Category: Poetry

Take the time to take all the time you need!

I’m taking the time, beloveds.

I’m taking the time to do things right, the FIRST time.

I’m done with doing things in a half hazard fashion. I am through with tossing my dreams crumbs whilst I give my all to any and everybody.

I have spent ALL day dreaming, planning and scheduling things to DO. NOW. HERE. IMMEDIATELY.

I am:

Ready.

Steady.

Aiming for all that God, Life, and The Universe had planned and put away for me since I was yet a wee one. Yes, before I was conceived, my me was already in the works! How amazing is that???????!!!!!!!!

I’m taking my time. I no longer feel as though time is running out on me. I’ll have the time to do what needs to be done. Or I hope so. All I can do is do the best I can and see what happens.

Tomorrow is my 57th birthday. Yikes. I don’t know what happened. I’ve been 25 for the last 21 years.

I’m looking forward to seeing what life has to offer me. Ah God, thank you for my life.

I just stopped by to encourage someone to take the time to take all the time you need. Be good to you. Remember that you are loved and that you are not alone.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can’t believe another year is coming on. I look forward to seeing what my birthday will bring.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

STOP arguing with life and do the blasted thing already!

STOP arguing with life and do the blasted thing already!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said, beloveds. Now that we have gotten all the arguing out of the way, we can commence the doing of life, eh?

Please and thanks stop doing the following:

Complaining that you don’t know what to do. Do SOMETHING. Get your feet moving in ANY direction. Life will kick you in the hind end, trust me, if you are going in the wrong direction….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doubting yourself already. Enough! Geeeez, beloveds. You give yourself little to no credit for any of your successes. Stop doing that. Celebrate your wins. Even the small ones. Especially those. You need the little things to give you the courage to try the big stuff.

Telling yourself dumb lies. Really, beloveds. You have filled your head with all kinds of nonsense that you can’t, you’ll never, you won’t do it right. Yada Yada and nada nada. Holy Crimeny and Apple Jack pancakes! Enough!

You CAN. You WILL. You simply MUST. Heckamiah, beloveds, one of yall may perhaps be holding onto the keys that I have been waiting for for the past 56 years. Give them here! Get your dreams out there so we can experience them. Geeez already!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s OK to wonder why.

It’s OK to wonder why.

It’s OK to wonder why not.

It’s OK to wonder.

It’s OK to wander.

How else will we grow if we don’t ask? How else will you get there if you don’t go?

Let’s go!

I just stopped by to encourage someone to get up and try again. I know you’re tired. Get up and go anyway. Victory shall be yours. The only way you lose. is if you quit. There is no quit in us. We got too many things to do.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The more I live, the less I am asking why. I do tend to wonder a little bit though…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Old has been looking for me.

Old has been looking for me.

I have been hiding.

I don’t want to catch old. I’d rather catch cold.

Old has been stalking me. I tell old to kick rocks.

I want to play. I want to dance in the rain. Old says I am much too old for that.

Ha!

I look forward to 57 and all I shall do to her and within her.🤔🤣

sneaking up on 57,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have spent the last week or so absolutely refusing to allow sad to mess up my coming birthday. I have felt soooooooooo old lately. No idea why.

Maybe, if I had a playmate or two…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Simple as that: Yet another set back.

I had another set back yesterday.

So much so, I had a brief cry about it.

Then I gotup. I reassessed. I altered my plans. I talk with my sisters. I made a cup of coffee. I moved forward. Simple as that.

What happened was disappointing. Just briefly. It’s like I am playing red light, green light. The light turned red. Simple as that.

Life will handle many setbacks. The trick is what are we going to do with them.

What are you doing with yours?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The set back is that the contract I was hired for closed out. I lost that position. The good news is sad. I was transferred to another company, of which I will be starting up in December. I have been looking forward to starting work.

In times past, I would have blamed God. I would have told him he had set me up for failure. I would have told Him that He KNEW I wouldn’t be starting that first job!! Why didn’t You tell me?

Now, I know life is just being life. The delay is for a reason. I reconfigured my calendar. I have more time now. For what? I’ll find out….lol

Be encouraged if you have come upon a setback. Let the setback work for your good. Have an amazing today. Make it amazing.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Isn’t she(me) lovely? Yaasss!

I am altogether lovely.

So are you, beloveds.

When was the last time you spoke positive things to your heart, mind, soul, and spirit?

It’s IMPERATIVE to do so on the daily. This world so often tries to poison our spirits with all the negative things that we are supposedly are full of.

Yes, we can all be moronic. Yes, we have all said and done some true ridiculous and not so helpful things.

That’s okay. We were either young and dumb. Or, old and dumb…*shrug*. Alas, beloveds, dumbness knows no rhyme or reason. Stupid besets us all, from time to time.

ALL of us have allowed pride, anger, hurt feelings, and fifty bajillion other reasons to help us act in ways that have not, do not, and shall never serve us.

The trick is acknowledging, owning, accepting responsibility for, and working on correcting, mitigating and doing the best we can to get our act rights acting right, eh?

You are all together lovely. Love yourself. Stop giving yourself such a hard time.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be sure to get in some me time today. Don’t let your life be just about worth and chasing a bag. Take a walk. Read a boook. Laugh with a friend. Make a new friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Shaken.

