Category: Hobbies

Expanding.

I’ve been expanding my horizons.

I have been enjoying YouTube channels from creators I have never thought about.

I have been learning how to be a yacht chef. I have been sneaking on airplanes with pilots.

I have been tagging along with folks who own vending machines and enjoyed countless hours watching the coin counter add up all the quarters!

I have watched a mother raise her 9 children. I have enjoyed watching single folk encouraging folk to enjoy being single and childfree.

I have watched folk run for 100 miles ON PURPOSE!😳🥰

I have watched folk from all walks of life. I have enjoyed folk from countless countries and cultures.

I feel sorry for those poor souls who are so broken they can only love and be comfortable with folk who look like, sound like and act like them. Smh.

Life is short, beloveds. Expand your view. Try things you would have never thought you would try in a hundred lifetimes!

The past few days I have been watching folk who have a passion for luxury watches. Goodness and gravy some of those watches are sooooooooooo expensive! They are beautiful, I must admit.

Keep expanding your world. It’s a hoot. Life is good. Even when it’s hard.

Be well.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep expanding your horizons. There is much to experience. Have an awesome time while you’re doing it. Enjoy your day. All of it. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Do. Don’t worry about the how.

I find myself just doing now. Right now.

I get up and do. Right now.

I’m spending less time asking how.

I just get up and do…something. Right now.

Sometimes, the something is not working. I do something else. The else does not appear to be working. I do it another way. The ‘nother way won’t work.

I no longer care.

I am just doing. Right now.

I don’t know how.

I may never figure it out.

So what. I AM doing. Something. With what I have. Now. With who I am. Now. I can live with that. I can live with me.

Do, beloveds. Don’t worry about the how. You will stumble on some ‘some kind of way’ whilst waiting on how…lol.

We ARE going to do this, beloveds. Some kind of way. We shall find a way. We shall make a way. We shall be the way for someone.

Let’s go!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Go. Don’t worry about the how. Do. You don’t have to know how yet.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I am not.

I am not your enemy.

I am your neighbor.

I am not your competition.

I could be your best friend.

I am not your obstacle.

I may be your ladder.

I am not a monster.

I could be a protector.

I am not your worst nightmare.

I might turn out to be your favorite dream.

I am many things, mostly a human being. Doing my best to love my family, make an honest living, and care for the 🌎 world.

Why won’t you let me?

Why won’t you let me be me?

Why won’t you let me be?

Why must I be judged by the color of my skin?

Why must I be judged by my gender?

Why must I be judged by my looks?

Why must I be judged by my bank account?

Why must I be judged?

I’m just trying to love.

What/who are YOU?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have given my all this week. The results seem miniscule. Still, I gave. I loved. I laughed. I struggled. I maintained. I grew. I lost. A full week. I am moving FORWARD. Ah, God. I am hungry to eat from the fruits of my labor. Universe, give me my bounty!

Who are you, beloveds? Keep being a light. Keep shining your light. Have an amazing weekend. You have tried. Let your try be enough. Get in your me time. Chair dance. 😂. Laugh. Be encouraged. I love you. So does He.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Feed one.

Help one person.

Encourage one soul.

Feed one person.

Then another.

Then another.

Then another.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Rinse. Repeat. We need each other. Support someone today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are YOU going to do with it?

Failure.

What are YOU going to do with it?

Defeat.

What are YOU going to do about it?

Disappointment.

What are YOU going to do in the midst of it?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I wanted to sleep in this morning. I wanted to sleep in yesterday morning. I didn’t allow myself to.

I told myself that once I start being lazy, it is just too easy to stay lazy. I refuse to do so. I’m going to do something about my life. I’m going to do something with my life.

What are you going to do?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Try, even when it’s trying!

Tada!

Another masterpiece. I am particularly pleased the background music is not super loud.

I enjoyed my try. I forgot that I don’t know what I am doing. I forgot about not feeling well. I forgot about limitations.

I simply enjoyed the process. How simple.

Have an amazing day today, beloveds. Do ONE thing that will take you closer to your dream.

Take ONE step. A tiny step. A shaky step. Still, it will have been a step. Go!

We got thangs to do, beloveds. The world awaits to open before you.

Get after it.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who knew that it would take FIVE HOURS TO POST FIVE MINUTES OF CONTENT!?

What the what the?!

What in the fresh hell?!

Heckamiah Jeremiah!

I enjoyed every frustrating, exasperating, maddening minute. ❤😎🥰🤗

What worked yesterday did NOT work today. Yesterday, I was able to embed the video here. Today, I had to fight just to get the Instagram link to post. Egads!

I hope you enjoy as much as I did. Be encouraged. Make it happen some kind of maddening way. Don’t let setbacks stop you from putting your effort out there.


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Try, even when it’s trying!

Try, even when it’s trying! You CAN. You WILL. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJI_g3xHLa/?igsh=MnBhZTR6ZzRoNG5u

I feel like a complete idiot.


I’m having a blast, though! I’m learning how to add music. I’m sure I will either be too loud or it will be too low. So what? I won’t know unless I DO.


In the past, beloveds, I would never do until I did things perfectly. I wanted to get things “right” first. Smh.
Now, I just do and put my results out there. I am NOT my results. My mistakes do NOT make ME a mistake!


I used to judge myself, harshly, by my results. Or, lack thereof.


Results vary. Try not to base your worth, your value, or on your perceptions of your performance.


I am looking forward to posting today’s catastrophe, er, video  results. I do so, in part, to may, perhaps, hopefully, giving someone else the courage to put their results out there.

Don’t be swayed, but what other folks think of your results. They are viewing things through THEIR lens. Our job is to DO. Period. We leave the results with God/Life/The Universe.


Keep trying, even when it’s trying!
asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I’m trying to.

I’m trying to.

Catch lightning in a bottle.

I’m trying to.

Make it happen.

I’m trying to.

Run down my dreams and catch up with them.

I may not catch it.

I may not catch them.

I may not.

Ah, but I try.

Still.

Who knows what my try shall bring.

trying to catch lightning in a bottle,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This has been an awesome moment chasing my dreams today. I wonder what they will look like when I catch up with them!

Keep doing you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are YOU going to DO about it?

Things are not working out.

What are YOU going to DO about it?

Things are hard.

What are YOU going to DO about that?

Your mountain won’t move.

What are YOU going to DO about this?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are well able to overcome the things that are going on in your life right now. What are you going to do about it?

You are:

Mighty.

Powerful.

Capable.

Well able!

Get up!

FIGHT!!!!

Make it happen, beloveds.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me: I am not.

Repeat after me:

I am not helpless.

I am not hopeless.

I am not worthless.

I shall help myself.

I shall remain hopeful.

I am worthy, worth it, and worthwhile.

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I feel helpless. I feel hopeless. I feel a tad worthless when it comes to making an impact. Thankfully, my feels don’t run me. Thankfully, none of that is remotely true.

I just stopped by to encourage those who are damned tired of all the what in the fresh hell is going on in the world.

Be encouraged. Be good to you as you wait PATIENTLY for your efforts to bear fruit. Your fruit may have been meant for others to eat. Mine as well.

I may never see my 🌿 plants bear their fruit. Did I plant just so I could eat? Did I plant so all may eat? Did I plant for recognition? Did I plant because I was asked to? Ah, great questions. I plant because I care. Periodt. We fight on.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!