Category: walking

Be kind: Unintended connections.

What the world?

Huh?

WTW?!

HUH?!

Where is THAT music coming from??????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

👀

😳

It turns out that someone near me had connected to my WIFI speakers. I had no idea who. I finally had to disconnect.

Technology is great. Connections are fantastic. That said, we have to be careful of the connections we make.

There are also connections we need to disconnect from. They are connections which no longer serve us or the other end. They are connections which are keeping us from living our best life.

There are connections which keep us from our calling. There are connections which are hindering our dreams.

I am doing the best. I can to disconnect from as many hidden connections as I can. I make sure to keep fear disconnected. I’m work to keep doubt disconnected.

I work to stay connected to positive things. I work hard to stay disconnected from pride. Pride keeps us from taking ownership of my mistakes and lack of try, at times.

I am doing my best to richard and to be kind. This kindness is so lacking in the world today. I am hoping to connect with kindness with as many people as I can.

You never know who your life is going to touch. You never know who The Universe will send into your life and connect you with.

Be kind to yourself. I like yourself to be open to new connections. Be okay with shutting down old connections which get in your way.

Remember you are never alone. You don’t fight alone. You don’t dream alone. There is someone out there who can and will help you make your dreams come true.

Take care of your heart because it is as precious as you are.

Keep moving forward. Keep looking up. Stay hopeful. You got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Today is going to be a good day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

In the meantime has been awfully hard to live with in the meantime.

In the meantime has been awfully hard to live with in the meantime.

Someone forgot to provide me with a HOW TO manual on living in the meantime, in the meantime.

You know, in the meantime while we:

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

And then wait some more.

Ack!!

Whew!!!

Ah, God, what in the fresh hell are we supposed to DO whilst waiting, in the meantime?

The meantime hurts.

The meantime is maddening.

The meantime is, well, mean.

There is no one feeding me grapes and fanning me as I wait out my dreams, in the meantime.

In the meantime, the meantime is getting harder and harder and harder to DO.

I want to kick and scream.

I want to cut up and act ten kinds of fool.

I want to run away and hide.

I want.

I want…*sigh*.

Ow, beloved, in the meantime sure has been tough to live with in the meantime.

How about you?


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. We shall get there. Or not. In the meantime, enjoy your day. Life is short. I think I shall go ferret out whatever snacks Maggie/Craig/Chuckster have left. Not sure they left us much peeps. How dare they, eh?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Practically impossible.

*sigh*

*pout*

*stamps foot*

I have been engaged in a raging argument with The Universe. And I mean rrrraaagggggginnnnnnng!

The truth has reared it’s ugly head and keeps reminding me I can NOT afford my dreams. I can NOT afford to quit my job and write. I can NOT quit my job and learn how to build a website etc.

I CAN learn to build one. Only work is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much work I am too exhausted to do anything but tumble into bed. Exhausted. Annoyed. Irritated I am much too tired to pursue my dreams.

I have been yelling at The Universe ALL day. In between work, that is. I am just simply tired of fighting with the damned Universe to help a sista out already!

I know. I know. Millions of folk have the same dilemma. Yet, there are the chosen wonderfuls who get the amazing opportunity to have plenty of time, money and opportunity to pursue their passions all day.

I am trying my best not to get on my case for having chosen occupations which don’t pay a whole lot. Rather, God chose ME for these occupations of serving folks. Don’t get me wrong. I love serving folk. It’s my passion. I just wish my passion PAID THE BILLS ALREADY GOD!!!!!!!

Ack!

*stamps foot*

Life is short. There are things I want to do. There are places I want to go. I have spent the better part of 3 decades serving folk and giving what I had. I wish I had more to give.

*sigh*. I don’t even know what I am trying to say, beloveds. I just know that I have outgrown this pot I am currently living in. My tent needs to be enlarged and I can’t enlarge it on my own UNNNNNNNNNNIIIVVVVVVVEEEEERRRRRSSSEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, pout and rant over. I think.

God: Cmere.

Me: K

God: *whispers words only C’s heart can hear*

Me: Ah, God. I love me some You!

*Cassandras clambors off The Father’s Lap and gets about her day/life*

Life is amazing. Here I was, all downcast and sad. I had put on one of my youtube channels that plays beautiful music along with scriptures and the first one that popped up was Psalm 43:5 – Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God…

Hold on, beloveds. The way shall be made. He shall make the practically impossible POSSIBLE.

