Trying to be still.

Trying to be still.

Trying to have hope.

Trying sure can be trying!๐Ÿ˜ณ

trying still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Only someone who has or is truly going through it will understand this piece. Hang in there. We got this.

Am currently sitting here trying not to try so damned hard. I am getting in my own way. I’m digging up plants to see if they are growing. Metaphorically, of course. I keep telling myself to chill. I have time. 56 keeps reminding me that 57 is showing up after a while!

Be encouraged, beloveds. We have time. I think.๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜โš’๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Keep showing up.

Keep showing up.

For you.

Keep showing up.

For them.

Keep showing up.

You will never know when your breakthrough will break through!

Keep showing up.

Despite the silence.

Keep showing up.

In spite of the resistance.

You will never know when your dreams will show up and show out!

You can do this thing called life, beloveds. In the meantime…

Keep showing up.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Make bad ones if you have to.

My nerves wanted to keep me in bed. They said, why should you try today?

I told myself, I’m going to try. I made an especially bad video this morning. It made me laugh. I’m going to have fun editing it.

We have to give life something to edit. We have to be willing to mess up. We have to be willing to give life a heaping pile of mess. How else will we learn and grow?

Have FUN with your mistakes. Enjoy your failures. You are going to make enough of them anyway!๐Ÿคฃ

My nerves are soooooooooooo shot. Why? The financial news is not getting better. Hence 56 is growing a bit nervous. I keep telling her we have time.

Life is short. Let’s make the most of the ones we have, eh, beloveds?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this. Let’s get it!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Be still.

The ๐Ÿ”ฎ future is silent. She won’t speak to me. I want to make her.

God is silent. He won’t tell me what He is up to. I want to shake Him.

56 is afraid she will be left behind. I am shaken.

Fear: Run!

God: Be still.

Doubt: Hide!

Life: Be still.

Circumstances: Nobody gives a hoot.

The Universe: Be still.

Storms: We ain’t going nowhere.

My heart: Be still.

56: Let’s get the heck out of here.

57: Be still.

*Cassandra looks at the storms raging within/without, tells all doubters to shut it, and heads for a cup of โ˜• coffee*

Be still, beloveds. This too shall pass. We are loved. We are NOT alone. We CAN. We WILL.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Tears were my ๐Ÿฅฃ breakfast this morning. I let them fall. I am not strong. Then again, beloveds, I don’t have to be.

Uncertainty does NOT mean certain destruction is imminent. It just means you can’t see what’s up ahead.

Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Keep standing ten toes down on FAITH. Keep standing on business.

Get in your gratefuls. I am thankful for the hard. It keeps me on my knees. It keeps me from donning a cape. It keeps me from hiding. It keeps me from running. It keeps me fighting for ME. It keeps slapping me awake so I can live my life with INTEGRITY and INTENTION.

I put on some praise and worship to get this party started since all kind of foolishness wants to barge in to get me to look everywhere but up. I don’t think so. Homie don’t play that!

Be encouraged. Nothing is over. We just getting started! I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Be willing.

Be willing.

To hear from your critics.

Be willing.

To listen to your fears.

Be willing.

To sit with your doubts.

Be willing.

To be vulnerable.

Be willing.

To be redirected.

Be willing.

To tell yourself the truth.

Be willing.

To hear the truth.

One of the hardest things I have had to do/learn, beloveds, is all of the above.๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ

I’m finding that I have had to confront ALL of these barriers these last months. Particularly in the past few weeks.

I have had to face rejection over and over and over and over.

I have had to decide if I was going to continue to allow my heart to face the awful sting of being rejected/not seen over and over and over and over.

My pride angrily, through tears, keeps saying “h to the no!”๐Ÿ˜ก

My dreams, through resolve, keeps saying “absolutely and all day!”๐ŸŽฏ

My heart, through faith,  keeps whispering “just ONE more try”.โณ๐Ÿ™

Old age, through experience, keeps saying “you’ve tried giving up on yourself before, remember?”

Ack.

I am siding with old age and my dreams.

