I will get there!
So will you!
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We will get there. In the meantime, enjoy where you are!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
God: Stop being a crybaby.
Me:…*gasp*…😳.
God: Why do you get all up in your feelings when I don’t come rushing to your rescue every other five minutes?
Me:…*stamps foot*…You are SUPPOSED to rush to my rescue when I am at my most desperate!?
God: Why? Have I not told you NOT to worry? Did I not promise to be there for you? Haven’t I made sure to feed the birds?
Me: Well…
I’m trying not to be a crybaby. I’m trying to take ownership. I’m trying to be about being about it. I’m trying. all this trying is terribly trying…lol.
I’m trying to fill up my soul with some uplifting music. It feels good. I feel good to focus on something other than a bank. account and no job.
I am in the spot for a reason. I have no idea what that reason is. I used to be angry about it. I used to be mad at fate and God because of having it so damned hard. I argued with God that I should have been spared because I’m a good person and I have tried to live a good life.
The truth is that life happens to all of us. None of us are exempt from hard times. None of us can buy our way out of hard times. Hard times come. They shall also go.
We have to keep keeping on. Until the hard times pass. Until we receive our breakthrough. In the meantime, we have to keep making our way the best we can.
I’m done fighting with God. I’m finished with fighting with myself. I’m going to do my best and see what comes out in the wash. I suggest you do the same.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It’s amazing what happens when you take your focus off of the things you fear. I have spent a delightful day planning for my future and enjoying my present. It has been nice to feel something other than fear, dread and doubt.
I’m looking forward to what comes next. How about you?
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I love, love, love watching Japanese cooking channels!
I love how the owners of the little shops get up super early to prepare for the day.
Chopping vegetables.
Making homemade noodles.
Scrubbing down tables.
Preparing fresh grease for tempura.
Cutting up meat for various meals.
Preparing soup for udon 🍜 noodles.
I realize it takes quite a long time just to get one meal prepared. We sit down for a meal and want it quick, fast and in a hurry.
How often, beloveds, do we take into consideration how long it takes to prepare a meal? I know I don’t think too much on that. I just want my food. Hot. Well prepared. Right now!
The last few years have been teaching me that preparation takes an awfully long time. I’m trying to be good with that. I’m better. Still, there are times when I wanna tell life to just hurry up already and get me my plate.
I want to be there already. I want to be experiencing the change already. I want..
Hang in there beloved. We are being prepared for greatness. Do you have been uprooted so that we can be planted in larger soil. We have outgrown where we were. We are being prepared for where we have yet to go. In the meantime, hold fast.
Don’t give up. Not just yet.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Bing uprooted has been a pain in the hoo-hah. It has been inconvenient. It has been no fun. Not for one second. I was not ready for the upheaval. Damn it, I was just not ready!
Still hard times came anyway. I will be so grateful when I can speak of these moments in the past tense. I have gone through truly difficult things before. I will find my way through this. fresh hell!
I am praying for all of us. I am hopeful some of us will make our way to our dream soon. Maybe it will be you. Maybe it may be me. One can hope. I hope. I hope for you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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I love, love, loooooove this song! I AM a bad mama jamma!
I love the song because it reminds me of how AWESOME I am!
Yaaaasssssss!
I sing it to myself and soak up the awesome way it makes me feel about ME. Not because of thinking of some man admiring my wonderful self.
The point is really not about some man ogling a good-looking woman. It’s more about walking comfortably in your skin. To me, anyway.
I’ve never had an ogling. I had to learn ogle myself…hahahahahahahaha!
All kidding aside, it’s important to affirm oneself. ALL of ourselves. The big me. The getting old me. The broke me. The what in fresh hell is THIS part of me. She be a bad mamma jamma!
Be sure to show yourself some love today. Be sure to affirm yourself today. Be sure to show yourself some grace today.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be sure to show yourself some love today.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Me: I finally understand!
God: Understand what?
Me: WHY You have ALWAYS remained silent through the most frustrating/hard/maddening times of my life.
God: Why, beloved?
Me: Your Silence forced me to question.
God: Question what?
Me: You. Me. You, again. Me, again.
God: What did My Silence force you to question?
