I have things to do. So do you, beloveds. What are you DOING about and with your hard?
Be encouraged. You are NOT forgotten. Nor are you forsaken.
I have felt soooooooooooo forsaken. My feels are all feely.
I have gotten weary of the journey. I’m ready for a pitstop. Ready to get out of the hot car and into the Motel waiting up the road.
I’m tired of wondering “How long”. I feel like the child asking “Are we there yet?”.
I’m exhausted from living ‘in the meantime’ whilst waiting for my change to come.
Knowing this, beloveds, I am giving myself some extra slack. I am being good to myself. I have scrambled around, in my cabinets, for things to toss about in my electric skillet.
Be good to you, beloveds, as you make your way through today.
Do what you can. Then, wait. Patiently. Enjoy your day, okay?
I’m thankful I am learning how to laugh at my mini catastrophes.
The next time you get frustrated with your try, beloveds, makes sure you are connected to Your Source. We can’t do things alone. We need a bit of help to get things connected and going/growing in the right direction.
Be good to yourself as you make your way.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It’s a good thing I stashed an extra pound of laughter in my pockets this morning!
Use these things as fuel to help you to go up higher. Don’t use them as excuses to run away.
Stay in the fight, beloveds. These things show up to show you what you are made of. They are there to show you what you are capable of. Be encouraged.
Use ALL to your advantage:
The hard.
The lonely.
The frustrating.
The unknown.
Use ALL to shave the rough edges off of your mad. We all get mad with The Universe, at times. The Universe seems to like to play with our emotions. The Universe appears to cruelly dangle possibilities before us.
I am tired of possibilities, Universe! I want possibilities brought into my reality! Today! Hurry up, drat it all.
asking for me and all my friends,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I am listening to ‘Follow My Rainbow’ by Sheena Easton. It hurts listening to it, today. I so want to be walking into my dreams. Today. Right now. The days are passing. Ah, God. Why You hidin’ my dreams? Give them to me! My why needs to know why You takin’ so long…
Fear not, beloveds. No matter what you are going through. Fear not.
Perceptions can cloud the judgement, bringing darkness to our thoughts. That darkness often paralyzes our ACTIONS.
Continue, beloveds, to MOVE FORWARD. When life lands an unexpected blow, take a breath. Then, continue to lift up your head. Tell hard ha and keep it moving.
These moments are precious. We only have today. Embrace your today. Make some coffee. Read a book. Take a walk. Tell fear and doubt to take a hike.
We got this. Sorta, eh? 🥰😆
Don’t let hard steal your joy. Keep being and doing your why. If your why wasn’t crucial, you wouldn’t be fought as you have been!
I am fixing to have a nice cup of coffee. Sit with me as we regroup. Then, we keep pressing forward. I love you.
hopeful still, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be encouraged. Perfect love casts out fear, the bible says. Fear not. I love you. So does He.
It’s time to embrace the new, eschewing old views.
Ah.
Aha!
free,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Today was a scary day for me. It’s one of the first days, since the tornado, that I got about business and LIVED.
I was afraid. I have not driven in forever. I felt like a kid again. I kept telling myself to breathe.
I took it ALL in. I exhaled all that pent up fear. It felt good.
I conversed with strangers. Strangers conversed with me. We enjoyed one another.
I drove home and sat in my car. Satisfied. Yes, it truly hurt driving amid all the tore up trees. The drive home now is unknown. All the usual landmarks are gone. I grieved their loss. They wer more than ‘just trees’.
Beloveds, it’s okay to lament your losses. Even the losses that are necessary and beneficial for your growth. Loss STILL hurts. Don’t let folk make you feel badly for feeling badly.
After a time, the hurt didn’t hurt so much. I was able to take in the wonderful glare of the sun. I was able to enjoy the fantastic blue of a sky saying hello to one who had been so afraid to get outside after the tornado.
Today I tried. How great is that?
Keep trying, beloveds. You CAN. You WILL. 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!
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That’s how my try feels, today. Blah. Blah. Blah. I’m getting on my own nerves. I am annoyed thinking who the world wants/needs to be encouraged EVERY blasted day, Cassandra!?
When I get to thinking this way, I hurry up and get to encouraging someone. Someone, somewhere needs to be uplifted. That someone was me, yesterday.
Yesterday was Foreverday. Forever waiting. Forever seeking. Forever wondering where in the fresh hell are these stupid dreams of mine already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew discouraged. I grew anxious. Then, I grew up, got up and kept it moving. My good habits just will NOT allow me to mope for long anymore. Life is just too short.
I am super crabby because I am missing mom so much this week. I want to literally take my heart and sit it on a shelf until it stops hurting. I am tired of carrying ’round this broken heart of mine.
I am currently singing myself some old love songs. I am loving on me whilst waiting on The Universe to show up for me. Ah, God, I am missing mom…*sigh*.
How is YOUR heart, beloveds? What is your heart dreaming of? Are you giving your heart permission to dream? If not, do so. If you are, be encouraged. Your dreams shall find you.
Until then, beloveds, I hope all is well with your today.
hopeful for us all,
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I wanted to give up today. I almost did. I am angry. I am sad. I am angry at a world that has embraced hatred, misogyny and racism. As a black woman, my heart aches. As a human soul, my heart hurts. For all of us.
I hurt for those who look like me. I hurt for those who hate folk simply for looking like me. I hurt for all who can’t hear beyond their silos. I hurt for those who have closed their ears and arms.
I almost turned off my light. I yelled at The Universe. I asked what possible use my small light has done or ever has.
I thought of putting down my pen. I thought to go silent. Ha! I REFUSE to turn off my light, meager though it may be.
