Beloveds, you ARE the difference!
Yes, YOU.
Tag, you’re it!
Love someone today. Starting with you.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Someone has been waiting for you. What are YOU waiting for?! Go! Be the difference. You already are.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
It’s time to cut through the noise, beloveds.
It was only after I fought with my fears, and WON, that I was able to cut through the noise and begin to see a path.
Before, ALL I could see was pitfalls. ALL I could dream of were nightmares of imminent disaster and destruction.
I told myself I would NOT give in to the fear that was hounding me.
I got mad. I told fear to get the HELL OUT OF MY LIFE!!! I was NOT having it HERE!!!
Currently, the world seems to be filled with nothing but negative noise. The heck with all that!!
Add YOUR positive voice to all the foolishness.
Do NOT add less to your day!
Things are NOT hopeless!
You are NOT helpless!
You are NOT less than!
Get up and LIVE!
I mean it.
Let’s goooo!
Cut out the noise. Then, get on with the LIVING of life. Enough already with this merely existing nonsense!
Yikes. I’m fired up today…lol.
fired up and LIVING,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: This IS your time. It is. Go on now. Fear not. Take fear with if need be. Just go.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Repeat after me:
You are worthy.
You are worthwhile.
You are worth it.
Beloveds, the world 🌎 is forever telling us what we are not:
Black folk are not qualified because they are not intelligent.
White folk are entitled to it because they are white, not because they earned it.
Women are to be seen and not heard.
The young are to be seen and not heard.
Old folk are no longer important enough to be seen or heard.
Gay folk are not to be seen or heard from.
Transfer folk…they are not to exist.
Republicans are hateful fools who vote against their own interests.
Democrats are woke idiots who need to owned.
Rich folk are too rich to be bothered by common folk.
Poor folk are too busy worrying about finding/keeping a roof over their heads to think about being seen or heard.
Beloveds, I see you. I hear you. I just stopped by to tell you that I love you and that I care for your life.
Be encouraged. Be a light in all of this darkness. Lift up your head. Be YOU. Do your best to love others. Especially those who don’t look like you, who don’t talk like you, who don’t live where you live, who don’t have what you have.
Life is short. Stop looking at your neighbor as your enemy. Stop making yourself an enemy through hatred, misogyny or fear.
Karma is a real bitch. She is fixing to dish out some FAFO to those in need of it.
Life is short. Shine your light. The darkness can not stand once the lights get turned on.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I am beyond all the hateful/hurtful rhetoric being tossed around the 🌎 world. Enough! I’m tired of the hateful/harmful words being tossed about from every community. Enough!
The fact that more grown folk are not ashamed of acting like fools and children is embarrassing/shameful. What happened to parents teaching their children diversity, equity, and inclusion? Since when did these words become a crime? Embarrassing. Do better, people.😳❤️🩹❤️💙🫂
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Nutm8Nwk5xM&si=ShabRYUMoWljvTIB
If I must, I shall die clutching a dream.
Nuff said!
determined,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Fight, beloveds! We shall NOT go down into that gentle good night!
We SHALL make a way. Some kind of way.
Ah, God. What do we DO with these dreams of ours? Asking for many friends.
Be encouraged. The road has been long. No matter. Move FORWARD. Look UP. We CAN. We WILL. 2025 will give up our bounty!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Fear and I have been in some mighty battles since the tornado.
Fear: You won’t find a job.
Me: I will.
Fear: You will lose everything.
Me: I might.
Fear: God won’t be there for you.
Me: He is.
Fear: God may be there for you but will certainly tell you no when you ask for THAT. Hasn’t He been silent all these last years?
Me: This is true. Still, I’m going to keep asking.
Initially, I battled fear alone. I didn’t admit to being afraid. Outwardly, I told everyone all was well. I told myself all was well.
Secretly/inwardly, I quietly told myself I was terrified. I was absolutely terrified.
Soon, comfort eating replaced standing ten toes down on FAITH.
I was, initially, afraid God’s Answer would be no.
Soon, I began to focus on and ask myself what if God DOES say no?!
Would I:
Walk away?
Walk away from my faith?
Walk away from my faith in HIM?
To my delight, my answers were an emphatic NO!
NO, I will NOT walk away.
NO, I will NOT walk away from my faith.
Absolutely, NO, I will NOT walk away from HIM.
His yes or no has NO bearing on MY yes or no.
I have been doing my level best to not allow my choices to be guided by other’s choices. Meaning, I am not going to treat folk how they treat me.
I am going to love folk. Period. Hopefully, that love will be returned. If I am treated poorly, I shall move on.