When I forget about all the noise, beloveds, making these corny, not yet great videos is soooooooooooo much fun!

I enjoy encouraging folk. I enjoy the sound of my voice. I enjoy sitting at my desk to see what will come from this old heart of mine.

Focusing on bills, on what will probably never happen, snatches me back down to earth.

Shattered, humbled, and timid, I scramble up from scarred knees, to make my way back up Dream Mountain. I got thangs to do. Don’t you?

being willing with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Switch up the game.

I want to scream. I did scream.

My quitter quit again this morning. I’ve made quitter get up and make coffee. I wanted to give up so badly on starting. on starting my channel, I decided I’m going to work on pieces and get my channel started. There has to be a reason why doubts trying its best to get me to stop.

I fired up the computer, and I just started talking. The video turned into something else. I turned into something else.

Wouldn’t you know it, just as I was getting into with maintenance decided to start whacking down more old trees? The sounds of the chainsaw is driving me up 10 walls. I can barely hear myself think. I had to start recording videos.

Instead of giving up on my day, I decided to work one more pieces. I can’t believe my Dallas also tried to get me to delete my blog that I have been working on for 5 years now. I don’t know why discouragement has been so loud these past few weeks.

I am normally able to encourage myself with uplifting use egg or reading or talking to my family or encouraging myself. for the past week or so, I have not been able to consistently keep myself motivated and encouraged.

It’s a good thing my good habits are holding me down. It’s a good thing my trier with Jesus to give up more than 10 minutes or so. It’s a good thing my toes are standing. 10 toes down on faith.

I just stopped by encourage someone to keep on keeping on. If an obstacle gets in your way, move it out of the way. Or use the obstacle to step up to greater heights.

Don’t stop playing the game because it has gotten hard. Switch things up if you need to. Things may not turn out the way you had hoped. You will never know until you try. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

So and what, boo and who, Cassandra. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

I was having a tantrum, beloveds. A tasteful one, mind you. It went something like this:

Boo and hoo. Life just ain’t fair! Waa and waa.

I had even thrown in some wherefores and how comes and a few what in the worlds??!

I was dramatic. Tastefully so, or so I thought…

*sigh*

Just as I was working into rare form, Life asked a good question:

So and what, Cassandra?

Kinda hard to argue with Life when put so tastefully.

I kindly decided to shut and up.๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ

Life is short, beloveds. Sometimes, you just have to laugh when life is lifing so hard you can barely stand it.

Boo hoo. Life is hard. So what? Life is too short to be carrying on about how hard life is being to us.

Get up. Get going! Let’s go!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this, I think.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ™โค

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Good morning.

I just stopped by to wish you a good morning. Like it out there and make it a fantastic morning!

Our dream might come true today!!

We have no idea what life has in store for us today. Seize every precious moment.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What do you hope for today?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Heart check whatever day this is.

How is your heart?

Mine has been taking quite a beating these last days. It’s a little bit tired. It’s a lot of bit set up with having to keep on keeping on. Still, I keep on keeping on.

Are you being good to you? Make sure that you are.

The week had been so discouraging inadvertently. I stopped turning on my uplifting videos and music. Consequently, I started seeing the darkness instead of the sunshine, waiting just for me.

As soon as I realized this, I turned on my music. I did a chair dance or to.

I kept my promises to myself. I caught up on all my pieces. I had a cup of coffee. I cut myself some slack. I dried my tears. I laughed.

I think I will pop me some popcorn and watch a ridiculous action movie.

Have an amazing rest of your day. Remember that you are loved and that you are not alone. Reach out for love and support as needed.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this. God has us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Walk in the midst of your dreams.

I am living my dreams, beloveds.

Outloud.

In real time.

I told God I am not waiting around anymore. I’m doing what He has asked. It’s not MY fault He has given me some reeeeaallly dumb sounding things to do/say.

Here goes nuttin, world. Here I come. Don’t blame ME, though. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿคฃ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŽฏ

launching out to only God knows where/why,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This IS your time, beloveds. What the world you STILL waiting for?!! Go on, now. Scoot. Skeedaddle. Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!