Category: Song

Listen: Your life is trying to tell you something.

Life has been kicking my tail these last few years. I’m finally learning how to listen.

Life had been trying to tell me to slow down. Life had been trying to ask me to listen to my dreams. Life had been trying to tell me to listen to my tired and weary heart. Life had been trying to get me to listen to God.

I was hard headed. I was busy. I was too busy running around trying to earn love and support.

All this time, life had tried to get me to simply live. I was afraid to listen to life. I was afraid to listen to me. I was afraid of what they would say.

Your life is trying to tell you something. It’s not trying to be mean to you. Your life is trying to get you to listen to your heart. Your life is trying to get you to listen to your dreams. Your life is trying to get you to get the support that you need.

You don’t need to buy acceptance. You don’t have to buy love. You are wonderful soul. There are many who will love you just for you. Give life a chance. Give love a chance. Give your dreams a chance.

We are all a work in progress. Enjoy your life. All of it. Warts and all. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I cannot tell you how much I had beat myself up over the course of the last year and trying to find a job. I felt like such a big fat zero. It took so many months for me to understand and recognize I was much more than my bank account.

I’m glad it took all of this time to find a job. Before I could find a job, God had to help me understand that I was a wonderful person. A deserving person. A hopeful person with a job or without one.

I just stopped by to tell you that you are so much more than what you have, then what you do, then what you will ever have or do!

I don’t want you to think I am hopeful because I found a job. Far from it. I’m hopeful because I have learned that I can be OK with nothing. I’m hopeful because I know I can be loved with an empty bank account. I’m hopeful because I am still me regardless of where I work or don’t work.

Be encouraged. Have an amazing rest of your day. I love you. You got this. So do I.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Life is not personal.

Life is not personal.

Life is doing what it does. And now you must do what you do.

Life is not out to get you. Life is not trying to be the villain in your movie. Life is simply doing what it’s supposed to. Making sure that you live. In the moment. In the meantime.

I think this is one of the greatest lessons I have learned since the tornado. That life is not being personal. Life is just lifing. Life is not being a bully and picking on little old me.

Life does not discriminate. Life happens to us all. All the money in the world is not going to buy off life. Life is going to happen whether you, are ready for it or not. It would be to get ready for life as best you can.

I just stopped by to encourage somebody. Starting with me!

we got this,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have a wonderful day. Be good to you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Your hard is trying to tell you something.

I cannot believe how hard life has been the last 5 years.

Yet I am grateful for the hard of the last two years. I’ve learnt so much about life. I have learned so much about me.

I’m ready now. Because of the hard. Not in spite of the hard. But because of the hard.

Hard has been trying to show me the way. Hard has been trying to teach me how to fight. Hard has taught me how to fight. And to win.

I have won my independence. I am free from fear. I am free from catastrophizing. I am free from a hopeless outlook.

I am free now to do some ridiculously stupid things…lol.

Don’t get down on yourself when you are going through hard times. Hard times can be a friend. Our times will give me the key to so many blessings, if you’re willing to accept and receive them.

Your hard times are not here to punish you. Stop punishing yourself. Stop blaming yourself. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Yes, she may have done some dumb things to get you into this corner. Yet God, Life, and The Universe knew you were going to do those dumb things. They have prepared a way of escape for you!

It’s not too late for you. Get back in the game. Dig out your dreams from where you hid them. Move forward. Look up. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Before the tornado, whenever life used to be hard on me, I used to fuss and complain to God. I used to think life was picking on me. I used to lament and cry out that life was just not being fair. Life was just lifing.

Life is short. Get out there and live. Get out there and love. Get out there and try. What do you have to lose? Better still, what do you have to gain?!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Try.

Every single day.

Dream.

Every single day.

Laugh.

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Every single one of them.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hard really is NOT hard.

Hard really is NOT hard.

Making the decision to DO, can look hard.

Taking the first step, seems hard.

Keeping on, when you are ready to quit, feels hard.

Do, beloveds.

Take the first step.