I am holding myself accountable for my life. No one owes me a thing. God doesn’t owe me squat. The Universe doesn’t owe me. Life doesn’t owe me. Family does not owe me. Friends owe me nothing.
My life IS the cake. The rest is occasional icing. What’s more, I can ice my own cake as well…lol.
In the end, the answer may turn out to be no. I shall never know until I ask Him. I have.
I await His Answer.
Ah, God…
May I?
Will you?
Can we?
How soon?
How much?
How?
asking for many friends,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be encouraged, beloveds. The answer will ALWAYS be for your good and with your best interests in mind. Be well this day.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
That felt weird!
*Cassandra wonders why her chair feels so weird*
Hhmmm.
Opps…ehem…*Cassandra takes her pants 👖 off. Cassandra puts her 👖 on the correct way*
Don’t judge me, beloveds. I’m 🧓 old.
I had something wildly inspirational to say, but putting my pants on backward kinda spoiled the smrt mood I was in….hahahahahahahahahaha.
Have an amazing day. Do something that makes your heart smile.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Nuff said.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
You can do it if you want to.
You can do it!
You can do it if you need to.
You can do it!
You can do it if you have to.
You can do it!
Do you WANT to?
Then do it. NO excuses!
Do you HAVE to?
Then do it. NO excuses!
Do you NEED to?
Then do it. NO excuses!
These are the things I told myself, beloveds, when I found my want to wanting to go back to bed instead of starting on this week’s goal.
My goal this week is to get myself on a regular work schedule. The times are not crucial just now. I am just rebooting the habit of getting back in the work habit…lol.
Going through tough things can throw of the hardest of souls. Especially hard struggles, over a long period of time, can zap the most positive spirit.
These super hard days have been teaching me how to CONSISTENTLY forcing myself to try and DO whether I feel like it or not.
In fact, I don’t allow my feels to have a say in how the day shall go. I tell my feels that they WILL get some act right, or I shall put my 👢 boot up a behind!
I am about to reward myself with a cup of coffee ☕. I really DID want to hop back in my comfy bed. Lazy attempted to convince me I could start tomorrow. I sent lazy to make the ☕ and hurry up already! As punishment, I told lazy NO Danish with the ☕!…*mini pout*
When you find yourself wanting to talk yourself out of things that will help you achieve your dreams, make yourself do a chore. It’s a win/win. The place gets cleaner. You will find yourself slowing down on listening to lazy or not right now.
You can do it if you want to.
Do it whether you feel like it or not!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Let’s go!!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
“Later”.
That’s what lazy said this morning.
Okay, I said. Then, I made later go help lazy and get chores done early.
Early got mad for having been thrown in for no good reason.
Uh,oh got in trouble for laughing as I made it go wash the dishes.
Scram took off as was smart enough not to get caught up. It said it wouldn’t be nuttin’ if it didn’t do nuffin’.
Laugh just laughed at all of us.
I told them all to kick rocks and went in search of something to do…lol.🥰🤣
Have a wonderful day. Get some good laughs in there somewhere.
Life is much too short to spend it worrying about everything!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You is wunnerful…lol
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Ah!
Lazy was being extra lazy. So much so I made it get up and make some chili!😆
The 🛏 bed was looking mighty fine this morning. I went back and forth with myself about waiting until “later”. I made later help!
Mom taught us to “clean as you go” whilst cooking. That way, once everything is done, you don’t have a pile of dirty dishes!
Now, I have chili done, dishes washed, and ready to get on with the rest of my day.
Be sure to clean as you go. Do what needs to be done. Don’t wait and let things pile up.
Yes, I know, chores can be monotonous and mundane. Life can seem monotonous and mundane. Do them, anyway. Do life, with joy, anyway.
I’m lifting up every heart that is weary from doing the damned dishes already!
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You got this.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Empty yourself, beloveds, of the fear that you carry so that you may have/be an empty vessel that can be filled, fully, with:
Love.
Hope.
Joy.
Laughter.
Faith.
Integrity.
Tenacity.
Compassion.
And a million other things you will need in order to make your way, SUCCESSFULLY, through the rest of your life.
I would be a billionaire if I had a nickel for every time I have heard how the glass is “hall full” or “half empty”.
No one talks about filling the glass all the way up. Until now. Until me…lol.
It’s time for us to empty ourselves so we can begin to be refilled with all those things that grow and prosper us and all in our path.
Unfortunately, we all have allowed ourselves to be filled with all types of foolishness. What’s worse, WE have filled ourselves with such nonsense with the utter lies we have been telling ourselves ABOUT ourselves.
Enough of that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s time for us to empty ourselves from all the things holding us back.
Life is short. Let’s get on with it, shall we?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Get going.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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