Category: Writing

Filling the other half:Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

I sing this song to YOU, beloveds, as I think of you and pray for your life.

I sing, with gusto, asking for The Universe to bring tons of love into your life. I ask that your heart be filled with peace, love, hope and joy.

Listen and receive the care meant and sent for you today.

Be encouraged. Enjoy the rest of your awesome day. If it doesn’t feel awesome, shift your perception. You are still here. You have the opportunity to start again. And again.

Live NOW. LOVE now. Love you some you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The ONLY thing that can stop you is YOU.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Adapt.

I’m tired.

I do NOT want to get out of bed.

I DO want to work on my dream.

The things I have planned to do, I CAN do from bed.

Ah.

Aha!

This week I am focusing on listening/watching some teaching videos I have been gathering.

I can still put in work.

I overdid work on Sunday and now am paying for it. I have to teach myself to work but not work myself to the point where I can’t get out of bed.

That was for old me. Now, I am just too old fo being that dumb. 🤣

Do you want to hear something funny? Whilst laying down and thinking on my dreams, I found myself rising.

I found lazy pulling later towards the kitchen to get the coffee going. Ah. Aha!

It’s okay to adapt. It’s okay to be flexible. It IS necessary to cut yourself some slack as you maneuver your way towards greatness.

It’s soooooooo quiet, beloveds. I can almost hear my dreams in the distance. I hope…

living in the meantime,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can truly say the sweetest gift I have been given, through all this hard, is being able to enjoy the quiet, the waiting, with ME. Just me. This still me. This hopeful me. This inspired me. Ah, beloveds, she inspires me. Look at her fight!? Look at her try?! Amazing.

Be amazed by you. Be inspired by your try. Don’t dismiss you or your efforts. Your efforts shall NOT be in vain.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Beauty in the ugliest things.

Beautiful.

Ugly.

Two powerful words.

What makes something/someone beautiful?

What makes someone/something ugly?

Is there value only in the beautiful?

Is there no value in the supposed ugly?

Our perceptions shape our world. Our lives are determined by how we choose to see them.

I have been beautiful. I have been ugly. In my thinking. In my perceptions.

I am working on me. I am working on seeing the best in me. I am working on bringing out the best in me.

The world is full of much ugliness right now. It is also full of beauty. I continue to look for the beauty in others. I continue to pray about the ugliness in all of us.

I’m learning to see the beauty in the ugliest of things. We have to learn to love one another, flaws and all. We have to learn to work on our flaws. Together.

Life is worth living. Folk are making it impossibly difficult to want to live in a world that is filled with such hate right now. We don’t have to live in an ugly world that is full of hate.

I choose to love my fellow man. Even the ones who cause me to shake my head, in wonder and sadness. Actually, I do not understand how people can gleefully celebrate the hurt of others. I don’t understand that. I hurt when you hurt. I don’t have to know you. I just need to know that you’re a human being that is hurting.

Let’s start pulling out the beauty in one another. Let’s work to get the ugliness out of our hearts and out of our actions. We can. We have to.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I try to keep the current climate out of my blog. I leave it for others to spread divisiveness, hatred, and fear. I pray for them. I hope for the best for them and their families.

There is too much hate not to confront it. I choose to combat it with love. I choose to shine my light and focus on love. Life is short. Love one another. starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: I Look to You

This song ministers to me when I am missing mom so much it almost literally hurts to breathe.

I listened to it after the tornado snatched away so much of me I thought I would never be whole again.

I listen to it when fear attempts to snatch my dreams from the depths of my soul.

I listen to this when lonely days just won’t leave me alone.

I listen to it when I think I have failed and become terribly disappointed in ME.

I have listened through tears. I listen with joy. I listen with a deeper understanding.

Listen and gain a bit of comfort. In the meantime, I lift your tired heart in prayer.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 🙏🎸🎹🎤

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Kick ding dongs out of bed.

I was hurting.

My ego was smarting.

NOTHING has been working. NOTHING is bearing fruit.

I don’t know why. I’m trying. My try is trying. Still, the rut remains. Jimeny Cricketts!😡😳🌊

I have felt overwhelmed.

I ordered ding dongs I have not eaten in years. I sulked. I ate a ding dong. I sulked some more. I ate a ding dong. Rinse. Repeat. I ate the whole box…*sigh*.

I slapped disappointment out of my hands, replacing it with try.

That was last night. This morning, beloveds, I left the television off(It was acting up anyway). I left the phone off.

I started coffee. I made breakfast. I read my bible.

I put on my motivational playlist and began feeding my spirit. I went about encouraging others.