In the meantime. Three words that make me want to pop something or someone upside the head already!

My dreams are impossibly big. Are they impossible? I have no idea. God knows but He’s not telling.

waiting on a practically impossibly improbable dream,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This is about as bad as fighting with the hot/cold water in the shower! Remind me to tell you about this morning’s adventure, er, shower…

In case no one has told you yet today: I love you.

P.S. Love someone. Starting with you. Keep shining your light into the darkness. Keep being a light. This world needs all the love it can get. Even the folks who are acting the biggest fools. Those need love the most. Let’s love these blockheads, er, hard headed folk, er,….lol.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Wait on it.

My shower and I have been in some heavy battle royales here lately.

For whatever reason, the shower God’s have decreed or decried, depending on whose side you are on, to mix the hot and cold however they bloody well please.

Leaving, moi, in the middle.

So, I am either howling, in outrage, stamping about the bathroom, buck naked no less, whilst either the hot or cold decide to join said shower.

I make quite the sight, lemme tell ya. Geez. I dare not cause you to see something you can never unsee, so shall refrain from describing the heaping, now heavy, personage called me.

I have learned to maneuver between the hot and the cold. I have learned to wait until the hot mixes with the cold. I have learned to be patient.With my showers…lol 😂.

I’m learning how to wait. Waiting can be tough. Waiting patiently can be super tough.

I am thankful for all of this hard as it is teaching me how to wait patiently. I am doing my best just to focus on my steps and not worry about falling behind.

When I was researching what I wanted to do with my riding, I began to feel maybe what I wanted to do would not be successful. I almost stopped dreaming.

Today, I simply dream. I wonder. I wander. I was telling my sister that it just may well be that I will never financially prosper from my dream. I will have to make my peace with that. I have made my peace with that.

Okay, maybe not made my peace but am working on me still.

In the meantime, I’m going to do the best I can to wait and enjoy the waiting.

Enjoy the waiting. Enjoy your life. Enjoy your now. Enjoy who you are right now.

Remember to love someone today. Starting with you. Thank you for being the amazing person that you are. Thank you for all the love you share. Thank you for caring about the world. Thank you just for being you.

Take care of yourself. You have such a beautiful soul. I am hopeful for great things for you this week.

grateful,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep moving forward.

Keep moving forward.

It’s okay to be frustrated. Be sure not to stay in that frustrated space.

I had to tell myself to stop pouting and get back into living.

I did not feel like writing today. Which is exactly why I am writing today.

I did not feel like getting out of bed and making something to eat. I got out of bed and made something to eat.

I have been angry with God all weekend. I have been angry with life all weekend. I have just been angry with bad news period.

I’m tired of being angry. I grab some joy out of my feel bag. I made a cup of coffee and hung out with mom. I blessed somebody else’s youtube channel.

Life is short. I’m glad I got out of bed today. I told myself I was gonna pout and be angry all weekend. Life is much too short for that.

Be encouraged,  beloveds.  You are EXACTLY where you are supposed to be.

Oftentimes, we are where we are for the needs of others. You may still be at that job because you are there to help someone or someone’s else.

I am fighting with being content in my NOW. Yes, I am praying for my future. But, I am doing my level best to be okay IN my now.

Hey, Maggie, whatcha doin?…😂

So, now that I have kicked lazy and sad to the curb I am going to get about the rest of my day.

Please, please, please look up and see that you are exactly where you need to be.

You got this. You CAN. You WILL. Keep thinking on all the good things you have in your life. Be encouraged.

encouraged with you,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: ☕️ Have a cup of coffee with me. What all can we get into today? Asking for a friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Look at the good in the bad.

I have been working my way through a weekend of:

Sad.

Mad.

Wondering.

Wondering why Life is being such a damned pain!

I told The Universe I am simply TIRED of trying dammit!

The Universe told me to look for the good in the bad.

What the what?!!

I stormed around and ALL I could see, beloveds, was nothing but bad.

Tired, I began to look CLOSELY at the bad and began to see so much goodness there.

Ah.

Aha!

Within the bad, I found:

Tenacity.

Compassion.

Care.

For me.

