EVERY corner had some what in the fresh hell is this within in.😳
What did I CHOOSE to do?
I turned on some praise music.
I prepared supper.
I prayed.
I thanked God.
I prayed some more.
I went over my gratefuls.
I was grateful.
I AM grateful.
For the hard.
For all the what in the fresh hell is this found in every corner.
For my hot supper.
For Thursday Night Football.
For God’s Promises that ALL things work together FOR my good and that NO weapon, formed against me, shall prosper.
With ALL the above, what the world do I have to be bothered about?
I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me.
Oh, yea, I forgot to add the phone has decided NOT to dial out and I don’t have back up or landline. Hopefully, it will work itself out before work tomorrow.
Be encouraged. Do NOT waste your joy fretting over things that have ALREADY happened. What are you going to DO?
Note: I’m keeping my writing promise I made to myself a good year or so ago.
I promised I would take the time to take some days to get some pieces done and schedule and do them at least 10 pieces at a time. I allowed myself to pause on that while I rested.
Now that I have got my feel asleep, I am ready to keep on keeping on. I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep their promise to themselves.
It’s so easy for us to break our word to ourselves. We keep better promises to an enemy than we do ourselves. Which is a shame.
What promise(s) do you need to keep that you have made? Apologize to yourself then keep it moving. We got thangs to do, remember?
WE are the ones who are forever rushing here, there, and everywhere. We want things. DONE. NOW. HURRY.
At times, we don’t take the time to count the cost. Then, we are the first ones grumbling the food was cold, the meal wasn’t done, and fifty other things that happened because WE got in a hurry and got ahead of God/Life/The Universe.
I have learned to slow down already, Cassandra! Life will do what life does. Periodt. There is absolutely NO need for you and me to keep on mucking up what God/Life/The Universe has meticulously planned to help us to achieve/receive/let go of.
I am living in the moment. I am done counting minutes. I am simply using the minutes I have. I suggest you do the same, beloveds.
Okay, lecture over…lol. Who wants coffee? I have some chocolate chip cookies also.
If you want to be somewhere else, be somewhere else. Stop making excuses. Stop using your circumstances, your heritage, your culture, your upbringing, your gender, your finances or lack thereof to keep you from keeping on.
Your choices are yours there. Not mine. They are not your parents. They are not your significant others. Your choices are yours. This means whatever happens is because of what happens NEXT.
I just stopped by to remind someone that you can take a rest. You don’t have to be saving the world 24 hours of the day. What’s more, sometimes the person needing saving is you!
lol, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I’m glad this new job was pushed to starting a month later. These last few weeks I was able to get so much rest. I am ready for the future. Start rushing headlong into the future. Life is short. We don’t know how much time we have. Let’s start enjoying the life that we have. Here. Now. Currently.
The future is going to do what it does. Let the present guide you. Stop being held back by the past.
I had not worked in 17 months. I was now 57. Age mocked me asking if I was ready for this. I told age to shut up.
I rocked Orientation. Okay, I was rocked by Orientation. 😁🤣.
I got back into the flow of things. I got off at 4:30. I was:
Exhausted.
Exhilarated.
Completely done.
Except, ideas began coming for me. Truths began yelling at me.
You see, beloveds, I have been working on a budget so I can simultaneously:
Clear up almost 9,000 in credit card debt in less than a year.
Stop using credit cards to pay bills.
Save.
Put into 401k.
Pay ALL monthly bills on salary less than 20 dollars an hour.
In doing so, came up with system, with some help with chatgpt to take care of everything in 11 months.
I even broke things down into graphs, charts etc. to show EXACTLY how one can get over their fear and out of credit card or debt jail in less than one year.
Now, I am crafting video series showing the how, coming up with call to action to help others get out of financial jail.
Living these past 17 months with no job, going through ALL my savings, having to lean on the largess of others has been humbling, embarrassing, life changing, amazing and every other ing you could imagine.
The bible says ALL thing work together for the good. It also says to write the vision and make it plain. I’m going to do both and offer these nuggets to whosoever will.
I’m looking forward to this next chapter of my life. It feel good to be looking forward to things instead of dreading things.
I hope I have to never go through another tornado experience. I’m grateful for the lessons learned. I’ve learned to slow down. I can’t believe how much I was rushing through life, killing myself, trying to keep the rent paid and helping others while doing very little for myself.
I’m going to continue to help people. It’s what I like to do. I just have to make sure to keep me in the equation.
Life is what we make it. I say that all the time. I remind myself of that all the time.
I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep on working on your dreams. Starting with me.
There’s so much in the social media streets that are pulling at our attention. Put down your phone. Reach out to a friend. Make a new one. Get out there and live. Life is much more than Tiktok. License more than rage and click baiting.
You are not defined by what Tik Tok says about you. You are defined by your actions. You are defined by your choices. You are defined by your love, or lack thereof.
I’m trying to build a foundation of love here. All are welcome. Be encouraged. I love you.
I am soooooooo grateful for the terribly hard, frustrating, maddening, lonely, challenging and every other ing times I have had this last year and a half.
I cried through them. I laughed through them. Heck, I wondered if I would make it through them.
I did.
I did!
I learned.
I lived.
I lived!
I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me.
I looked around and found many nuggets I can share with others. Even now, I am building a system that is going to assist me with getting rid of almost 9,000 in credit card debt I accumulated to keep the roof over my head.
Now that I start my traing, on Monday, I have things budgeted, to the penny, so I can STOP using the credit cards, pay down/off the cards, save, get 401k back going, and pay all bills. Am creating content to help folk get out of credit card and financial jail.
I have also created work/life calendar so I can have time for work, play, working on my dreams, chores, etc.
This terribly hard time has helped shake me from my slumber. The slumber of “just getting by”, for myself, whilst throwing my all behind helping the world reach THEIR dreams.
I will keep doing that. That said, I am taking MY turn. I matter. My thoughts matter. My dreams count.
Don’t leave YOU out of the equation, beloveds. Don’t be gaslit into thinking that taking care of you is selfish. It is. It must be. You can’t give what you don’t have!
I’m starting over with starting over. I’m starting to get my shape back in hell. Yeah, I know that sounds backwards. I feel backwards.
I took out the trash and went for a walk. The dumpster seemed like it was forever away. I fought discouragement every step. It felt good.
I just stopped by to encourage someone. Don’t worry about how many steps it takes. Just take the first one. And then another one. And then another one. Until you have reached your goal.
And even if you don’t reach your goal, you will still have won the race!
Why Can't I Be Loud?! 