Me: Your Love. For ME. And, whether you loved me at all. And, whether I was worthy of Your or anyone else’s love.
God: Ah.
Me: Your Silence also forced me to…
God: To what?
Me: I don’t know, really. I just know Your Silence had me getting awfully loud demanding Life, The Universe, my try, You, my circumstances, my situations to turn loose my dreams.
God: Good! Keep going.
Me: K.
I have been finding my voice. It has not been easy. It has not been pleasant listening to what she has had to say to me. I have had to apologize for dismissing her voice. For dismissing MY voice.
If you are going through a period of silence just now, maybe, you are being asked to find your own voice. If so, speak up. Your words matter. As do you. Let’s use our voices together.
in there with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep using your voice.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
What a wonderful Sunday this has turned out to be.
I have spent ALL day loving as many folks as I could get my heart around…*hugs self*.
I gave not ONE thought to how bills will be paid. I didn’t consider lonely, who ended up pouting in the corner. Alone!
I could have cared less about all gloom and doom were trying their level best to lay at my feet.
I loved me some Him. He loved Him some me. I loved me some you. Some of you loved me back today!🥰
I LIVED.
I LOVED.
I LAUGHED.
How great is that??!
Life is short, beloveds. Please, please, please get out there and make as many precious moments as you can.
I have chili in and ☕ coffee set out for those who have been behaving. None for those who have cut up today. You know which group you fit in, so act accordingly. 😆
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: NEVER forget:
You are worthy.
You are worthwhile.
You are worth it!
Lift up your head. Love you NOW. Just as you are. There is only ONE you in all the 🌎 world!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
You are:
Amazing.
Incredible.
Strong.
Tenacious.
Keep on being you.
Listen to the song and KNOW how incredibly amazing you are!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You ARE amazing! Get on out there and do your thang!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Don’t let your life be about just numbers.
Yes, making money is important. We all need to eat. Still, don’t let the entirety of your life be about chasing a bag of money.
Don’t allow your life to be all about gathering clicks, likes and the like.
Leave room for enjoying what you have now. If you have a little bit, share it with someone. If you have lots, know you are worthy whether you had your lots or not!
Time grows short for us all. If we’re going to count something less count the times we love others. Let’s take note of how much we can give. Let’s see how much of our self we can give away. I dare you!
Life is more than numbers. Life is just waiting for us to make as many memories as we can. We have moments to make. Moments to share. Moments to give away to others. Take as many of my moments as you can stand.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is worth living. Even when it’s hard. Hang in there and know that you are loved and that you are not alone. I love you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.
Yyyaaaaaaaaassssssss!
This IS your comeback, beloveds!
This IS your year!
This IS your moment!
Let’s make things happen in 2025!!
Let’s gooooooooooo!!!!!!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this!
It’s time we all stop using the lack of something to keep us from using what we DO have to make things happen for ourselves! Let’s go, people!!!!
Can you tell I’m fired up?…😂
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Be encouraged, beloveds.
I just stopped ’round to check on your heart and give some things you can feed yourself to get through anxious moments:
Ask yourself WHY you are anxious – I let my nerves go haywire just by telling myself I was too old to figure things out. Once I laughed at that dumb notion, I started again.
Remember WHY you are doing what you are doing – I had let my mind wander on all the things I could not yet do. Once I focused on my why, I relaxed. I went back to enjoy simply doing me as best as I could.
My spirit has been anxious lately. There are so many negative reports out there. It has been difficult to drown them out. So much so I had to turn off the television and my phone.
I must admit it. It has been difficult standing 10 toes down on faith. I choose faith. I choose me. I choose my try. I don’t know how things will turn out. I do know that I choose to not stand on feelings of anxiousness.
Be encouraged. They will always be things that will cause us to feel anxious. We don’t have to give in to that anxiousness. There are things we can do. There are things we can try.
Keep feeding yourself positive things. Continue living in the moment.
I’m contemplating another attempt at making homemade brownies. I don’t know if the world can withstand that….lol.
We shall do great things.
believing for us all,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: When you’re finding yourself feeling anxious, get up and do something. I did laundry.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Why Can't I Be Loud?! 