Tag: encouragement

Fight back. Fight on. 🥊

Fear 😱: Quit.

Me 🥊: The hell if I will!

Doubt 🤷‍♂️: Quit. Reality certainly will make you.

Me 🥊:The hell if it will!

Reality 👺: Quit. Eventually, I will convince you to.

Me 🥊: The hell if you will!

Fear will lie to you and tell you that you will never make it. Tell fear to shut it.

Doubt will tell at you all day, if you let. Tell doubt to hit the highway.

Reality will do its level best to get you to listen to your doubts and your fears. Kindly let reality know you have NO intention of living your life without intention.

Then, beloveds, fight back. Then, fight on. Then, move on.

Be sure to take plenty of joy with you as you maneuver through your unknown. Just because you can’t currently see your way through does NOT mean you won’t make it through.

You CAN.

You WILL.

In the meantime, STOP agreeing with your doubts and fears. Your life will flow as YOU choose, beloveds.

No matter what happens YOU get to have a say. Then, God/Life/The Universe will have Theirs on YOUR behalf! Ha!

You don’t know how your story ends. The only guarantee you having is knowing it shall end. Eventually.

Until then, enjoy creating your story. You can add as many heroes and villains as YOU choose.

I make sure to fill my story with heroes daily:

Love.

Joy.

Peace.

Victory.

Tenacity.

Laughter.

Perseverance.

Also, I make sure to carry plenty of dumbness in my pocket. Alas, I use dumb on the daily, it seems.🤣🥰

What heroes will you be taking with you through your day(s)

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Beloveds, even when you don’t know what to do, there is ALWAYS something you can DO.

Use those anxious feelings to wash the dishes, clean out a closet, exercise a bit, work on your goals, reach out to someone, pray, sing, dance in your underwear.

Fear of the future can paralyze you into doing nothing. Doing nothing but laying down on your fear can be catastrophic. Get up. Look up. Keep it moving. I move with you…
One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t worry about it.

Don’t worry about it.

Pray about it.

Don’t worry about it.

Do something with it.

Don’t worry about it.

Share it with someone.

Don’t worry about it.

Be encouraged about it.

Don’t worry about it.

Give it to Him.

Don’t worry about it.

Express your thoughts on the matter.

Don’t worry, beloveds. Your cares ARE cared about. Your needs WILL be taken cared of.

In the meantime, do what you can. Then, give the rest to The Universe to take care of.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have much on my mind. I am being mindful to not spread negative thoughts onto and into my circumstances. I have no idea what the day shall bring me. I do know I shall bring kindness, joy and love with me. How about you?

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He. Love you, okay?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

How about no?

How about no, I told fear.

How about no, I told doubt.

How about no, I told apathy.

How about no, I told despair.

How about yes, I told love.

How about yes, I told myself.

How about yes, I told The Universe.

open to the unknown,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Tell fear, nope. Tell doubt, nada. Tell despair, no way homie!

Embrace this day, beloveds. This day was made for you to enjoy. The bible says this is the day the Lord hath made. I SHALL rejoice and BE GLAD IN IT. Be glad in your day. No matter what it brings. Learn from it. Grow from it. Share what you have learned with others.

Take care of your precious heart. I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

STOP explaining you. Just BE you.

STOP explaining you.

Just BE you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have a ridiculous sense of humor. I find the silliest things hilarious. Have ALWAYS been this way. 56 years later, I have not improved.

See?

Over time, I have learned to accept this about me. I am a super serious person that MUST laugh on the daily. I find myself telling myself dumb jokes, in the middle of the night.

STOP explaining yourself. Just BE you. Enjoy being you. Even the parts you think folk will think odd. They may. So what? More will find you as delightful as you should be finding me just now.

Life is short. Enjoy being who you are. Remember:

You are worthwhile.

You are worthy.

You are worth it. Okay, I think I am done for now encouraging folk. This has been an especially difficult day. I promised myself I would encourage the most when y heart was the heaviest. We got this, beloveds.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Thank your critics.

Thank your critics, beloveds.

They are a sure sign you are on the right track!

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Haters are ALWAYS going to hate. Naysayers are FOREVER saying nay about EVERYTHING in your life.

Pay them no mind, beloveds. Folk who have too much time, on their hands, to be minding your business are of no consequence.

Give your time to those who support you. Listen to the counsel of those who have YOUR best interests in mind. Then, keep it moving.

We don’t have the time to be hating on the folk who hate on us. Love them anyway. I feel sorry for folk who have the poison of hate in their heart.

