Category: Inspiration

Heart check ♥️ Saturday.

It’s Saturday!

Workwise, it’s actually my Friday. So what?

The weekend is here.

I have done my best.

I have given my all.

I am tired.

I ordered chicken strips and mini glazed donuts to enjoy for today. Yaya! I only bought a dozen. Donuts, that is.

Deliciously, I allowed myself to have three mini donuts. I forced myself to put the other nine away so I could enjoy them today. Yaya!

Now, I rest. System issues are preventing work. How sad. 😁🤣. Actually, I enjoy working so the system issues have been a pain.

That said, I am using the extra time to get things done. Working from home is fantastic. I can get my chores done early so I can enjoy my donuts and ☕ coffee. Yaya!

You are welcome to join me, beloveds. You have done your week. Time to rest and refill.

How’s your heart? Asking for A Friend.

Take care of yourself. Thanks for hanging out with me this week. Let’s rest up so we can get into all manner of cuteupness, eh?

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use your disappointment to make an appointment.

I was disappointed.

Again.

I tried.

I failed.

Again.

I cried.

Again.

God heard me.

Again.

My disappointment was just another opportunity to make an appointment with Him.

My disappointment was just another opportunity to make an appointment with The Universe.

My disappointment was just another opportunity to make an appointment with Life.

My disappointment was just another opportunity to make an appointment with hard.

My disappointment was just another opportunity to make an appointment.

Ah.

Aha!

Disappointment is a part of life. Disappointment shows up when you try. Disappointment doctor every step towards your goal. Disappointment is your fiercest adversary.

Keep fighting until you have made Disappointment ppointment your best friend!

Your trials and tests are nothing but obstacles on the way to your miracle. Get excited when you see them. They are a sign that victory is at hand.

Keep making appointments!

being about being about it,

Cassandra

Note: There is the other side. Keep moving towards it.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Get out of your own way.

Can I be honest with you beloveds? Just for a little bit? Will you promise not to tell on me?

I’ve been getting in my own way. How? If I would have been honest, I would admit that I have been letting fear run the show. Just a little bit of fear, here. A touch of worry, there.

Not enough to be obvious. Just enough to stop my dreams in their tracks.

Fear can be a tricky thing. Fear  will sneak up on you when you least expect it to. Every time you think you have things conquered , fear will show up and say, ha ha.

I am learning to fight fear where I find it. I seem to have found it everywhere these last few weeks.

I have found it in my age. I have found it in my finances. I have found it in my aloneness. I have founded in my health. Finally, fear showed up in my dreams.

And that beloveds,  was the last straw!

I have been needing to clean out the lint trap in the dryer. I have been lazy. Which means all I have been doing is racking up higher power bills and taking much longer to dry the laundry.

Instead of taking 5 minutes to clean out the lint trap, I have been lazy and restarting the laundry telling myself the clothes will get dry sooner or later. Smh.

I don’t know why us humans keep doing the dumb thing. Not doing the right thing at the right time and expecting to have different results. Smh.

I’m learning how to do the right things at the right time no matter how I feel. I am learning how to clean out the link trap in my own life.

I have been doing the hard work of confronting myself and being honest about my fears and why I’m afraid of this and that.

What I am learning is that most of my fears come from the fears of others. I’m afraid because they were afraid. I’m afraid I can’t do it because they never did it or believed they could.

I think I can. I want to try. I am trying. My try just does not seem to be enough these days.

My tears have been my meat as a bible says. My tears have water disappointment and discouragement for days. My tears have chased me into bed. My tears have making me awaken in the night.

Yet, my tears, water my hope. My tears,  rain down upon my joy. My tears, accompany my footsteps as I keep walking towards my dreams.

I promised myself I would try. For me.

I’m doing my best to stay out of my way. I’m doing my utmost to get out of my own way. Life is short.

Be encouraged. Keep trying. We should get there some kind of way.

In the meantime, enjoy your life. Get out of your own way. Remember to clean out your lint traps!

fighting on,

Cassandra

Note: One step at a time. One moment at a time. One day at a time.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When funny just ain’t funny.

Life kicked my hind end today.

Whew!

Life was NOT very funny today.

So much so, I pouted through much of it. Yea, beloveds, I carried on. I fussed. I fretted. I told God what a meanie Life was being.

I told myself I was just NOT in the mood to tell any jokes today. Ha! No jokes for you people.

Somehow, I found enough in me to tell one joke. One joke turned into two. Two turned into many. After a time, I forgot what a meanie Life was being and just enjoyed what life I was living.

No, things were not funny. Yet, I found some joy buried beneath the hard.

Keep going, beloveds. Don’t allow hard to be a/the reason you give up on your jokes.

Keep laughing. Keep trying. Things WILL work out. In the meantime, keep working out your faith muscles…*shrug*.

I love annoying fear/doubt. They hate it when I keep being about being about it.

sharing a laugh with you,

Cassandra

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I am a chaser.

I am a chaser.

I have to be.

