I wasn’t willing to let this flu/cold stop me from uplifting folk for another second.
Be encouraged.
Don’t let go, beloveds!
We CAN.
We WILL!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note:
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Don’t fall for the okie doke. You were built for this.
THIS time.
THIS place.
THIS struggle.
THIS face.
With YOUR voice.
With YOUR race.
In YOUR skin.
With YOUR love.
With YOUR try.
With YOUR resilience.
Now, beloveds, get up, get out there and reclaim YOUR time.
The government does NOT own your peace. Society does NOT own your want to. Those around you do NOT own your agency.
This life is what WE make it. I am making my present glorious. I am preparing a fantastic future. I am leaving the past where it lies.
Don’t fall for the okie doke. You were built for this.
Don’t be dismayed. Don’t be discouraged. Enjoy your moments. All of them.
Love one another. Get in your me time. Put your energy into making things happen in and for your life.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Uh, oh! I feel my Let’s go getting ret to go!!!!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
This song ministers to me when I am missing mom so much it almost literally hurts to breathe.
I listened to it after the tornado snatched away so much of me I thought I would never be whole again.
I listen to it when fear attempts to snatch my dreams from the depths of my soul.
I listen to this when lonely days just won’t leave me alone.
I listen to it when I think I have failed and become terribly disappointed in ME.
I have listened through tears. I listen with joy. I listen with a deeper understanding.
Listen and gain a bit of comfort. In the meantime, I lift your tired heart in prayer.
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: 🙏🎸🎹🎤
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Ack.
ACK!!
I honestly could cry, beloveds. That is, if this stupid fever would let me alone! ALL I have been wanting to do, ALL week, is to work on, record and post some short video clips.
I have finally, FINALLY I’M TELLIN’ YA, gotten past the intimidation factor of beginning.
I am ready. I have the PERFECT videos selected. I have wondrous words of inspire to aspirate every which a way.
I have background music ready to toss in. I have quiet. I have time. I have EVERYTHING BUT A HEALTHY BODY TO ASPIRATE MY INSPIRE WITH!!!!!!
I have tried everything. I have taken the drug store. I am getting better. Slowly. Apparently, 56 is in NO hurry when it comes to healing, eating Golden Grahams or watching Mission Impossible movies. Smh. Don’t judge me, peeps.
So, here I sit, minding my own business, ready to get into the inspiration bidnezz, when the ONLY business I can get into is the Kleenex business. Ah, God. Ya got jokes, I see.
That said, I really am learning to just use what I have, currently. I no longer have time to fret about what could or should be or have been.
My brain has mostly scrambled from the high fever. So, I’m watching boring, but interesting, editing videos. I’m jotting down ideas. I’m hydrating. I’m listening to uplifting music.
In short, I’m doing SOMETHING. These steps are taking me closer to my dreams. If nothing else, they are keeping me occupied and out of the bathroom.
I just stopped ’round to remind you to use what you have. You have more than enough to start.
The scariest part is the starting. Once you start, the clock starts on folks judging your start/middle/finish.
Critics are gonna critique. Let them. Process your feels. Peel the truth from the harsh, from the silence, from the whatever.
Then, celebrate your try and get up and do it again!
Fail spectacularly. Succeed quietly. Enjoy them both. The win is not the end goal. What’s the end goal? You tell me. Note, you may not know until you try!
I hear chicken noodle soup calling. I have plenty.
Be encouraged. Don’t allow obstacles to keep you from keeping on. Try something else. Go by a new route. Ask for help. Phone a friend.
I don’t care what you do, beloveds, as you do anything other than feel sorry for yourself. If you must feel sorry for yourself. Make it quick! We got thangs to do!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Get up! Go! I mean it! This world desperately needs what only YOU can provide. You CAN. You WILL!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
What are you DOING, beloveds, when your eyes first opens?
What are your FIRST thoughts?
What are your FIRST actions?
Do they, are they, aligned with your dreams?
Do they, are they, causing you to want to leap out of bed and tear into your day?
Or, are they, do they, cause you to want to pull the covers back over your head?
Too often, we stumble out of bed. Unprepared. Uninspired. Exhausted from all the gloom and doom we have predetermined the day would bring.
Then, we get up, grumbling about how long the day is already and will proceed to have the long day prophesied.
I choose not to do that. I chose not to do that, today.
I put on my ‘Good morning, Cassandra’ playlist and set about having the good morning I have decreed today SHALL be.
This day is what YOU make it, beloveds. No, we don’t get to decide how everything will unfold. Yet, we can enjoy whatever happens within the day.
I have my coffee waiting. I have uplifting music playing. I am looking forward to what the day may bring. Ah.
Today is what we have. Use it wisely. You don’t get to exchange it for another today. Hopefully, tomorrow shall come.
In the meantime, keep first things first, eh?
