Category: Inspiration

Real talk: Don’t photoshop your life.

I enjoy Tik Tok.

I enjoy Youtube.

I use Instagram but don’t understand it.

I find people fascinating.

I find it fascinating how so many people are trying to present. A world where everything is always rosy and wonderful and the scenery is Majestic. And everything is beautiful and all is right with the world.

When I make my instagram pieces, I keep it real. I am breathless because I am breathless. I fight with vertigo and admit to it. My apartment is not a castle, but it’s mine. It’s dated. The balcony was painted in a horrible shade of gray. The parking lot was… I don’t know what that was they called doing to the parking lot!

It’s MY parking lot. Just because my footsteps are not walking around a mansion does not mean my thoughts are not valuable. That my words can not have an impact.

Your life is just that. Yours. And that life is:

Valuable.

Wonderful.

Needed.

Necessary.

Loved.

Cherished.

Respected.

Don’t judge yourself by what you have or don’t have. By what you do or don’t do. By who is around you and who is not. Those things are irrelevant to the beauty called your life.

You are.

Simple as that.

Love yourself where you are now. Continue to work on yourself but no you are valuable just as you are.

We are all:

Works in progress.

Tapastries.

Masterpieces.

Your life is being shaped by your choices or lack thereof. You are a force of nature. Be the force of nature that you are!

Your life is having an impact on this world. If it wasn’t, the world would not be trying so hard to convince you otherwise!

Keep loving the world. There are people in the world who needs your love. There are people who will love you back. In the meantime, keep going. We got thangs to do.

keeping it 100,

Cassandra

Note: You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

55: Looking past me.

I have been trying to look past me and my needs.

I have been working on loving other people and trying to understand your viewpoint and way of living.

I have been watching all kinds of different ways of life on youtube and on the blogs. Trying to get to know my fellow man.

People are complicated. The reason why they do things good and bad are complicated. The world or so it seems just complicated.

I have learned much. I have learned that I have been much more judgmental then I thought. I am doing my best to treat people with the same grace that God gives to me.

I’m trying to look beyond my circumstances as well. I’m trying to make the most of my life in real time. I’m not wondering or worrying about what will happen tomorrow. I may not have a tomorrow.

I no longer worry about who will or who won’t read my blog. I just write. I just encourage. How that writing and encouragement will be received is not up to me.

Understanding others take real effort and work. I choose to put in the work and effort.

This week holds many challenges. I look forward to them all. I look forward. I move forward. I choose. Choosing takes the victim hood out of life.

choosing,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Beats me. Keep going. Keep growing. Remember you are the bomb.com!

Heart check Sunday❤️‍🩹❤️.

Today is Sunday. Almost Monday for some…lol.

I used a dread Monday. Rather, what happened IN Monday. I have learned to receive it all. All things have a way of teaching us SOMETHING.

IF we:

Receive, the lesson.

Embrace, the outcome.

Enjoy, the moments.

Mon-yay, is coming…lol.

Look forward to your life.

Life is going to do life things.

So what?

What are you going to do about the things that happen?

Let’s not waste this week looking back on last week! Keep it moving. We got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m tired. I don’t feel like doing the hard thing. So what? I CHOOSE to do the hard thing. Be encouraged. You know the rest:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Don’t let anything stop you from achieving your dreams.

Don’t let anything stop you from achieving your dreams. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzhdVRUunZd/?igshid=ZHNlbWNyMXluaG90

Keep going.

Cassandra

Note: Drag your obstacles with you, beloveds. You have thangs to do!

Don’t be afraid to show your heart.

My heart was hurting.

Someone I care for a great deal did not reach out to me on my birthday. I was hurt. I told myself I didn’t care. I did care. Very much.

I reached out and let them know I was hurt and embarrassed. Long story short, Life had been life.

It felt good sharing my heart. Okay it felt terrifying. I was afraid at first to be rejected. I wasn’t. Even if I had been it still was good for my heart.

Don’t be afraid to let folks know how you feel. They will never know. Folk get offended and will say the other person should already know how they feel.

We are not mine readers. It’s important that we share our hearts with one another. How else will the relationship grow?

Besides, don’t you want to know how the person really feels about you? The things they say may hurt but you can move forward, and so can they.

Stop wondering how people feel about you and start asking them. If you are important to them they will let you know. If not they will dismiss your feelings and you will know to keep going.

I’m not trying to tell you what to do. I’m just sharing what has helped me. It may help you. Life is short.

I hear that cup of coffee screaming my name now. I hate to disappoint a cup of coffee.

Take care of yourself. Be encouraged. You got this. Remember, your needs are important, as are your thoughts. Share them liberally.

Let me know how long you are doing. Your life is important to me. Have an awesome Saturday.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Making yourself vulnerable to another human being is not easy. It is worth it.

Nuff said.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Training is a beast. Had to keep it short and sweet. Have too much whining and complaining about how hhhhaaaarrrrddddd training has been!…*pout*

Be encouraged.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

It’s Fri-yay!

It’s Fri-yay!

We made it!

Just barely!

Whew!

🥰🤗😂😋

Life is short.

Enjoy your day.

Cut yourself some slack.

You did your best.

Put the week to bed.

The weekend is waiting.

For those of us who work on Saturdays…*pout*…hahahahahaha! Enjoy your weekend!

I used to let my feelings run my life. If this happened, I was happy. If that didn’t happen, I was mad. If this occurred, that means this. Smh. Now I tell my feelings to shut up. Yes, I allow myself to feel things and process. But, I move on and do not ascribe villianery to EVERY happenstance.