Keep being you. Keep annoying fear and doubt. Keep getting on despair’s last nerves as you laugh your way through the hard.


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Despair is NEVER an option.

😳

😭

🙏

🤷‍♀️

🤣

💃🎹🎸🎶🥰

I have gone through the gamut in the past hour or so trying to figure out how to pay January’s rent, there cc payments, power bill, etc with 143 dollars. 🤣

Since I couldn’t do so, beloveds, I got out of bed, turned on the lights, put on my headphones and began blaring some uplifting music.

I admit my bank account has scared the bejeez out of me.

Then, I applied for more jobs. Fingers crossed these are legit and not scam as others have been.😳🙏

I told myself I I REFUSE to despair. Despair is NOT an option.

I am 56 and have been working steadily since I was 14 or 15. I only had one job interruption due to my home care client passing away. It took 11 hairy months to find a job and I did that another 14 and a half years.

I have learned so much about ME during these past 5 months. Much of my identity was in working hard. Jimminy Cricket but it has been soooooooooooo hard reminding myself I am worthwhile whether I can pay the rent in January or not.

I am learning how to REST. It really can be difficult resting when used to working for decades.

I am learning how to listen to MY heart and give her the attention she deserves. Man, I worked the poor thing half to death. I ran her into the ground. I dismissed my needs as unimportant.

I just popped around to encourage you to look after YOU. Your needs are just as important as those you so diligently care about and care for.

And, if you are going through a particularly tough patch, do NOT allow despair to be an option.

When you have NO idea what to do, beloveds, do SOMETHING, if only a small something.

Turn on some music. Do some chores. Have a cup of coffee. Breathe. Then, tell yourself the truth:

Everything WILL be okay.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Then, try and reach out and love someone. Helping others will help you. If nothing else, it will give you the chance to stop stewing on things you can’t yet change.

Be encouraged. Come. Sing with me. Scrape your joy from the pile of hard and be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He. Keep asking for what you need. Keep asking for what you want. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Things WILL get better. Have FAITH.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hard ain’t nothing but a thang…

Life has been hard.

So what?!

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?

waiting expectantly,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be sure to hook up to your source.

Well now.

Hmm.

*pout*.

I have been trying, for hours mind you, to download some images to my WordPress Library. Forever!

The more I tried, the more a boatload of nothing happened. I turned things off. Turned things back on. Nuttin’…..

Ack!!

I put things away. Went back to it. Nuttin’…

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I put things down. Washed some dishes. Drank a ton of coffee.

I tried again.

Then, God sauntered by and asked me why I was carrying on so when all I had to do was connect to the internet.

Opps.

My bad.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH!

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!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use it to your advantage.

Fear.

Use it to your advantage.

Doubt.

Use it to your advantage.

Anxiousness.

Use it to your advantage.

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…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Starting from scratch.

I’m excited.

I tried my hand at some homemade mac and cheese. Not the prepared stuff. From scratch.

I didn’t use the prepared Velveeta you squeeze from the bag. Nope, beloveds, I found I had enough ingredients of milk, shredded cheese, Irish butter, seasoning etc to toss in, toss up and make for my 56th birthday.

It came out nicely, in my opinion. I have ALWAYS wanted to try my hand and different homemade dishes. But, I had always been fearful of over seasoning, under cooking or burning something.

Lately, I have been tossing things in a pan to see what happens. The other day I made a delish chicken and pasta dish. I just grabbed what I had available.

Ah.

Aha!

Starting over has given me permission and courage to try new things. I figure what do I have to lose? I have lost tons this year.

Starting over is never easy. Working through the unknown can be daunting. I find myself daunted today…lol.

Life has been scaring the bejeez out of me. So much so I have questioned my EVERY step.

Why did I do that?!!!!! Why didn’t I do this then?!!!!

I comfort myself with the knowledge I am doing all I know NOW. I can’t fix yesterday. I can’t do a thing about tomorrow.

Today, I write. Today, I CHOOSE to be good to me as I wait for my dreams to catch up to my reality.

Can I be honest, beloveds? I wanted to make a deal with myself to go back to mediocre. I could live in mediocrity, I lied to myself. Problem is, I can’t. Not anymore. My heart refuse to allow it.

My heart is foolish enough to want to pursue the best in all of us. I REFUSE to give up on us all. Dummy me.

Be encouraged. Today, those words are hard to say.

Be encouraged anyway.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things are not all they seem. The only way we lose is if we quit. We have too much love to experience to do that. Hold fast. 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!