I got on with my day. Today. I left yesterday back with yesterday. I have no more need of it. I’m too busy doing some thangs today.

Kick ding dongs, er, disappointment out of bed. Change takes time. You WILL get there. You WILL get thangs done.

moving FORWARD,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep first things FIRST.

What are you DOING, beloveds, when your eyes first opens?

What are your FIRST thoughts?

What are your FIRST actions?

Do they, are they, aligned with your dreams?

Do they, are they, causing you to want to leap out of bed and tear into your day?

Or, are they, do they, cause you to want to pull the covers back over your head?

Too often, we stumble out of bed. Unprepared. Uninspired. Exhausted from all the gloom and doom we have predetermined the day would bring.

Then, we get up, grumbling about how long the day is already and will proceed to have the long day prophesied.

I choose not to do that. I chose not to do that, today.

I put on my ‘Good morning, Cassandra’ playlist and set about having the good morning I have decreed today SHALL be.

This day is what YOU make it, beloveds. No, we don’t get to decide how everything will unfold. Yet, we can enjoy whatever happens within the day.

I have my coffee waiting. I have uplifting music playing. I am looking forward to what the day may bring. Ah.

Today is what we have. Use it wisely. You don’t get to exchange it for another today. Hopefully, tomorrow shall come.

In the meantime, keep first things first, eh?

First things, meaning the most important things. The rest shall come out in the wash.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have a beautiful day, beautiful!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use your setbacks to set you up for success.

Ack!

I have caught a nasty cold. One so nasty I can barely talk. I have a cough bad enough to make life absolutely miserable.

This is NO way to start recording more/better TikTok and Instagram videos whilst in preparation of starting my YouTube channel.

I could scream. Not really seeing as my throat is killing me.

Instead of doing the old me, I am doing the new me and doing other things whilst waiting for my voice to return.

I am studying editing. I am saving background music and videos to edit.

I am brainstorming ideas of things to talk about. I am watching things I enjoy and thinking on why I enjoy what I do.

I just stopped by to encourage you to use your setbacks as a set up for your success.

There really are things you can DO, right now, to propel your dreams forward.

There will be a million things that stands in the way of your success. Don’t let your lack of try be one of them!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this. Get out there and get it. I am going to find a way, make a way or be the way. Are you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: From This Moment On

I sing this song to myself as a reminder to keep on loving ME regardless if others do or do not.🎤

I sing this song to Jesus to let Him know how much I love Him.🎤

I sing this song to you. Okay, I don’t but I care for you anywho so that should count for something, eh?😁🤣🥰

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is good. Even when it’s hard.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be productive, not anxious, in the waiting.

God: Wait on Me.

Me: I am.

God: Wait, PATIENTLY.

Me: How?

God: Do something productive while you wait.

Me: Like what?

God: Well, have you worked on your dream today?

Me: Well, no. I was waiting on You.

God: Waiting on Me to do WHAT exactly?

Me: Well…hhmm. YOU are supposed to help me bring my dreams into reality.

God: I am.

Me: Like how?

God: You have to wait and see. In the meantime, go do something productive, while you wait.

Me: You got jokes, I see…*pout*…

God: Hehe. Ikr…

I feel good. I got up. I got on with my day. I’m reaching out. I’m trying to grow. I’m trying to learn.

I don’t know what the future holds for me. I don’t know how much more of a future I have left.

I’m no longer consumed with thoughts of the future. I have today. How precious. I am going to do my best to squeeze every ounce of love from this heart of mine. I shall give it to you. I shall give it to as many as I can.

I’m not concerned, for one second, about being rejected. I will be rejected. So what? Someone is in need of love. I go! Who is going with me?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What a wonderful gift of life we have been given. What are you doing with youra?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop trying to drive the car while you are building it.

I’m trying to be perfect, beloveds.

Worse, I’m trying to be perfect at things I have yet to learn. Silly, shortsighted me.

I feel as though I am trying to drive a car I am in the process of building.

Impossible. I know this. Still, I image my time is running out. I have to stop myself from hurrying.

Growth takes time. Learning takes time. Excellence takes time.

I may not make it. But, I refuse to rush the journey. I want to enjoy all the steps. Especially, the hardest ones!

I have really enjoyed getting up early, staying up late. My age grumbles a bit, though.😳🤨

I have parked the car. I am going to build it first…lol.

Be encouraged. Enjoy the journey. Even when the car breaks down and you have to wait on AAA.🤗🤣🎤

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 🤸‍♀️🙏🌊😎🎯🎤

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!