Category: Poetry

Exam the failure. Examine your RESPONSE to the failure.

You failed.

It hurts.

I sowwy.

Now, beloveds, it’s time to exam the failure, sans emotions.

Were your motives pure?

Did you do your best?

Did you give all YOU had?

Did you ask for help if help was needed?

If you did those things, move on to WHY things failed. The nuts and 🔩 bolts of the thing.

Do you need more study?

Do you need more time?

Is this something important enough to move forward with?

Is this something needed for your success?

Once you have dissected the failure, exam your RESPONSE to the failure.

Did you become angry with you? Did you berate yourself for the loss?

Were you understanding? Did you recognize that failure comes with the process?

Did you pick up your toys and stomp home? Or, did you exam the failure and proceed to devise another try or approach?

What you DO, beloveds, AFTER the setback,  AFTER the disappointment, AFTER the heartache is the whole ballgame.

You failed. It happens. It’s part of achieving great things. Knowing this helpful.

I am not my failures. Neither are you, yours. We failed. Too bad. Boo hook. There. We have had a cry.

We get up. We move on. Simple as that. Let’s go.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep making it happen. These failures are nothing but stepping stones for us! They shall help us to stretch further, to go higher. Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: You’ve Got A Way

I love this song!…   *hugs self*

Love on you today, beloveds. You deserve so much more than you have given you lately.

Let’s cut ourselves a wee bit more slack, eh?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Building blocks: Failure.

I’m using my failure(s) as building blocks and stepping stones as I am building my dreams and my legacy.

I am also building up my character. Quitting is no longer a go to option.

I try again.

Periodt.

Failure happens. So what? I am building my legacy. My legacy will take the rest of my life to finish.

Bring it on, failure. I ain’t skared of you! Ha!

failing forward and up,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I got this. God has me. And you. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I forgot to be sick.

I was so focused on chasing down my dreams, beloveds, I forgot all about my fever.

I was too busy chasing down knowledge. I was too busy dreaming of touching a billion lives with MY words. I was too busy snatching my dreams into reality.

Focus on your dream, beloveds. All the noise around us is nothing but noise!

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Stay focused on your dreams.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Disappointment: Try another door.

I went to a door.

I knocked on the door.

Said door did not open.

I went to another door.

I knocked on the door.

Said door did not open.

I went to another door.

I knocked on the door.

Said door did not open.

I went to another door.

Before I could knock, said door flung itself open.

Said door just HAD to see what all that knocking was about!

Keep trying. Try as many doors as it takes. ⛺🕍🕌⛪🏰🏯🏦🏢🏡🏠🏚🏘🧱🏛🌏

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep knocking. The door opens. Eventually. Or, does it? You’ll never know until you get to knocking.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t run from disappointment. Sit with it a while.

Don’t run from disappointment. Sit with it a while.

Listen to it.

Learn from it.

Be fueled by it.

Do NOT quit because of it.

Do NOT fold in the midst of it.

Disappointment is merely a future appointment with God/Life/The Universe.

Don’t cancel!

Wait.

Patiently.

In the meantime, try something else.

I can not tell you, beloveds, how badly I wanted to run back to the comfort zone. I didn’t care how painfully barren it was. I just wanted to STOP being on this razor’s edge of my uncertain present and my unknown future.

Because I thought I had failed, in one area, I wanted to give up in the main area I have always wanted to live and work in.

I chose uncertainty over the known. I chose anticipation over despondency. I chose ME over the dismissive masses.

Don’t run from disappointment, beloveds. Sit with it a while. It may surprise you. You may surprise yourself at your reaction(s)

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I’m disappointed but not deterred.

Whew.

Whew!!

Disappointment came raging in. Bad. Loud. Big 😡 mad.

That made me mad.

What did I DO about my mad, beloveds?

I reached out for support. I prayed just a smidge. I made sure to eat and hydrate.

I wrote a tad. I watched an old show.

I kept being good to me.

In times past, I would have spent countless hours making love to Doritoes and mini chocolate donuts.

Or, I would have 🗑 wasted countless moments blaming me, God, me, life, me, you, me, Life, me, the weather, me…you get my point.

I have learned, through countless hard miles, to keep being good to me, to keep it moving, to keep being honest, to keep doing something.

Disappointment has a way of sucking the do out of us. Leaving us to feel helpless and hopeless. We are not.

We were just hugely disappointed. It happens. Often.

I have given myself the day off to rest and spend some time with my why.

Why? So, I can make sure I am doing this because I choose to, because I want to, because I must.

Even after all this time, my why has stayed my why.

Why? I have been asking myself this exasperating question for 56 years.

I had a nice tantrum yesterday, telling God that my WHY DOESN’T PAY THE BILLS!!!!

It hasn’t. So far. I told myself I would find a regular job and leave why up to its own devises. If only I could. Crapola!

Be encouraged, beloveds. The Universe is not picking on us for entertainment. There truly are things we were born to do and give to the 🌎 world.

Your dream may be mixed up in my why…*shrug*

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Until they hear, keep talking. Until it works, keep trying.

Until they hear, keep talking. Until it works, keep trying.

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I called about a new modem. The agent clearly did not understand. He blamed the weather. I told him the weather put out the modem. He blamed the apartment for losing power. I let him know everything else was working. He wasn’t trying to hear me. I thanked him for trying.

I called about a new modem. I explained the last agent didn’t understand. I said maybe I had not explained clearly. I explained. She understood. A new modem is on the way.

Communication is not always easy, beloveds. Still, we HAVE to give each other room to misunderstand, to miss communicating, to mess up. Then, we need to give each other some grace.

There will be days when we just don’t hear one another. That’s okay. Let’s make sure we continue to care about and for one another!

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!

What do you do when losing wins?

What do you do when losing wins?

What do you do when the answer is no?

What do you do when the doors just won’t open for you?

You keep trying.

You keep asking.

You keep knocking.

Simple as that.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I had to stop everything as my vertigo got bad enough to fell me like a giant oak. Smh.

In addition, I can’t do a lick with this Hotspot. I have to wait until I get a new modem delivered.

Annoying. I tried to make it do what it did. It didn’t.

Instead of giving in to despair,  I chose to shift gears and work on some pieces. I can do SOMETHING.

Remember, beloveds, there is always SOMETHING we can do. No, things may not be ideal. We are still here.

Do what you can. Enjoy your day. Laugh at your frustrations. You may as well use them for your good!

I must admit this sustained hard, with my vertigo, has been terribly hard the past week or so. I want to do things that I can’t. I want to go places I can’t. I want….ack! I am stuck, in bed, waiting for the barometric pressure to calm down enough to stop squeezing the atmosphere.

When life gets to squeezing you, beloveds, take heart. It’s not personal. Life is just lifing. What you perceive as your fault is simply the atmosphere around you being affected by things you can’t see.

Keep going. Enjoy your life. Even with the world spinning on it’s axis…lol. We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep planting your seeds.

Keep planting your seeds, beloveds.

I wanted to tell my seeds to kick rocks!

They were taking too long! Ack! Jimeny Crickets!!

I had to tell act right to be patient and get some act right already.

NOTHING will grow, beloveds, if we are forever digging up the plant to check the root.

ALL we can do is plant. Then, tend. Then, water. Then, pull weeds. Then, wait. Rinse. Repeat.

Embrace the process. What we plant may be for someone else to eat.

Plant your seeds, beloveds. The Universe sees you and WILL reward your faithfulness.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!