Then, keep on keeping on.

Simple, huh?😳🤣🤗

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be sure to laugh today. Make the most of the hard. I’m growing from mine! How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards.

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards!

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I was feeling a bit picked on. I was having a tiny bit of a pity party. Then I remembered everything is up to me. I told myself my attitude is everything. I kept speaking life to my situation. I kept telling myself that it takes just one.

Keep speaking life over your situation. The glass is half full. You shall overcome. Just starting is a win. You will accept the results. Be encouraged. You hold all the cards.

Your attitude is everything. Your attitude will get your altitude where it needs to be.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just because you lost, doesn’t mean you are lost.

You are exactly where you are meant to be, beloveds.

Do not despair. If you have suffered a setback, a loss, doesn’t mean you are lost.

This is but one part of the journey. That’s all.

The more I go, the more I grow. I feel like a winner today. I don’t feel like the loser my bank account says I must be.

Today might be the day I win. I’m going to try my best. We shall see what this day holds.

Lift up your head. You can do this. You will get there. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this, people!


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

No does not mean no.

No does not mean no.

Not when it comes to your dreams. You can never take no for an answer.

The world will laugh at you and tell you no. Fear will mock you and tell you no. Doubt will roll its eyes at you and tell you no.

Keep weeding your way through all the nos.

I did not feel like reading through nos today. I’ve made myself get up and apply yet again.

I’ll be glad when this part of the journey is over. I’m tired of treading down this particular road….lol.

I’ll be glad when I have another boring topic to talk about.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep working your way from all of the nos. If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you will know that my yes came! Yay!! I wrote this piece before I got confirmation on the job…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are you focused on?

What are you focused on?

The past?

The present?

The future?

Past mistakes?

Possible future mishaps?

Present frustrations?

Ah, beloveds, through all this hard, I have learned that life truly is not picking on us.

Life is not taunting us with what could have been.

Life is not trying to trip us up. Life is just lifing.

What we DO, whilst life is tripping, is the key.

Too often, we judge ourselves by what we think our circumstances are telling us.

We are poor because we don’t live in the “right” neighborhood.

We don’t measure up because we don’t have the “right” heritage, upbringing, skillsets, and a million other barometers the “right” people advise we must live by and under.

Let me ask you a question: Who gets to decide what is “right”? What gives THEM the right? Who elected these apparent special people to run our lives?😳

It’s time, beloveds, to focus.

What are you focused on? Your focus can and will change your perspective. Changing your perspective WILL change your environment.

What environment are you creating?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Due to system issues, I have had to start my project over and over. I have been struggling through this process for the past four days. No end in sight either.

The old me would have quit in despair. The new me simply takes breaks, in the midst of the hard, and keep it moving.

FORWARD. Looking UP.

Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP.  Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Love them. Stop judging them.

I find myself doing my best to just love folk.

Periodt.

LOVE them. Not sit in judgement. Not waiting until they show themselves lovable.

We are all idiots, at times. We all do incredibly thoughtless things, at times.

I’m doing the best I can to love people without judging them. This is not always easy. Folks seem to be so hateful with you. People seem to be so cold towards one another lately. It makes me sad.

I promised that I would use my blog as a safe space for everybody. I’m doing my best to keep that promise. I don’t ask people what they believe or who they support or how they do it. I just care.

Life is so short. Things seem so dark in the world, it makes you scared to go outside. We can’t allow fear to run out over love. We have to keep moving forward. We have to keep loving one another.

My heart has been so heavy lately that I have not had the heart to do a motivational video on Youtube. I’m going to try to be uplifting today. Some kind of way.

I have been watching the World Track Championships this weekend. It has been hard to watch the ones who have lost their dreams. Their devastation has made me feel like I have lost as well.

Still, they can be proud that they got in the arena. I’m in the arena of life. It doesn’t seem as if my efforts are leading to anything positive. I choose to continue to try no matter what things look like. Feels like it seems like.

I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep going. Be encouraged.

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!