First things, meaning the most important things. The rest shall come out in the wash.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Have a beautiful day, beautiful!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I keep failing.
Drat it all!!!!
EVERYTHING either keeps getting rejected or ghosted.
OMG!!!!
I have stamped my feet. I have cried. I have told the entirety of the world to go ahead and take two seats, to kick rocks and to dive into a cold pond with rain boots on!!!!
*pout*
I was soooooooooooooo distraught, beloveds, I told good habits to take the day off and hid in napping and munching on mini chocolate donuts.
My bad. Too bad, I told my bad. I was done. Finished. Finito!
I was done chasing these tormentingly maddening dreams.
Then, I rose.
I backed away from the donuts.
I turned on my playlist.
I fired up the laptop.
Early. I may as well get to getting rejected…*shrug*.
I absolutely REFUSE to give up on me. Not anymore. Not an option.
I just stopped by to encourage someone. If you, hang in there. The hard times do end. I think. I hope…lol.
In the meantime, we are growing. We are learning. We are exercising faith muscles. We are seeing how much we really do or do not want our THIS.
Keep going. You got this. As do I. Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Okay, se whatcha still doing here? You have thangs to do. Get to doing them. Stop focusing on the outcome, or lack thereof. Keep focusing on the fact you are giving and doing your all. I tell myself this all the time now. I have to. Age, reality, doubt and ALL their friends have been dogging me. Ah, God. Give us all strength. Asking for many friends.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Quitting.
Not an option.
Give up.
Not an option.
Giving up on my dreams.
Not an option.
Giving up on me.
Not an option.
Choosing to give in to apathy.
Not an option.
Choosing to see the glass as half full.
Not an option.
The old me would have given up on my dreams a long time ago.
The new me, following the tornado, says ‘hecks naw’ when it comes to giving up or giving in.
You don’t have to face down a tornado to make the DECISION to keep your promises to yourself, beloveds.
No matter what.
No matter why.
No matter who.
Determine that today will be the LAST day you will EVER turn your back on you and your dreams.
Disappointments hurt. Discouragement is real. Frustration is a daily companion when trying to achieve a goal.
Yet, the fun is in the journey. I have to go back and redo almost 60 mini videos to add text so I can post to TikTok. A pain. I’m doing it. Yea, I could say kick rocks and just post to Instagram. I want to do both. So, I am taking the time to tweak all these finished videos again!!!!! Ack!!! Whew!!!…lol.
I have been having a blast learning. I am seeing how much I care about my why.
I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me.
Be encouraged. We got this. We truly do. Life is what WE make it. Make it an awesome one.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Get back to work…
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Ack!
I have caught a nasty cold. One so nasty I can barely talk. I have a cough bad enough to make life absolutely miserable.
This is NO way to start recording more/better TikTok and Instagram videos whilst in preparation of starting my YouTube channel.
I could scream. Not really seeing as my throat is killing me.
Instead of doing the old me, I am doing the new me and doing other things whilst waiting for my voice to return.
I am studying editing. I am saving background music and videos to edit.
I am brainstorming ideas of things to talk about. I am watching things I enjoy and thinking on why I enjoy what I do.
I just stopped by to encourage you to use your setbacks as a set up for your success.
There really are things you can DO, right now, to propel your dreams forward.
There will be a million things that stands in the way of your success. Don’t let your lack of try be one of them!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You got this. Get out there and get it. I am going to find a way, make a way or be the way. Are you?
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I sing this song to myself as a reminder to keep on loving ME regardless if others do or do not.🎤
I sing this song to Jesus to let Him know how much I love Him.🎤
I sing this song to you. Okay, I don’t but I care for you anywho so that should count for something, eh?😁🤣🥰
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is good. Even when it’s hard.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
God: Wait on Me.
Me: I am.
God: Wait, PATIENTLY.
Me: How?
God: Do something productive while you wait.
Me: Like what?
God: Well, have you worked on your dream today?
Me: Well, no. I was waiting on You.
God: Waiting on Me to do WHAT exactly?
Me: Well…hhmm. YOU are supposed to help me bring my dreams into reality.
God: I am.
Me: Like how?
God: You have to wait and see. In the meantime, go do something productive, while you wait.
Me: You got jokes, I see…*pout*…
God: Hehe. Ikr…
I feel good. I got up. I got on with my day. I’m reaching out. I’m trying to grow. I’m trying to learn.
I don’t know what the future holds for me. I don’t know how much more of a future I have left.
I’m no longer consumed with thoughts of the future. I have today. How precious. I am going to do my best to squeeze every ounce of love from this heart of mine. I shall give it to you. I shall give it to as many as I can.
I’m not concerned, for one second, about being rejected. I will be rejected. So what? Someone is in need of love. I go! Who is going with me?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: What a wonderful gift of life we have been given. What are you doing with youra?
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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