. Where You at??

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.

Try it anyway.

I love to sing.

I sound like a scalded cat when I do.

I sing anyway.

I love to dance.

I look like someone walking barefoot on coals when I do.

I dance anyway.

There are many things I would like to try.

I’m afraid I will fail.

I shall try…

Anyway.

Life is short, beloveds. Try it anyway.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Try. No telling what may happen…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

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When you feel your lowest, reach for the highest.

I was feeling low.

And, I mean low. How low? So low I had to look up to see the ground!

Something in me just wouldn’t let me quit. Not just yet. I’ll quit tomorrow  if need be.

Today, I am reaching as far and as high as I can reach!

Keep reaching as far and as high as you can, beloveds. We can always quit tomorrow, eh? Not!

Obstacles are just that. Obstacles. They CAN be overcome. Only as we continue to overcome them. Until we reach the other side…

overcoming all,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Geeeez, these obstacles surely can work the last nerves, huh? No matter. We eat hard for breakfast. Enjoy your day. Especially the hard parts. That’s where the iron is found.

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.

Remember: When you feel like a nobody.

When you feel like a nobody.

Remember, you are loved.

When you feel unlovely.

Remember, you are lovable.

When you feel unworthy.

Remember, you are worthwhile.

When you feel helpless.

Remember, help is only a prayer away.

The hardest part of not working is not being able to hide behind hard work. I can’t use work accomplishments to convince the world I AM worth taking up oxygen.

Ah, God. It can be soooooooooooooo hard to remember I am worthwhile anywho.

I cherish these hard moments. I about worked myself into the ground. Too exhausted to enjoy days off. Too tired to enjoy working. I found myself sleep walking through life.

Still comfortable has called out to me. This stretching has been terrifying. Yesterday, I was angry. Comfortable wanted to go back to it’s comfort. My dreams said “hell to the no!”. They fought like cats and dogs ALL night.

I rose. My dreams told me to write. I wrote. God told me to believe Him. To believe my dreams. To believe in my dreams. I think they are both cra cra. Believe, I will.

Like a fool, beloveds, I believe God. Like an idiot, I listen to my dreams. Yikes!

Anywho, I just stopped round to love on someone who has been feeling like a nobody. I feel you. I WAS you, yesterday. Today, I look UP.

Take care of your beautiful heart.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. You are somebody. Be encouraged.

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.

Do you believe my dreams asked me.

Dreams: Do you believe?

Me: Yes.

Dreams: Do you believe in ME?

Me: I think so.

Dreams: Why?

Me: Because you are so blasted loud and persistent.

Dreams: Why?

Me: I honestly don’t know. Yet, The Universe insists that I trust you.

Dreams: Will you trust me.

Me: I think so.

Dreams: I need for you to trust me. I won’t let you down.

Me: I’m afraid I will let you down.

Dreams: Trust you with me.

Me: K.

I’m looking at my dreams sideways. They are so loud now. They are drowning out everything else. They seem too large. They sound absolutely ridiculous. How in the fresh hell will/can I make them come true?

My dreams tempt me to go up higher. My dreams taunt me away from the mediocre. My dreams says there is so much more to me than I could ever know.

I want to find out about this me. What of you, beloveds? What say YOUR dreams? Are you listening? Don’t be afraid to slow down to listen to your dreams.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: These dreams sure like living up high. I am terrified of heights…

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.

Be willing.

Be willing.

To try new things.

Be willing to discard old notions.

Be willing to lose the little you have.

Be willing to receive the largest gift ever imagined.

Be willing to dare.

Be willing to fall flat on your face.

Be willing to tell yourself the truth.

Be willing to accept and receive truth told.

Be will to admit you were wrong.

Be willing to acknowledge you don’t always get things right.

Be willing to share.

Be willing to be vulnerable.

Be willing to make something new out of something old.

Be willing to teach the young.

Be willing to learn from the young.

Be willing to listen to the elders.

