Category: Inspiration

Do NOT fear/focus on upcoming storms.

Beloveds, hear me. If you don’t hear another thing I say, hear this:

Do NOT fear/focus on upcoming storms!

Do NOT waste another moment of your life worrying about how bad it will be.

Do NOT waste a second on how YOU will be.

The ONLY thing you need to concern yourself with is where and upon what you are standing on and Who you are standing with.

That’s it!

Ah.

Aha!

I have been through two other tornadoes. Geez, I must be a 🌪 magnet!😳🤣. Yet NOTHING prepared me for these days.

Nada.

Nope.

Nary a thing.

It has been beautifully, terrifyingly difficult. I want to tell the whole tore up world to kick rocks. That I didn’t start this fight. That I did and do NOT want to be in this fight.

God: Fight!

Me: I’m tired.

Life: Fight!

Me: I’m afraid.

The Universe: Get your tired and frightened honey in there and fight!

Me: K.

Life is good. Even when it is hard. I am having a cup of coffee ☕. I am 📝 writing. I am talking with fam. I am thinking of super dumb things.

Sure sounds like me in every other day, eh?🤣❤️‍🩹❤️🥰

Enjoy your life. Embrace the hard. Acknowledge the ow. Keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Think it not strange, beloveds. Life happens. Keep on making moments. Even amongst the ruins. Ya know, some ruins are famous and have folk flocking to them centuries later. Keep building a legacy folk will come see long after we are all gone…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: I told Reality to kiss my uh oh!😳😡

Reality has been working my nerves, beloveds.

ALL night.

Dammit.

Then, Reality had the NERVE to wake me BEFORE the sun rose.

Teasing me.

Taunting me.

Encouraging me to:

Quit.

Walk away.

From:

God.

My wasted, as Reality tells it, dreams.

You, as Reality tells it, could give two figs about your dumbness anyway.

Yea, boy, Reality is starting to get desperate. Got to reminding me I am JUST:

One voice.

One try.

A nobody.

A nothing.

One being amongst millions, billions and how will I EVER stand out?

This made me stop being 😡 mad long enough to say:

Reality, you little dummy, don’t you KNOW by now that there is NOTHING just about me!

What’s more, little dummy Reality, One Voice, One Nobody, One Nothing, One Try changed the whole world! His Name is Jesus!

Further more, little dummy Reality, God sees me. God LOVES me. God CARES DEEPLY for my life.

Lastly, all I can do is love folk. Period. They will love me back or they won’t. Period.

My worth has absolutely NOTHING to do with what I give or what is or is not given back to me!😡

Ha!

Reality: 😳

Me:😡💪🥊 🥊!! Shut it!! Get gone!

Reality: K.

Last night I quit. Just a smidge. I was tired. Exhausted. From living in this aftermath. I wanted to hide and pretend all this hard isn’t so hard.

I lie. It’s harder than that. Yet, so is God. I ran to Him and told Him I did NOT want to do another second of this. He said ‘I Know. Keep going’. I got up. I go. Just barely.

going kinda,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I write these days for those who have secretly given up. Yea, beloveds, I see you. God sees you. It’s why you were sent here. God knew you would need these words. God knew I would need them. Get back up, beloveds. We got thangs to do!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use the bad for your good.

Sooooooooooooooooooo, Egads!

Yikes!

Whew!

What the what the???!!

Okay, so now I have had my mini fit, after finding out I won’t be getting paid until the internet gets back to internetting so I can get back to working from home…whew.

I can make a plan.

I can determine how I am going to be about being about it.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez, God, why the world do these tests have to keep being sooooooooooooooooooo hard?????

How about letting a sista learn on a beach somewhere whilst being grapes by a hunka hunka burnin’ love or sumpin’?

Anywho, I snagged a cup of coffee, jumped on the new laptop my big bro sent me….*hugs self deliciously*, and decided to pound out some pieces whilst determining what to DO with the time I have.

