Category: walking

Your recent outcomes do not tell the whole story.

This has been a truly challenging week.

So much so, beloveds, I have concocted no less than three new Cassandra dishes.

See, I promised myself I would do my best to use EVERYTHING for my good.

I have been forcing myself to try, try, and try some more. I have been forcing myself not to cry, cry, cry…lol.

My outcomes seem to be going absolutely nowhere. I have looked everywhere. Even my dreams say “I got nothing”.🤷‍♀️

This time WILL pass. I just have to keep focusing on my try. So do you.

Waiting is a pain in the hooey. Wait, we must. Smh.

Keep standing on business. Folk quit sooooooooo easily nowadays. Be one of those who DECIDE quitting will NEVER be an option. NEVER.

Don’t give yourself permission to give up on your dreams. Use what you used to call excuses as the reasons you don’t stop. Then, don’t stop! Fight!

Your dreams are big. Keep lifting them and allow them to lift you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The greatest investment you will ever make will be choosing to put your all in YOUR dream. Have a wonderful day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Get refilled.

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…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep getting up. Even when you don’t know how.

Keep getting up. Even when you don’t know how.

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.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When you find yourself upside down, do the opposite.

I was annoyed.

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.

Be Kind To Your Mind.

It’s time to tend to your heart/mind/spirit.

You have done enough:

Rest now:

Then, rise and wreak some havoc on all that has been wreaking havoc on you!

Have a fantastic weekend. Put down the hard and pick up a book/movie/walk/nap…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I hope your day is going well. If not, the day is what you make it. If so, wh

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When you are feeling your lowest, lift up your head.

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…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Reframing: If you’ve got a challenge, move to it.

If you’ve got a challenge, move to it.

If you experience hardship, groove to it.

If life is pressing in, press on.

If things have been getting you down, turn on some music and get down to it!

Life is literally what YOU make it. You tell yourself things won’t work out. You make things harder when you choose apathy rather than doing something about things happening, in your life.

Real talk, beloveds, does it REALLY matter who/what/why/wherefore? Not really. What matters is what YOU DO ABOUT IT!

I did this to me. So what? What are you going to DO about it?

So and so did that to me. So what? What are you going to DO WITH IT?

The Universe allowed the other to happen to me. So what. How are you going to ACT following it?

Life is what we MAKE it. What are you making yours?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You will never know until you try. Try, beloveds, and see what happens.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Reframing: No longer disappointed.

I have told disappointment it was no longer welcome in my life.

I have told hard it was now reclassified as a challenge.

I didn’t treat fear and doubt kindly. Told them both to go to hell! Ha!

I have learned, er, I am learning to IMMEDIATELY reframe what I am telling myself about ANY situation.

Before the tornado, I would have been super angry/distraught/dismayed by yesterday’s events. I won’t even give it space here by lamenting on what happened.

Something happened to me. It was NOT professional or nice. I WAS professional and went into things with hope, clarity and joy. Things turned out to not be on the up and up.

I chose to keep my head. I chose to keep my joy. I chose to keep my hope. I chose to keep my clarity.

I thanked God for His Friendship. I thanked The Universe for providing another opportunity for me to stand on FAITH business.

I left yesterday with yesterday. I had to much waiting for me in today!

Things happen. The lesson is what we DO and SAY about what happens.

Don’t add negative words or actions to your things, beloveds. No need in making things worse.

Don’t focus on the outcome. Focus on your try. The outcome will be what it shall be. THEN, deal with the outcome. Rinse. Repeat.

In the meantime, enjoy your day. Squeeze every drop of joy from the moments.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this! So go on and get it. Don’t fret about mistakes made. Don’t worry about the mishaps. Get on out there and happen to your day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Give it all you’ve got. Then give it some more.

Give it all you’ve got. Then give it some more.

Nuff said.


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep pushing that stone uphill. We got this. If you don’t know what I am referencing, I am much older than I thought…lol.

In modern terms that means keep on keeping on. Even as the way appears impassable. Move your obstacles. Stay obstinate when it comes to exhibiting persistent faith.

One step at a time. One pebble at a time. One boulder at a time. One mountain at a time…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t get mad. Turn it into another piece.

I’m trying not to get mad.

I CHOOSE not to get mad.

I just wrote a piece that meant a lot to me. I was just about to reread it. My wombie was able to read it once. She thought it impactful.

Before our eyes, it was overwritten by the next piece.

Gone.

Finito.

History.

All the writers out there will understand the hurt that comes with losing words that can never be retrieved again. It’s like losing a loved one. I HAVE lost these precious words…*sigh*.

Of course, sis is now highly hacked. I am doing my best to console her. To console ME.

What else can I DO, beloveds, except to make some 🍋 lemonade out of THIS?

The piece I lost was called “God, how do I get over THIS?

It was a piece about trying to, learning to get over loss. Ironic. Insert laugh here.

HOW, beloveds, do we get over THIS?

We are never quite the same after THIS.

We don’t know what our lives will look like after THIS. WE would have dealt with THAT better.

We wonder why THIS has happened to us.

We feel different after THIS happened.

Ah, God, how do we get over THIS? HOW do we make our way PAST our THIS? HOW do we MOVE ON from our THIS?

We never asked for THIS to happen. Why us, God? Why, NOW, God? What have we done to deserve THIS?

I can’t speak to your THIS, beloveds. My THIS, the damned tornado and losing my job, has my world turned upside down. I have been trying to right it for five months.

Be encouraged. THIS too shall pass…lol.

Don’t get mad when you have suffered a setback. Okay, you can get mad. Just don’t waste too much time there. Throw mad in the 🗑 trash and keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep choosing joy, love, hope and peace. Everything really will be okay. It will. Until then, enjoy your day. I enjoyed writing the piece I lost. I have THAT. Sure am annoyed THIS happened to it. Crapola.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!