I REFUSE to stand on fear. I CHOOSE:
Love.
Faith.
Hope.
Joy.
I laugh, through these tears. I wade through discouragement/disappointment and look for the gifts this hard has presented.
Ah, beloveds, keep looking UP. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep shining YOUR light. You are having more of an impact than you know.
I made myself get out of bed. I made myself something to eat. I washed the dishes.
I feel as helpless as I did when mom passed away. I thought I would never be able to move past her passing. I have. I wish she were here to remind me everything really will be alright.
These times were meant to pass. Find the beauty in your moments. Life is more than world politics, even though it seems we are all doomed and consumed by it. Lies!
Go ALL the way. Don’t let your circumstances decide how far you go!
Nuff said. Now, get on out there and go. Go as far as your try will take you. Then, rest up and try some more!
Try until:
You win.
You lose. Then, get up and try some more!
Go ALL the way. Don’t let your circumstances decide how far you go. Don’t let fear scare you away from the unknown. The unknown has the best gifts. The unknown rewards those who will abide with it. The unknown is waiting to get to know YOU. What say you? Are you ready to be about being about it?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Fear not. If so, take fear with. You got this. God has us all. I love you, beloveds. Take care of your wonderful heart. Be good to you. Tell someone they are loved. They need to hear it. You need to tell it. We are all we got but we are all we need.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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I don’t know why folk find it so difficult these days to admit to making a mistake.
We ALL make mistakes. We all take wrong turns. Nothing wrong with that. How the world will we learn unless we get lost every now and again?
Folk are no longer willing to look foolish, I guess. Nothing wrong with looking foolish as you learn and grow. How the heck else are you going to grow, beloveds, unless you make a million thousand seventeen mistakes and learn from them?
Just know as you walk through your days, making a million mistakes, that you are NOT a mistake. Your mistakes are not a mistake. They are necessary in helping to build a more knowledgeable you.
Cut yourself some slack, as you learn. Cut others some slack, as they learn and grow. I have no earthly idea when it became socially acceptable to toss folk aside when they make mistakes. Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez, people! Enough with that already!
I have only messed up about ten times so far, today. Of course, it’s not even noon…hahahahahahahahaha!!
Laugh at your mistakes and keep it moving, beloveds. You have much too many a thang to do then to beat yourself up over the learning process. Life is a journey that hopefully never ends at one particular place. That would be boring.
I am proud of my pasta concoction I made yesterday. It was/is scrumptious! So much so, I am wondering what other food catastrophe, er, dish I can conjure up.
I am hoping you are out there living, cutting up and tearing up the status quo! I am doing my best to do so.
excited about the journey ahead,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: If you are trying, you have already won the day…
Other times, my writing is woefully insufficient. To me. I tell myself I can’t ‘splain thangs the way I see them, in my heart. Crapola. Then, I write. Anyway.
I used to be ashamed of my why. Who in the world would want to spend their ENTIRE life encouraging the WORLD? Seems like such a really stupid thing to want to do with a life.
I have tried to do other things. I tried to ignore this why. Why? Because, it’s time consuming. Because it can be lonely. Because it can be exhausting to want to write after a full day of dealing with a world’s worth of…uh, oh…lol.
My why would never shut up. I have learned to go on ahead and do/be my why. I enjoy it. Every day. Even on the days when I am fed up with wanting to do anything.
Do what you do. Don’t be afraid of who you are. Don’t be ashamed of your why. Keep on being you. You are much needed. More than you know.
The World Series have been interesting. Game 1 ended in spectacular fashion.
The winner won. The loser, well lost. And, in losing, they appeared to have lost their nerve.
Game 2? A tough watch. The winner, of Game 1, played loose. They laughed They enjoyed the game.
The loser, of Game 1, played Game 2 as if they had already lost. There was no joy. There was no laughter. There was only the stress of not being the one to make the mistake.
It was tough to watch. I was hoping the losing team would just play. The outcome would be the outcome. Of course, they lost.
This reminds me just to play. I tell myself just to try. I have no idea what my trying will do. In the meantime, I’m just going to have fun. I’m going to make my way in the world the best that I can. I’m going to love as many people as I can. I can live with the outcome.
Life much too short to be worried about the outcome of things. to allow fear to dictate my every move. I told myself I was just being careful. I told myself I was just being prudent. I was lying to myself. I was afraid of the outcome.
I no longer waste my time going about what may happen. I am going to enjoy EVERY moment of the game. Win, lose, or draw. I just want to get in there and just play. I want to meet new folk. I want to cheer on others. I want us all to get in there and play.
Don’t worry about making the last out.
Don’t worry about striking out.
Don’t worry about making the costly error.
Just play. Don’t worry. Enjoy the game. Enjoy your teammates. Enjoy the effort. Then, accept the outcome and move on.
Did your team win? Terrific. Did you lose? It happens. One side WILL lose.
I am learning that losing is not always losing. I have gained so much in the losses, these last few months. I have gained the knowledge that I really CAN. And, that I truly WILL. It will just take time.
And, when I grow fearful of the unknown, I get up and do something. Right now, I am currently doing meal prep and grilling some chicken breasts to go along with the veggies I have waiting. I am using anxt to get chores done!
REFUSE, beloveds, to allow fear to keep you out of the game. Get on in there and play.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is what we make it. I am doing my best to live my best life. Right NOW. Right HERE. Here, in my currently jobless, broke situation….hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Anyone can trust/believe with a full belly. This has been a truly gratifying experience to get to see, first hand, that I can walk with joy, peace, hope and love through EVERY situation.
Be encouraged. Remember that your life matters. Keep on being the amazing person you are. I love you. Tell someone you love them. They need to hear it. You need to say it.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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