No since in wasting much of it lamenting about the money I am NOT earning and get to focusing on HOW to turn my gifts into actual cash, in my bank account…hhmm.

I am going to use this horribly tough/bad/sad/maddening time for my good.

I have MADE myself get up.

I have MADE myself get in my me time.

I have MADE myself reach out to fam/friends.

I have MADE myself call my boss to see what next steps are.

I have MADE myself continue to fight for my dreams.

I have MADE myself continue to be honest with ME.

I have MADE myself continue to be honest with God.

I have NO ide where God is.

I just know He is.

Enough for me.

Ah, beloveds, too many folk are wasting too much time on things that truly do not matter.

Believe me, folk, when those twin tornadoes were in my yard/town, the LAST thing on my mind was how bills were going to be paid!

The ONLY thing I was wanting to do was talked to the folk I loved. Period. End of story.

And, when the lights came on, the ONLY thing I want to do, STILL, is to love folk and let them know they are NOT alone.

I have NEVER, ever felt so lonely in the whole of my life. i have also never felt so loved and NOT alone. Such a weird dichotomy and space to be in.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get up. Look up. Go on. Asking forA Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Letting go of today.

Letting go of today.

I am letting go.

Today.

I am letting go of today.

Today is much too much to carry, today.

I am leaving today, with Him.

Ah, God.

I am letting go.

I am letting You.

What shall You DO with me now?

asking for a friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Note: Some days, you just have to let go. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When was the last time you told you ‘I love you’?

I have a question:

When was the last time you told you ‘I love you.?

This may sound like a ridiculous question. It’s not. It’s important to love yourself. It’s important to tell yourself you are loved. Out loud. The heart needs to hear the words ‘I love you’ EVERY day.

Don’t let on day go by without telling yourself you love you. Then, don’t allow one day to go by without telling someone they are loved. Yours may be the only time they hear the words.

This world is in desperate need of love.

Help me love on folk.

Life is short. Believe me, the tornado was a really huge reminder of that. Yikes! and Egads!!


grateful to be here still,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Ah, God. Thank You for all Your Wunnerfulness….hugs self.Life is good. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Keep on keeping on. We got thangs to do…


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let the outside change your inside.

I am trying my utmost, beloveds, to not allow what is happening outside to effect ME, inside.

The forever, never-ending sounds of chainsaws and sirens are disturbing/unsettling. I wish they were not right outside my door. I tell myself I am still here. I tell myself everything will eventually be alright.

In the meantime, I am doing my level best to keep things level. I tossed in a load of laundry. I talked to my sis. I texted a friend. I am getting my pieces written and ready to be uploaded for when the internet gets repaired.

There are soooooooooooooooooooooo many things that happens outside our control. I can’t control how soon the internet gets fixed. I CAN control preparing for the day it does.

In the past, I would be in full blown find someone to blame about all of this craziness going on. I would have fussed at God and ignored Him for a bit. I would have carried on to myself about why the world can’t I do this, that and evey other thing I can’t do.

Now, I say ‘so what’ and get on with it. I cry, when I need to. I write, because I must. There are just too many folk who are allowing what’s happening their outside to affect their inside. Ha! To hooey with all that nonsense.

Be encouraged.

I would normally insert something inspiring here. I am just too tired. Maggie, help us out and give us some inspiring words, eh? Asking for A Friend.


hopeful still,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This 🌪 has changed me more than I thought possible. Rather, the 🌪 revieled what is most important:

Loving God.

Loving folk.

Encouraging as many folk as I can.

The same things I have been doing most of my life. Ah, God. You have been playing chess the whole time.

Beloveds, the key to life is UNDERSTANDING the key to life. What’s the 🗝 key? Great question! Keep asking.

Keep moving FORWARD.

REFUSE to allow ANYTHING, including YOU, to keep you from moving forward!

You got this.

God has us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t stop until you get to your ten!


God: What are you doing?

Me: I’m fixing to shut it down for the day. I’m tired.

God: Um, didn’t you promise to complete TEN pieces for the week?

Me: Yes.

