Category: walking

Listen: Owning my crap.

Crap.

Sheeeeeeeeeeuuit!

Ewwww!

*Cassandra looks upon decades’ worth of hollering, not listening, not being WILLING to see the other side, and rushing them to the trash heap of history*

Geeeeeeez.😯

Lessons sure are hard to learn, eh? Especially when one realizes how much of a moron one has been, over the course of time. Jimmy Crickets!

I have kicketh my behindeth, here lately. Maybe, it’s from all the studying I have been doing. I’m trying to cram a lifetime into the past few months.

Be encouraged. Keep being willing to own your uh-ohs. No fun but needed. I think I shall reward myself with a honey bun.

Have a stupendous day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Short piece. Ow, Cassandra. 😳😁🙏

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You owe it to yourself. Part II.

Give this life your best shot.

You owe it to yourself.

Do your BEST!

You owe it to yourself.

Do all that you know to make things happen.

You owe it to yourself.

No one is going to give you anything. Get up and get after it.

You owe it to yourself.

You have spent enough time waiting for a hero. Be your own damned hero!

You owe it to yourself.

You owe it to your dreams.

What are you waiting for?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You owe it to yourself!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You owe it to yourself.

Love you.

You owe it to yourself.

Fight for you.

You owe it to yourself.

Let love in.

You owe it to yourself.

Cut yourself some slack.

You owe it to yourself.

Rest.

You owe it to yourself.

Keep the promises you have made.

You owe it to yourself.

Be willing to change your mind.

You owe it to yourself.

Be willing to be wrong.

You owe it to yourself.

Try something new.

You owe it to yourself.

Break out something old.

You owe it to yourself.

Rinse. Repeat.

You owe it to yourself.

Keep looking out for you, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You owe it to yourself.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Are you willing to listen to act right?

I have been working on listening.

This is not always easy. As it turns out, feels do NOT want to be told what to do!

Feels, more often than not, love to justify why they have ALWAYS felt the way they have felt. Feels rarely wish to take other things into account.

Worse, feels tend to feel THEIR feels are the most important. In addition, feels quite often feel the need to demand the fielty of family and friends. Without feeling the need to return the favor. Feels feeling are paramount.

I am making sure my feels don’t run me or speak for my life. Yes, I take my feels into account. They ARE important. Still, they can not be the only factor, the determining factor when interacting with others.

We must take each other’s thoughts, feelings, feedback into account and come out with an acceptable dish. We may not always like the dish but we ought have enjoyed the preparation, the camaraderie, the discourse had whilst coming up with the meal(conversation).

I wish my mom were around for a good mini argument. Kobe or Lebron? Mahomes or Allen? French Vanilla or Hazelnut.

I am in a yakking mood lately. Just looking to learn from as many cultures as I can get my hand on. I just so happened to come across a micro baker who is sharing about starting a micro bakery from home. Who knew?! I enjoy cooking…hhmmm.

Have an amazing day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Is it about the chef or the diner?

The chef.

The diner.

Each needs the other.

One to serve his/her/their interpretation of the meal.

One to partake of the meal.

What is MORE important:

The chef’s interpretation?

The diner’s satisfaction or lack thereof?

If the diner doesn’t like it, does it negate the chef’s effort?

Doesn’t the diner have the right to their opinion? They didn’t like it. It happens.

There are a million potential reasons why that may have nothing to do with the chef.

In addition, the chef needs to take in the palette, the dietary needs, the likes/dislikes of the diner and factor these things as he prepares.

The diner is responsible for understanding there may be a lack of ingredients that are out of season. He/she/they must also factor in the type of establishment they are eating in and what kind of dishes the chef is known for.

Living with one another is a dance. We all have to be WILLING to see the viewpoint of our counterpart.

There will be times, beloveds, where we will be the chef. There are other times we are the diner.

In ALL times, we need to consider others. We are all humans who are, hopefully, trying to serve the best meal we can!

Let’s give each other the space to do and be better, shall we? I have been doing my utmost to be a safe space in as many places as I can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This piece really has me thinking of what all I can do to be more understanding, more resourceful, more forgiving of us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart ❤ check Sunday.

Good morning, beloveds.

Doctor Cassandra is doing a house call to check on your heart.

How are YOU?

Did you get in your me time this week? I sure hope so.

If not, do better.

If so, an extra treat for you.

Remember life is what YOU make it. What goodies are you preparing for yourself and others?

You can start over as many times as needed.

If you are tired, rest.

If you are refreshed, do.

If you don’t want to, don’t!

Be sure to turn things off.

Be certain to turn the volume up super high on your dreams.

Celebrate your small victories. Be understanding of your inevitable defeat.

I hear my me time calling. I have one cup of coffee to spare. Who wants to join me?

Meet me in the comments…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. Be good to you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Go.

Go!

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Go. I have been enjoying the journey.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Speak: Talk to me. Help me to see life through YOUR eyes

The world needs YOU, beloveds.

Yes, YOU.

We need YOUR perspective. We need YOUR  hopes for the future.

Why? Because it takes ALL of us. Not just the loud, angry few. The world needs as many positive voices it can hear.

Talk to me. Help me to see life through YOUR eyes, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are needed. You are necessary. You are nothing short of spectacular.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just for a laugh.

This cracked me up.🤗🤸‍♀️

Have an amazing day today. Be sure to squeeze in as many laughs as you can.

Don’t forget to take your dreams with you. They have been hankering to get out of your underwear drawer. Let someone see them.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Make the adjustments already, Cassandra!

📺

I needed to move the television. An inch or so to the left. It was driving me cra cra!

I was too lazy. So, I spent forever arguing in my mind. Dummy me.

Finally, I couldn’t take it ONE MORE SECOND! MOVE THE STUPID TELEVISION ALREADY, CASSANDRA!!

Whew! Perfection. Shoulda done that weeks ago. I could have spared myself weeks of annoyance and strained viewing. Smh.

We can get like that right, beloveds?

God/Life/The Universe will prompt us to course correct and we use all manner of excuses not to.

Even small corrections. We like our things the way we like our things. Even things which we KNOW could stand a bit of adjustment here and there.

I am learning to make the adjustments as quickly as I can. It’s not always easy. It has NOT been fun.

I have cried. I have raged. I have pouted. I am adjusting, though.

I stopped ’round to encourage you to keep on making those adjustments. Pout as you need to. But, keep moving those things a bit to the left or right…lol.

adjusting darnit!,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep doing what it takes to grow/go. You got this. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!