It’s Fri-yay!

Yiipppeeee!

enjoying me,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Remember:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Okay, really?

Note: The following may or may not have been based on unfortunately true events. Smh…

Me: Okay, Google…

Me: OKAY, Google…

Me: OKAY, GOOGLE!!!!!

*Cassandra storms around hollering ‘Okay, Google’ waking up half the neighborhood but NOT her Google Mini*

Why?

Wwwwwwhhhhhhhhy, Lord?!!

*stamps foot*

God: What’s all the what the whats and wherefores in the middle of the night?

Me: *pouting*. I’m trying to get Google Mini to answer meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

God: Okay, so maybe you should stop hollering at Alexa??

Me: Ehem…um…

Alexa: Yea! My name is NOT Google!…*pout*. Tired of folk calling me out my name whilst expecting me to answer and respond to dumb, er, interesting requests.

Jesus: Tell Me about it. Opps. My Bad…

Smh.

Blame it on the rain. Or lack of sleep. Or me being stuck on stupid. I was two seconds from tossing my Echo Dot when I realized I was hollering to and for the wrong thing, expecting it to work.

Remind me of my life at times. Forever hollering at this, expecting that to work! Egads!

I’m learning how to holler at the right things now.😄

Training has been really difficult. I refuse to allow the difficulty to ruin my evening after I got off work. I left difficult behind. I enjoy the rest of my day. I listen to some relaxing music. I fussed to, er, talked to God and yakked about my day.

What a day!

The day was now over. I grabbed night and we had a fantastic rest of the evening.

Too often, beloveds, we allow what happens in the day to mess up the rest of the day. Life is short. Things happens. Don’t spend the entirety of your day lamenting about what happened or did not happen in that.

It happened.

It didn’t happen.

So what?

Get on with your day.

Get on with your life.

Speaking of which I hear a cup of coffee calling my name.

Take care of yourself. Today is Friday. You have put the work in for the week. Let that be enough. The results are not up to you. The only thing needed is your try. If you have given your all relax and enjoy your weekend.

If you have not given you all this week, why not? Life is short. Promise yourself you’ll do better next time. Do better then move on with the rest of your life.

Be encouraged. You got this. You can. You will. You are loved and you are not alone.

I really do have to go now. My twin is going to fuss and complain that I did not write this last in my usual style.

Okay!

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

tired but here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hey, Alexa…😄

Take out the trash, Cassandra: Stop bugging me.

The Universe: Take out the trash, Cassandra.

Me: Stop bugging me. I am going to take out the trash at lunch.

God: Speaking of bugs…Not saying. Just saying…

Me: *gasp*. You are right!

*Cassandra scowls thinking of that dastardly bug that had found a playground in the trash she kept putting off taking out*

Yikes!

Egads!

*Cassandra rushed the trash out at first light*

Moral of the story: Stop arguing with The Universe and take out the trash. Don’t wait for things to start bugging you.

Deal with your issues. Even the hard what in the hell is THIS type news/issues. I am practicing. Received some horrifying sad/upsetting what the hell news and I am processing it, still. Wow. Ow, God! Oh, God. 😥

This was meant to be a light-hearted piece. Turns out, beloveds, life was not playing today. Wow. Ah, God. Why, dammit?!

Be encouraged. Love someone. Start with me. Could use a friend, today. Crap.

wanting to be upset with The Universe,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life can be hard. So what? Keep living. We are NOT alone. Geezzzzzz, God!

Hello Old-bies: An imp on my shoulders.

Morning newbies AND old-bies. Smh.

An imp woke me!

Jumped on my shoulder.

Pounded me, I’m telling you!

Tossed my phone, on top of me and shouted:

There!

Ha!

A gauntlet has been thrown!

I told said imp to shove off. Twasnt neither the night before Christmas, nor near time to awakened from slumber.

Yikes! was next, I’m afraid:

Yikes!: Yikes! There! Ha!

Me: *grumpily snatches the phone*:

There!

Omg!

Ha!

A gauntlet has been thrown!…*gasp*

*Cassandra, listening to her imp, devises all manner of ways to taunt, er, punish, er, welcome the old-bies after Britta had THE nerve to ask about a hello. Ha!*

God: Okay, so you DID carry on, to the newbies. And you did NOT, give a shout out to the old-bies.

Me: Okay, so, um, well, what had happened wuz…scuze me!

*Cassandra scrounges around in the Welcome bag to find a hello for old fogies who should ALREADY know they are loved and Yada Yada and how special they are and so on and so forth…*…*sigh*…….*mutters to self about how Britta should already know these things being as she is THE most fabulous fantastic wondrous wonderful woman in the whole of the earth*…lol.

Actually, beloveds, I really DID think about perhaps maybe I should throw some love to the old-bies as well. To make it up to all, I am fixing to put on some coffee ☕ and 🍵 and make some mini brownies and scones, whatever the world scones are and we can all get to know one another.

I love my loud family!….*hugs everyone*.

Have an amazing day. Life is short. Remember how very priceless and precious you are. Your heart is amazing. Your soul is capable of such good things. Your spirit is unmatched. The world is blessed to have you within it. Take care of yourself today.

By the way, I’m making my little imp do the dishes!

caring for newbies AND old-bies,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I sooooooooooooooo enjoy folk. Yall are outstanding. Thanks for the chuckle, Britta. Much needed. I have been missing mom so much my heart hurts. Miss you mom…