Be willing to admit to being an elder…lol.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 55 keeps telling me to be careful. The Universe keeps telling me to run. I’m scared of the next steps. How exciting! I promised myself I would NOT go back to mediocre because the air is thin up here.

Keep moving FORWARD  Keep looking UP. We got this.

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.

It’s amazing what you’ll find on the other side of your fear.

Wow.

Who knew!😳

It’s amazing how much peace can be found on the other side of fear.

I have never felt such freedom. Ever. How odd. How wonderful…*hugs self*.

The other day, I went through theeeeeeeeeee last of my savings. Down to my last hundred bucks. Yikes! Egads!

At first, I felt…*shrug*. Then, I just let myself feel:

Sad.

Mad.

Embarrassed.

Helpless.

Angry.

Ambushed.

Afraid.

Then, I:

Cried.

Laughed.

Laughed AND cried.

Then, I understood.

Totally.

Completely.

Finally…

I am so very much more than my finances.

Then, I smiled. Then, my heart opened. Then, my eyes opened. Then, my arms opened. Wide.

To God.

To Life.

To The Universe.

To possibilities.

Ah, possibilities, I need you now. I wait for you. Patiently. I have two months to figure out what my finances shall say to me…*shrug*.

Until then, beloveds, I shall continue to encourage you to keep on keeping on.

Yes, hard IS hard. So what?! You are growing. You are living. You are embracing your life.

There are so many souls, beloveds, who are financially set but spiritually/emotionally bankrupt.

My heart is full of possibility. How much richer could I be?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m not saying hard times are not hard. They are. They hurt. They CAN be overcome. They CAN be lived joyfully.

Enjoy/embrace your day(s), beloveds. You get just this one day. Then, hopefully a tomorrow. What are you doing with yours? Don’t waste them lamenting on what you have not. Enjoy what you have. Be encouraged. I love me some you. So does He.

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.

Fear, I don’t care what you say to me.

Fear, I don’t care what you say to me.

You tell me I won’t. I’ll try.

You tell me I’m old. I’ll live.

You tell me I’ll lose. I’ll play.

You tell me I will always be lonely. I’ll love.

You tell me I shall never get there. I’ll go.

You tell me I will be forever stunted. I’ll grow.

You tell me my body will break down. I’ll dance.

You tell me no one will listen. I’ll sing.

You tell me it will hurt. I’ll fight.

You tell me all will be taken. I’ll give.

Fear, I don’t care what you say to me. I have much more to say to you:

Ha!

Kick rocks!

Pound sand!

Anything else to say to me?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t allow fear to stop you. Take it with you, if you must. Kick it’s hind end all the way to the finish line, beloveds! We got thangs to do.

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.

Heart ♥ check Monday.

How’s your heart, beloveds? Just checking in. Life has been super lifery.

I woke early. Rather, early woke me! I’m anxious to get my day started.

I’m going to vote. Then, thinking of treating myself to a pizza 🍕 to have for the games tonight.

Anywho, I stopped ’round to send some love your way. Be good today. Would you please, and thanks?

We have just this day. Use it wisely. Use it up! Squeeze every moment. Share as many moments as you can. I wanted to give you a bit of my time to remind you that you are loved and not alone.

Do your work. Then, squeeze in your me time somewhere. Above all, keep moving FORWARD and keep looking UP!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. You got this.



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.

Speak up for them.

Your dreams are important.

Speak up for them.

Your thoughts are important.

Speak them.

Your views matter.

Share them.

Your perspective matters.

Share them.

Your compassion is crucial.

Give it.

Your love is truly needed.

Give it.

Speak. Share. Give.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Open your eyes. Open your heart. Open your mouth. Asking for A Friend.

Life is short. The world needs your impactful life. Live. Existing is for the timid. You are powerful. You are crucial. You are needed. Your greatness wants to awaken. Let it go. You got thangs to do.

Do your THIS!

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.