I love this saying. You have done your best this week. Get ready to enjoy your weekend. End your Friday with gusto. Then, drag yourself into bed and do a whole lots of absolutely not much…hehe.
The Universe does NOT give out brownie points for who can run themselves into the ground harder or faster.
Keep on hanging in there. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. You got this.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I keep telling myself I got this. Hurry, God. We need to SEE breakthrough soon. Asking for many friends…
Life has been full of nothing but Yes or No, lately.
Will you give up?
Yes or No?
Will you keep trying?
Yes or No?
Will you keep on reaching out even when folks fail to respond?
Yes or No?
Will you continue to get out of bed and do what you can?
Yes or No?
I have said Yes, more than I have said No. That’s good. I think…lol.
I have said No a time or two or three…hahahahahahahahahaha!
How are you answering YOUR questions, beloveds?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: There are no victims around here, eh? We make our choices. Yes, life wops us upside the head. Yet, we STILL get to CHOOSE yea or nay when it comes to acting ten kinds of fools.
It was on my heart to get up and encourage folk. Initially, I said ‘No’. What the world else did folk need to hear that I have not already said????…*sigh*. I got up. I encouraged. Which ended up encouraging me.
Right now, some chocolate chip cookies and milk are asking me…hahahahahahahahahaha.
Don’t pay me any mind, beloveds. I am currently on self punishment for freaking out and choosing to stand on fear instead of FAITH.
Sooooooooooo, now I am in the midst of vacuuming, changing sheets on my California King(Me and Cali absolutely DESPISE one another on sheet changing day!…*pout*), extra laundry(I made myself do laundry the other day for some foolishness I had done). I may or may not be adding scrubbing the toilet…depends on if I piut my way through the initial chores.
It truly has been helpful learning NOT to immediately jump to anger or conclusions when life is being especially mysterious and lifery.
Before, I would waste hours fussing at God for allowing this, not allowing that, letting those things happen. An absolute waste of hours. Smh.
Yesterday, I found out some upsetting financial news I had not considered. Geeezzz!😳
Instead of praying about things, or considering what I could DO, I opted to press the panic/what in the fresh hell button.🚨🌊
All that did was to send my blood pressure through the roof…
I called my big bro and cried all over him…
I called my wombie and cried all over her…
I tried to keep my promise to me in encouraging others when life was being too lifery. Got mad at yall, for no reason, and kicked the world to the curb so I could have a nice woe is me pity party…
Had said pity party and spent the day in bed to properly feel sorry for myself…
I went to bed. I rose. Asked myself what good did I do wasting an ENTIRE bed conjuring up EVERY dastardly thing that could happen to an innocent old lady…*sigh*
Then, I rose. Stood ten toes down on FAITH, made a cup of ☕ coffee, then put myself to work. I figured I may as well use this anxt for my good.
Now, I have uplifting music playing and have allotted myself a few minutes to encourage someone to keep standing ten toes down on your FAITH. This is but a brief moment in our lives.
Be encouraged. Keep reaching out. Keep doing what you know and KNOW your try WILL work out in the end. These trying times WILL end. The important thing is how you will be left once they have left. I plan to be better, not bitter. I plan to be hopeful, not hopeless.
How will YOU be, beloveds?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life really is how we make it. I made yesterday absolutely miserable. Today, I have made a peaceful and chore-filled day. I may allow myself some cookies and milk later…lol. Who wants to join me?
Beloveds, I am asking for an infusion of love just for you.
You have given all you know. You do all you can and ask very little for yourself. I am asking big things for you.
Be encouraged. The year is coming to an end soon. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve. Then, boom, yet another year to contend with.
Enjoy these last days of 2024. Much has happened. Much more will happen. Be sure to add your happenings to your happenstances.
What are you dreaming of/for? If you have given up on your dreams, go on ahead and pull those puppies out of the hiding place. They CAN come true. If nothing else, make some new dreams. Then, keep them freshly watered EVERY day.