FROM me.

Before, I would have forever beaten myself up for all I had not done. Now, I cut myself some slack.

Now, I take extra care. Now, I take extra care of ME.

I no longer view myself as unacceptable because things are tough.

I love me, now. If that’s what The Universe has needed to get me to loving me…

Bring on the bad. ALL things work together…

working for my good,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. You got this. As do I.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Divided we fall.

The is a war going on.

A war of words.

Words meant to divide.

Words meant to incite.

Words meant to instill:

Fear.

Anger.

Apathy.

I choose not to fight in this war.

I choose not to fight at all.

I choose to love.

Period.

And for the rest of my life.

Divided we fall.

Choose to love.

Tell the divide that the ONLY thing being divided is fear.

Life is short, beloveds.

Don’t give in to the daily click bait. The non stop race baiting. The constant rage baiting.

Love WILL win the day.

Love someone. Starting with you.

being a light,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: ❤️‍🩹♥️🔥

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Well, now…

Hhmm.

Well, now….

*scratches head*

*Cassandra peers at hard wondering what to DO with it*

I have been thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking about how the world to get my dreams to go on ahead and lift off already!

I keep deciding to decide. I just need to start the next phase. Except. I’m afraid. I think. Okay, not so much afraid but wondering. What if I fail spectacularly?

I think I am ready to find out. I think…

*Cassandra peers over the precipice of try wondering if she should just go on ahead and…*

Hey!

No fair!!

*Cassandra peers up at God and pouts dramatically*

Me: Why didja push me off the try cliff?

God: My bad. You appeared to need a bit of a push, er, help.

Me: lol

I have been enjoying trying. I have been enjoying getting up super early to daydream and write. I have been enjoying extra coffee. I have been enjoying yakking to The Universe about what may perchance be possible. I have been enjoying…

Ah.

Aha!

Life is short.

Enjoy it.

Be encouraged.

You got this.

God has got us all.

I love you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is not promised to us. We have no idea when and what and where. All we can do is the best we can. Embrace your life. Keep chasing down your dreams and enjoy the journey.

In case no one has told you today: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be proud of your try.

I had to do a hard thing.

I did NOT want to face the hard thing.

I contemplated waiting until the last moment.

I made my act right get some act right and did the hard thing.

I am proud of me.

Be proud of your try, beloveds. Stop getting on your case for being in a difficult space. Life happens.

I took care of, um mitigated, a financial Catastrophe. Now, it’s just a disaster. 🤣

I keep telling myself this too shall pass. Sure wish it would hurry on past. Smh.

Anywho, be proud of your try. You are doing your utmost to live your best life. Let that be enough. Remember you ARE enough.

reminding you for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Choose to enjoy the rest of this year. Enjoy it! In case no one has told you today: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Tell what if so what?!

Ack.

Good yikes.

Smh.

Due to being ill, I have had to take an inordinate amount of time off, WITHOUT PAY, the last few weeks.

Consequently, I have been avoiding my bank account as if it had the plague.

This morning, I was gently cajoled to check my account.

Whew!!

😳😳🥹🥺🤯🥵🥴🥴🥴😱😭😠😡

Whew!!

After I came to, I rushed to The Father’s Lap in 😭 and panic.

God: I  got you. I got your finances.

Me: K.

I had a cup of ☕ and told myself to get some act right. I was super upset I had to use my emergency savings to pay the rent and monthly bills and will need to use the rest to piece together next month’s rent.

I began to focus on the fact of what I was able to do now. I was able to take my focus on what ‘could have been’ if I had not been sick and able to save my money.

I was sick.

I used my savings.

So what?!

Thankfully,  I had the savings to use!

In times past, I would have wasted the rest of the week complaining about funds I ‘could have’ had.

Life happens, beloveds. NO need in wasting time over things that have already happened. Mitigate what you can and move on!

The relationship has ended. Enough already! Wish them well and move on.

You didn’t get the promotion. So what?! The interview was great experience for the next opportunity.

You were too afraid to reach out. So what?! Try again!

Enough with having ‘what if’ run the show!

What if you tried and succeeded?!

Ah.

Aha!

Be ruthless with yourself. Do NOT allow yourself the easy way out.

telling what if to shut up already,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Shut up what if!

In case no one has told you today: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!