I have been shakened.

Stirred.

Finally.

It only took 56 years.

My confidence laughs at me.

I find I can not yet make lemonade out of lemons, here lately.

Lately, I question.

Lately, I wonder.

Lately, I am hesitate on taking the next steps.

Ah, hard, why must you be so hard.

You challenge me at EVERY turn. You ask me if I am sure. You demand an accounting of my choices.

Ack. Crapola. Heckamiah Jeremiah.

For the first time, though, I face you. I refuse to run from you. I will NOT run from these questions.

Shakened.

Stirred.

Awakened.

Ah.

Aha!

I wonder what life shall bring out in me.

wondering,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The closer I get to my birthday, beloveds, the more old fears want to rush out of everywhere to confront me. I fight on.

I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me. Be encouraged. Don’t allow your age, the unknown, your bills, lack or any other thing to cause you to question your dreams. Keep moving towards them. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. We SHALL get there. One day. Some day. Some kind of way.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Searching for something.

I’ve been searching for something.

I’ve looked everywhere.

Something is missing.

Somehow.

Some way.

I can feel it.

IT.

WHAT am I looking for?

What is IT?

It has been calling me lately.

At first, a quiet whisper.

Later, a nagging itch.

Now, a silent roar.

It has taken over.

Everywhere.

It pursues me in my dreams. Awakened, I wonder where it is.

Restless, my days now seem empty. I don’t know what is missing. I just know there is SOMETHING missing.

Crap.

I must find it.

Where are you?

seeking,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been restless for days. My heart is desperately seeking SOMETHING,  beloveds. I have NO idea what it is.

My birthday is coming. I am now closer to 60 than I ever was to 50. I’m not sure how I feel about that.

Normally, I would have written my way out. I would have written dozens of inspiring pieces meant to encourage you and me.

This time, I have decided to sit with this. This unknowing. This unsettled feeling. This. It. Ah, God. What do I DO with me now? Asking for many friends.

This is a challenging time in history. Things are changing. Things have changed. Many things have gotten hopelessly worse.

I choose to continue to be a light. We shall make it through these times. Somehow. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He. Be encouraged.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Feed your soul.

Feed your soul.

Feed your heart.

Feed your spirit.

Feed yourself with positive things, hopeful things, inspirational things, thoughtful things.

Get rid of the thoughtless. Dismiss the heartless. Kick out the apathetic.

Life is what WE make it, beloveds. What are you making with yours?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It has been on my heart this year to press into love. It has been in my spirit to keep pressing through the apathy and the divisiveness everywhere. It has been on my soul to continue to love everyone, regardless of where they stand and what they stand for.

We are living in an age where black is no longer black and white is no longer white. The world seems to have turned upside down. It is not.

Lies are still lies. The truth is still the truth. Choice is still choice. That’s a good thing.

Life is still worth living. Yes, everyone is getting on everyone else’s last nerves. Yes, nerves afraid just now. Still, this space in life will go by. Another will take its place.

I’ve been doing my best to embrace my days. I don’t know how long I have to live. I’m doing my best to live life to the fullest. I’ve been enjoying talking to my family on the phone. My lonely has been lonely for physical presence of others, but I do the best I can with phone calls and texts.

I look forward to my days. Are you looking forward to yours? If not, why not? Life has much to offer you. Will you receive what life is trying to give you? You only get one shot. Enjoy your life.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t be afraid to use what’s in front of you.

I’m starting my third channel. I’m being more deliberate in how I began this time. Yes, I’m going back to work on the other two, but here I can really focus and hone in on things.

Years ago I was asked what I thought of chat GPT. I was afraid to try it. Back then, I was afraid to try many of the. New technology that was meant to make our lives easier.

In the last year I have been branching out on the research. I have been utilizing as many tools as I can come across. Yes, I am careful of what I use and I follow my research with more research.

I don’t go by what everyone is saying. I research for myself. Then I let myself be open to changing my mind. I don’t know everything. In fact, the more I grow, the more I know that I know next to nothing……hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha!

I have not been successful yet. That said, I’m learning a lot. In fact. I have been steered towards what I truly want to do. I’m taking a pause on things to actually pursue what sets my heart on fire. I’ll be speaking more of this in the future.

I’m actually thankful that my channels have not taken off. I have been able to regroup to reassess. And to ask myself what it is that I am hoping to accomplish.

Now that I know that my heart has gone off in the direction has been wanted to go off in for the past 30 years.

All of the failures before are helping me to reach my dreams now. I no longer view them as failures, but as stepping stones to my greatness. I hope you will do the same.

I no longer see my mistakes as catastrophes. I see them as a chance to begin again. I see them as a chance to exercise my faith muscles. I see them as a chance to grow. I see them as a chance to laugh. I’ve been laughing often.

I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me. Don’t be discouraged if you have not yet succeeded. Life is speaking to you a mixed your mistakes and your failures. Listen. You’ll be surprised at what you hear.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Defeat is not here to defeat us. Is here to remind us the game is not yet over. Get up and try again. Today, I try. I may fail. If so, I will try again. Rinse. Repeat.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!