God: How many have you completed?

Me: Seven.

God: Hmm…doesn’t quite add up to ten then, does it?

Me:…pout….K.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I am actually on piece number 10. Whew! I’m tired. I wanted to knock off early. Yet, I promised myself I would keep my promises made to myself.

Too often, we give ourselves permission to ‘let it slide’ when it comes to doing what we promised we would do. I promised I would no longer do that.


I find myself satisfied.

I made a promise.

I have kept that promise.

Rinse.

Repeat.

Life is good when you keep your promises.

What things have you promised yourself you gave up early on, have not started or put down? Get back to them. Don’t get on yourself for having done so. Apologize to you. Then, keep your promise(s).

getting in my ten,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Note: Okay, um, what are you doing here? If you have done your ten, you may stay. Otherwise, hit the bricks and get after it….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


Be encouraged.

Me time.

I am getting in some ME time.

How about you?

If not, why not?

If so, what do you like to do for your me time?

I am considering what book to read next. I think I will finish ‘If Tomorrow Comes’ by Sidney Sheldon. I love me some Sidney Sheldon! Wonderful writer.
I think I shall cook up a concoction from whatever I can find in my cabinets.

Okay, I have bored thee enough with my meanderings on my me time. Time to get on with getting on with it, eh, beloveds?

I just stopped by to let you know you are not forgotten. Be sure to remember that would you please? Asking for A Friend.

Take care of your precious heart. Ah, beloveds, know ye not that you are altogether lovely?

You are:

Loveable.

Longed after.

Longed for.

The Universe awaits you. Speak. Ask. Reach for the stars.

Spend a bit of your me time thinking of me, eh?…lol.

loving me some you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Note: Oh, beloveds, it’s soooooooooooooooo good being good to ourselves! I had been a bit discouraged thinking of what I didn’t have. Lamenting over the tornado and the lost pay. Until, I reminded myself I am here. Still. The rest will work out in the wash. Or, I will make due with what I have left. I SHALL begin again. And, again. And, again. As many times as need be! How ’bout you?

Thank you to all who have offered a like, a word, a thought in these last days. It will take a while to move past the terrifying feelings of the tornado and the week in darkness not knowing when/if the lights would ever return. They did. And, God WAS/IS with me!

Be encouraged. Keep on keeping on. Love on you. Don’t wait to be loved. Love you. Reach out for love. God WILL bless your efforts. Hang out with Him. He gets lonely for you. As do I. I love you.

I see you.

I see you.

White folk.

I see you.

Black folk.

I see you.

Gay folk.

I see you.

Straight folk.

I see you.

Young folk.

I see you.

Old folk.

I see you.

Rich folk.

I see you.

Poor folk.

I see you.

Liberal folk.

I see you.

Conservative folk.

I see you.

Blue collar folk.

I see you.

Wallstreet folk.

I see you.

Why can’t we see one another, beloveds, without forever having to beat one another?

Why can’t we love one another?

Why can’t we compete with, not defeat one another?

Why can’t we hold one another?

Why can’t we champion one another?

Why can’t we support one another?

Why can’t we uplift one another?

Why can’t we sing with each other?

Why can’t we dance with each other?

Why can’t we build with one another?

I think we can.

I think I will.

I am your sister.

I love you.

I am here.

standing in the gap for us all,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who shall stand in the gap with me? Asking for a friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Look beyond.

Look beyond.

The hurt.

Look beyond.

The hard.

Look beyond.

The loss.

It’s time to look ahead.

It’s time to look up.

It’s time to REALLY look.

Look at all there is before you.

The fight is not yet over, beloveds. Don’t give up on you. Not just yet.

The best is yet to come. I am doing my level best to look beyond, to look past all of this debris and destruction.

I am doing my best to envision a future with new landscapes, new opportunities, new outlooks, new friends, new sources of income.

Be encouraged. God ain’t done with us yet. Ah, God, hurry. Some of us are super weary. Asking for all my friends.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: ❤️‍🩹♥️🥊

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!