At work, my job depends upon chasing quality.

I pursure excellence, at all costs.

I must have good humor.

My job also depends upon producing as much quality work, in a timely a manner as possible.

Soooooooooooooooooooooo, I chase:

Quality.

Quantity.

Excellence.

Relentlessly.

Does it get tiring?

Absolutely.

Do I slow down?

Of course not.

I rest when I am done.

I make it my mission to give as much of me as I can to EVERY person and contact.

The last person of the day, gets just as much of me as the first person received.

It’s not always easy, beloveds, to give 100 when you feel as though you left 99 a long ways back!

Keep chasing, beloveds.

Chase:

Excellence.

Love.

Joy.

Peace.

Perseverence.

Knowledge.

Laughter.

Care.

Chase all that can/will drive back whatever darkness you may encounter. Chase all that will fill you and renew you. Chase away all that hinders you.

Life is short. Live. Love someone. Start with you.

chasing with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

They don’t know you!

Fear.

Doubt.

Hard.

They don’t know you, beloveds!

They don’t know your:

Fight.

Try.

Resilience.

Heart.

Integrity.

Truth.

Love.

Joy.

Yea, beloveds, this world does NOT know you!

Look at you, with your bad self!?

Look at you being about being about it no matter what happens?!

You go!

Strut your stuff!

Yea, let ALL see you sweat as you pound your way up Hard Mountain. Hard ain’t nothin’ but a thang for you now!

I see you.

The Universe sees you.

God sees you.

Keep on being you and watch your dreams come true.

In the meantime, help someone else make their dreams come true. Encourage someone. Love someone. Starting with you.

being about it with you,

Cassandra

Note: Okay, so, geeeeeeez, you are supposed to be about being about it and loving folks. Get going now.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We ain’t done.

Tell hard…

We ain’t done.

Tell fear…

We ain’t done.

Tell disappointment.

We ain’t done.

Tell discouragement…

We ain’t done.

Tell hate…

We ain’t done.

Tell apathy…

We ain’t done.

Tell tired…

We ain’t done.

Then get up and try again!

Ha!

doing thangs,

Cassandra

Note: We ain’t done, beloveds.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Tell hard ha!

Tell hard ha, beloveds.

I mean it!

You had better not quit!

Get up.

Cry, if you must.

Get up!

We got thangs to do!

Our dreams are buried underneath the hard.

Keep digging!

Keep building your faith muscles.

STOP worrying about things you can’t see.

STOP focusing on how hard this is.

So what?

Are you going to quit?

No!

Get going.

You got this.

I don’t care how tired you are.

I don’t care how many folks have told you no.

I don’t give two flying figs about how many folks have received while you have not.

So what?

Get going.

I mean it.

MY dream may be buried beneath your hard. YOUR dream may be buried beneath my hard. We won’t know, beloveds, until we dig those jokers out the hard.

Let’s go.

In the meantime, be sure and laugh. Life is short. Embrace all that you are learning about yourself. The hard is besides the point. The journey is simply meant to help you bring out the best in/of you.

We can do this. We ARE doing this.

Together.

here,

Cassandra

Note: Tell someone else to get up and let’s go people! Love someone. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The only thing needed is you.

The only thing needed to make the world go ’round…

Is you.

The only thing needed to make miracles happen for yourself and others…

Is you.

The only thing needed to make God’s Heart smile…

Is you.

Isn’t that neat to know, beloveds?

Keep on being you. You are more than enough. Your amazing self amazes me. Don’t let these tough challenges define your life. They are just challenges. They are there to help shape you and keep you fresh and sharp.

It’s okay to wonder if you shall ever get to where you think you ought be. We all feel like this from time to time.

In the meantime, be sure to be good to YOU. Remember you are more than what you have, what you do, where you live, who you know.

This has been a terribly trying time. I refuse to give up. My try keeps telling me to try. Even when I don’t wannu!…*sniff*.

Life is short. Embrace this time. You are doing better than you think.

Love someone today. Starting with you.

Cassandra

Note: I told myself today I was a fat, old, broke lady….hahhahahahahaha. Okay, so I have picked up weight. I am 55. I ain’t got much in the bank.

STILL, I am altogether lovely! Fat, and all. Old, and all. Broke, and all. I love ALL of me. Even the extra Doritoes part of me….hahahahahahahahahahahah. Laugh, beloveds. Don’t let this world lie to you and make you think you are not fantastic. You are.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just because.

Give yourself a hug.

Just because.

Tell yourself you love you.

Just because.

Tell yourself what you LIKE about yourself.

Just because.

Climb upon The Father’s Lap and lay down your weary head.

Just because.

Call a friend and let them know you could use some care.

Just because.

Tell yourself a joke.

Just because.

Do something that will make YOU smile.

Just because.

Why?

Just because.

Cassandra

Note: It’s important to be good to YOU, beloveds. Just because. You are altogether lovely. Your life is infinitely priceless. There is none like you. When you enter a room, The Universe sighs in delight.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!