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Even when they don’t understand. Even when you don’t understand.

Keep loving folk.

Even when they don’t understand you. Even when you don’t understand them.

Keep reaching out.

Even when they don’t understand your try. Even when you don’t understand their lack of understanding.

Keep caring about folk.

Even when they don’t understand why you care “for no reason”. Even when you don’t understand why they don’t understand that you “just care”.

There are days, beloveds, when I want to leave the 🌎 to its own devices. Folk see ulterior motives in everything. Or, they think you think ill of them for no reason. Smh.

I was raised to take folk at face value. The advent of social media has raised a generation of folk who hide behind personas and being perceived as influencers and wellbeing gurus.😥😳

Whatever happened to folk just BEING. Just you. Just me. Just us. Flawed, yet lovable.

None of us are perfect. Since when did we all have to be? We don’t. I do one to two dumb things daily. It keeps me grounded.🥰🧓

Be encouraged, beloveds. Get off the hamster wheel and stop trying to drape yourself in whatever is currently trending on TikTok. You are wonderful as you are. Sometimes dumb and all.

I accept my dumb as well as my goodness. We are all many things at once. We work our own last nerves at times. That’s okay.

Even when they don’t understand. Even when you don’t understand…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am trying to convey something but my heart is just too sad for so many folk who have fallen for the lie they are not enough without adornment. 😥🌎

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Owning my crap.

Crap.

Sheeeeeeeeeeuuit!

Ewwww!

*Cassandra looks upon decades’ worth of hollering, not listening, not being WILLING to see the other side, and rushing them to the trash heap of history*

Geeeeeeez.😯

Lessons sure are hard to learn, eh? Especially when one realizes how much of a moron one has been, over the course of time. Jimmy Crickets!

I have kicketh my behindeth, here lately. Maybe, it’s from all the studying I have been doing. I’m trying to cram a lifetime into the past few months.

Be encouraged. Keep being willing to own your uh-ohs. No fun but needed. I think I shall reward myself with a honey bun.

Have a stupendous day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Short piece. Ow, Cassandra. 😳😁🙏

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I forgot to be afraid.

My dreams called me this morning.

I answered.

I forgot to be afraid.

I forgot to be old.

I forgot I was broke.

I forgot about discouragement.

I forgot to despair.

My dreams are calling me. I must hurry…

refusing to give up,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I gave myself a day to be sad. This morning, I made sad go get me some ☕ coffee. I have much too much to do.

Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I lay down with discouragement. We talked for a little while.

I lay down with discouragement. We talked for a little while.

I asked it why it was so damned discouraged?

Said it didn’t know. Said it “just wuz”.

After a while, I told discouragement it had to go. I had thangs to do. Discouragement understood. It went in search of folk easily swayed. I was not.

I just stopped by to encourage folk a bit. Starting with me.

Be encouraged. We CAN. We WILL. Eventually. I think.😳🤗😂🥰

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things really WILL be alright. I have just been focusing on the tossing waves. 🌊 Time to focus on getting to the other side. Some kind of way. Be encouraged. Don’t give up. Not just yet.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I want not to care.

I want not to care.

I wish that I could give up on my dreams.

I told dreams to shut up and leave me alone.

My dreams asked about all the other folks who were close to giving up. My dreams asked what if we gave up?

I have no plans on finding out. I told apathy, despair, disappointment and discouragement to get out of my face. Told them I would be back tomorrow!

I faced down a 🌪 tornado. I can find a way. Somehow.

I hope…

Be encouraged, beloveds. Even when all seems hopelessly lost and the success of your dreams are remote.

Ah, God, this is not funny.

holding on just barely,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: When discouragement comes in like a flood, hold on tight to your dreams. Don’t you DARE give up. Not ever. Have a good cry/pout but keep it moving. The damned 🗻 mountain WILL move at some point.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Is it about the chef or the diner?

The chef.

The diner.

Each needs the other.

One to serve his/her/their interpretation of the meal.

One to partake of the meal.

What is MORE important:

The chef’s interpretation?

The diner’s satisfaction or lack thereof?

If the diner doesn’t like it, does it negate the chef’s effort?

Doesn’t the diner have the right to their opinion? They didn’t like it. It happens.

There are a million potential reasons why that may have nothing to do with the chef.

In addition, the chef needs to take in the palette, the dietary needs, the likes/dislikes of the diner and factor these things as he prepares.

The diner is responsible for understanding there may be a lack of ingredients that are out of season. He/she/they must also factor in the type of establishment they are eating in and what kind of dishes the chef is known for.

Living with one another is a dance. We all have to be WILLING to see the viewpoint of our counterpart.

There will be times, beloveds, where we will be the chef. There are other times we are the diner.

In ALL times, we need to consider others. We are all humans who are, hopefully, trying to serve the best meal we can!

Let’s give each other the space to do and be better, shall we? I have been doing my utmost to be a safe space in as many places as I can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This piece really has me thinking of what all I can do to be more understanding, more resourceful, more forgiving of us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart ❤ check Sunday.

Good morning, beloveds.

Doctor Cassandra is doing a house call to check on your heart.

How are YOU?

Did you get in your me time this week? I sure hope so.

If not, do better.

If so, an extra treat for you.

Remember life is what YOU make it. What goodies are you preparing for yourself and others?

You can start over as many times as needed.

If you are tired, rest.

If you are refreshed, do.

If you don’t want to, don’t!

Be sure to turn things off.

Be certain to turn the volume up super high on your dreams.

Celebrate your small victories. Be understanding of your inevitable defeat.

I hear my me time calling. I have one cup of coffee to spare. Who wants to join me?

Meet me in the comments…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. Be good to you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just for a laugh.

This cracked me up.🤗🤸‍♀️

Have an amazing day today. Be sure to squeeze in as many laughs as you can.

Don’t forget to take your dreams with you. They have been hankering to get out of your underwear drawer. Let someone see them.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 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!

Make the adjustments already, Cassandra!

📺

I needed to move the television. An inch or so to the left. It was driving me cra cra!

I was too lazy. So, I spent forever arguing in my mind. Dummy me.

Finally, I couldn’t take it ONE MORE SECOND! MOVE THE STUPID TELEVISION ALREADY, CASSANDRA!!

Whew! Perfection. Shoulda done that weeks ago. I could have spared myself weeks of annoyance and strained viewing. Smh.

We can get like that right, beloveds?

God/Life/The Universe will prompt us to course correct and we use all manner of excuses not to.

Even small corrections. We like our things the way we like our things. Even things which we KNOW could stand a bit of adjustment here and there.

I am learning to make the adjustments as quickly as I can. It’s not always easy. It has NOT been fun.

I have cried. I have raged. I have pouted. I am adjusting, though.

I stopped ’round to encourage you to keep on making those adjustments. Pout as you need to. But, keep moving those things a bit to the left or right…lol.

adjusting darnit!,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep doing what it takes to grow/go. You got this. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are more than you give yourself credit for.

Give yourself the credit you deserve.

You are:

Magnificent!

Spectacular!

Crucial!

Lift up your head, beloveds. You are NOT an imposter. You are stupendous. You don’t have to be on the outside looking in.

Open the door. Take your seat. Engage with life.

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

You are so much more than you give yourself credit for.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Never forget that you are worthy, you are worth it, and you are sooooooo worthwhile.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!