DO something towards your dreams. EVERY day. Don’t let one day pass without your taking at least one step forward. Just one. Then, another. Until, you have either reached your goal, adjusted your dreams or life has turned you in another direction.
I am praying for every heart in need of comfort, encouragement and care. Be encouraged. Stop being so hard on yourself. Life is not done with you yet.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: What are you asking for yourself? Ask for something that will be LASTING. You don’t need a mansion. You don’t need billions of dollars. You need to love and to BE loved. I am asking for tons of loves to be sent your way. Am sending my love to as many as will receive it:
Life can be draining. I’m running on empty. I plan on refilling myself with cheetos and chicken strips. 🤣🥰
How about you?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be sure to laugh today. All that has been troubling you will be in trouble, as The Universe works things out for you. Try not to worry. Things WILL work out as they ought. Until then…
Keep moving FORWARD. Even as you don’t know where.
Keep looking UP. Even with a heavy head/ heart.
Ah, beloveds, you are NOT alone. The Universe walks alongside you carving love in the sand! Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I love you. So does He. Today has been a real struggle to stand ten toes down. Took an extra cup of coffee…lol. Standing! Still! Quit is NOT in our itinerary for today…hehe.
Another half day wasted, er, wading through fake job listings. Crapola.
Instead of throwing the phone out the window, I turned on some praise music and decided to work on some pieces. Good for you, eh?
I promised myself I would love on some folk when life was really cutting up for me. Why waste all this hard, fretting and worrying, when I could be loving on folk?
I CHOOSE to love.
I CHOOSE to have faith.
I CHOOSE to enjoy my day. Even the hard, gooey center.
Life is going to life, beloveds. What are you DOING with your life as hard rains down on you? The rain is going to come down anywho. How will you find yourself AFTER the rain?
Resilient?
Resistant?
Reactive?
Radioactive?
You get to choose how you will spend your day. Choose to make it a joyous one. I am blasting my music and being thankful for my hard. What say you?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: When you find yourself upside down, do the opposite. Don’t let mad run the show. Don’t let frustration run the show. Don’t let your feels run the show. Turn the day into something positive. Be encouraged.
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.
When you are feeling your lowest, lift up your head.
When you are feeling the most hopeless, lift up someone else.
When you are feeling the most discouraged, move your feet FORWARD.
When you are feeling the most discouraged, keep looking UP.
Move FORWARD, beloveds.
Look UP! Don’t look down. There is nothing underneath your feet but despair. Enjoy the wall. Look at the beautiful sky. Feel the sun shining down upon you.
Look around at the beautiful life you ARE building. It’s NOT a pile of rubbish and rubble. The foundation you are building is being built on FAITH, not fear and dread.
The Universe is forcing me to walk this highwire without a net. Why? So, I can learn:
Trust.
TRUE faith.
How to reach out for help.
How to RECEIVE/ACCEPT help.
How to keep fighting for my dreams.
See, beloveds, The Universe allows these tough things to get us to toughen our resolve. God don’t give us pillows when we think we need them.
God knows it is much more important for us to CHOOSE what we will and will not try or do. It is in the CHOOSING and the DOING that WE change our mindset, first. Our outlook, second. This then changes our circumstances.
The Universe could have opened Its wallet long time ago. Which would have, temporarily, given me money. But, I would have remained in a fear-filled rut.
I am dealing with these fears: Fears of loss, fears of losing, fears of growing older, fears of growing older alone.
I have had to deal with my why: Why I write. Why I love to encourage. Why I care so much.
I love because He first loved me. Period. End of story. I know this may be an eye roller for some. I can live with that.
I love you, beloveds. If you are reading these words, I love YOU. You need to know you are thought of. You are cared for. You are cherished.
Be encouraged. If you are truly in a tussle with life, just know it’s for your good. Life really is working for your good.
Stop getting on yourself so much. This hard is NOT your fault. Even if it is, you can still grow from it through your choices and actions.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Lift up your head. You can’t see the sun looking down…
