Category: Writing

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!

Tripping over sad.

I’m glad I took today off.

I keep tripping over sad. Normally, I would be here encouraging folk.

Hhm, I appear to be in here encouraging folk!

Ah.

Aha!

Be encouraged, beloveds. There is nothing wrong with tripping over sad when receiving tough news.

I shall sit with sad and shall see what she shall reveal to me.

Have a wonderful weekend. Life is good. Even when sad comes around.

wondering when this storm shall pass,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We are all draft 📂 folders.🥰

🥰😂🤗

God told me, last night, I was like a draft folder!😂🥰

I have hundreds of pieces, all in various forms of undress, filling up my draft folder.

Some pieces have been marinating, for months. Other pieces, just a few days. Still others only wind up there momentarily.

Why? Beats me. Somethings just seem to want to root around and marinate in my life and heart.

Other stuff wants to regurgitate and be spewed out immediately. Okay, that was a bit of gross imagery.😳🤣. Geeez!

Anywho, our lives are like a draft 📂 folder because there are things we learn immediately. Other things take aeons to learn.  Still other things may take a life time to learn.

In the meantime, beloveds, we keep those things, in our hearts. Ruminating. Growing. Resolving. Learning.

The trick is understanding it’s okay to have various parts of us in various parts of undress!🤣🥰

Take heart, beloveds. Now, you can relax! You don’t have to be a finished product! Yaya! How great to know is that?!

The book of your life is ever being written. By you. By, God. By, Life. By, The Universe. By, so many things.

The awesome thing is you have an eraser on your pencil! You don’t HAVE TO use a pen.

Draw! Scribble! 📝 Write within the lines. Shade outside them. This is YOUR life, beloveds. This is YOUR draft 📂 folder.

Your draft was not meant to be mine!

Ah.

Aha!

I feel a piece calling me. How about you?

asking for a friend,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Enjoy your life. ALL of it. The boring parts. The frustrating parts. The annoying parts.

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

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Loving in the darkness.

Ah!

*hugs self*

Huh?

Get your mind out of the gutter, beloveds…Smh.

I was simply mooning, quietly, to some rollicking praise music, in the darkness.

Yall have NO idea how much it means, to be able to swoon and sway, in the darkness, WITHOUT fear.

Ah!

You have no idea, what it feels like, to be able to rest, in PEACE, in the darkness, if your life had been turned, upside down, in the darkness.

For some, trauma happened in the darkness. The darkness contained many monsters.

For me, the darkness contained foes a child not ought to have had to fight. Said child turned into a women deathly afraid of the dark.

Time heals. IF we allow it. I did. I healed. I grew.

Now, I enjoy the darkness. I yak, endlessly, to and with God. In the darkness. I know I am not alone.

Now, I am as comfortable, in the darkness as I am in the daytime.

I say this for those who believe they will never see the sun. You will.

I say this for those who think they will never heal.  You will.

I say this for those who wonder if their sleep will ever be sweet. It shall be!

Ah, beloveds. It feels sooooooooooooo darned good to be able to love in the darkness. Again.

I don’t know who these words are for. I know they are meant for somebody.

Be encouraged. I started this piece aeons ago. Life, however, got in the way and I had to leave it. Until today. For someone.

I pray God comfort every heart in need of mending.❤️‍🩹

Take care of yourselves, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Note to That Girl

Dear Younger Me Baby girlDon’t pray away the processingEmbrace the refiner’s fireStay on the Potter’s wheelIt is a temporary painDance in the rainLet the drops bathe over your soulLight a candlerather than curse the darkDevelop a taste for both bitter and sweetAppreciate the prickly thingsThey too have streaks of beautyRise to the occasionChallenge your fearsJump […]

Note to That Girl

Came across this just now. Much needed. Beautiful!

Isn’t it wonderful, beloveds, how a word, given at just the right moment, can heal the soul?

Retraining has been tough. I have spent the ENTIRE week feeling like a non essential idiot. In fact, I have never felt soooooooo inconsequential lately.

Then, a few folk began to poke their way into my comments and ♥ heart. 🥰. I am moved.

moved,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!