Tag: encouragement

Don’t be afraid to use what’s in front of you.

I’m starting my third channel. I’m being more deliberate in how I began this time. Yes, I’m going back to work on the other two, but here I can really focus and hone in on things.

Years ago I was asked what I thought of chat GPT. I was afraid to try it. Back then, I was afraid to try many of the. New technology that was meant to make our lives easier.

In the last year I have been branching out on the research. I have been utilizing as many tools as I can come across. Yes, I am careful of what I use and I follow my research with more research.

I don’t go by what everyone is saying. I research for myself. Then I let myself be open to changing my mind. I don’t know everything. In fact, the more I grow, the more I know that I know next to nothing……hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha!

I have not been successful yet. That said, I’m learning a lot. In fact. I have been steered towards what I truly want to do. I’m taking a pause on things to actually pursue what sets my heart on fire. I’ll be speaking more of this in the future.

I’m actually thankful that my channels have not taken off. I have been able to regroup to reassess. And to ask myself what it is that I am hoping to accomplish.

Now that I know that my heart has gone off in the direction has been wanted to go off in for the past 30 years.

All of the failures before are helping me to reach my dreams now. I no longer view them as failures, but as stepping stones to my greatness. I hope you will do the same.

I no longer see my mistakes as catastrophes. I see them as a chance to begin again. I see them as a chance to exercise my faith muscles. I see them as a chance to grow. I see them as a chance to laugh. I’ve been laughing often.

I just stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me. Don’t be discouraged if you have not yet succeeded. Life is speaking to you a mixed your mistakes and your failures. Listen. You’ll be surprised at what you hear.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Defeat is not here to defeat us. Is here to remind us the game is not yet over. Get up and try again. Today, I try. I may fail. If so, I will try again. Rinse. Repeat.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Find the courage.

Find the courage to try, even though you may lose.

Find the courage to launch out, even though you may have to go alone.

Find the courage to take the first step, even though you don’t know how long the journey may take.

Find the courage to reach out in friendship, even though your efforts may not bear fruit.

Find the courage to speak your truth. Even though people may not listen or believe you.

Find the courage to laugh even when everyone appears to be angry.

Find the courage to walk away from groups and things that do not serve us all.

Find the courage to walk towards the light, even though you may leave behind many friends that are in darkness.

Find the courage to speak. Even when you are the only one who will.

Find the courage to live your best life. Life is short.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m doing my best to live my best life. Everyday.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

No longer.

I’m no longer:

Looking for a way out. I’m pressing my way through.

Trying to remain comfortable. I’m stretching my boundaries.

Hiding from life. I’m living my life with intention.

I’m no longer settling for less than my best.

No longer do I hold back. I’m moving forward. I’m stretching towards something special.

I no longer look for the exit door. I embrace whatever I find in the room.

I no longer see lack as an excuse.

I no longer allow myself to remain unchallenged.

No longer do I hang my head in despair.

I no longer hold myself back.

No longer will I allow Lazy to run my life.

I’m no longer willing to give myself excuse not to try.

No longer will I get out of the fight. I would take the fight to everything that is getting in my way.

I’m no longer willing to allow disappointment, frustration and all its friends to keep me from pressing through.

No longer…

determined,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s important to challenge yourself from time to time. It’s crucial to demand the best from yourself. It’s imperative that you not allow your life to be tossed to and fro. Life is what you make it. Make it an amazing one.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Receive: Your life is trying to give you something.

Your life is trying to give you something. It’s up to you to receive what life you’re trying to give you.

What is it? That’s up to you!

We spend so much time being distracted by noise of our own making. We are afraid to be still. We are afraid to listen to the silence life is trying to speak to us through.

Whenever life puts up a stop sign, we see it as something bad, so we try to blow past the stop sign. We try to rush to put something in the quiet.

Stop.

Listen.

Be willing to learn.

Be willing to change course.

Be willing to do something completely different.

Be willing to change your mind.

Be willing to open your heart.

Be willing.

This is what life has been asking me. I have been willing. I’ve been willing to be made willing…..hahahahaha!

Are you willing?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Its time for you to receive. Stop listening to the lies that you have to give your entire life away and to put yourself last. We only get this one life. I learn how to live mine to the fullest.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Your mistakes are trying to tell you something.

I have made many mistakes in my life.

I have felt like a mistake many times in my life.

I have refused to forgive myself for mistakes made many times in my life.

It has only been going through this last tough, hard year that I realized that I was not a mistake. These hard days has taught me that mistakes simply happen.

I have learned, through every painful, tearful step, that all I can do is try. To do the best I can, and life is going to do what life is going to do. Period and end of story.

As I wait this next chapter in my life. I am encouraged. I am pardoned. I enlightened. I am grateful. For every mistake. For every misstep. For every mishap.

Each one brought me closer to my dreams. Each one told me about myself. Each one revealed the miracle called hope.

I’m learning how to listen to my mistakes. I turned them inside and out now. I take out all the gifts now. I make sure to get out all the laughter now.

We all make mistakes. We will continue to make them. This is how we learn.

I just stopped by it and encouraged someone to stop berating themselves for the mistakes they have made. Your mistakes are talking to you. Are you willing to listen?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Society doesn’t level best to want to get rid of us when we make mistakes. The world wants to cancel us when we are not perfect. That’s why I love God so much. He loves me. All of me. Warts and all Mistakes and all. How great is that?!

Stop giving yourself such a hard time for your mistakes. They are revealing the diamond in you!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Your hard is trying to tell you something.

I cannot believe how hard life has been the last 5 years.

Yet I am grateful for the hard of the last two years. I’ve learnt so much about life. I have learned so much about me.

I’m ready now. Because of the hard. Not in spite of the hard. But because of the hard.

Hard has been trying to show me the way. Hard has been trying to teach me how to fight. Hard has taught me how to fight. And to win.

I have won my independence. I am free from fear. I am free from catastrophizing. I am free from a hopeless outlook.

I am free now to do some ridiculously stupid things…lol.

Don’t get down on yourself when you are going through hard times. Hard times can be a friend. Our times will give me the key to so many blessings, if you’re willing to accept and receive them.

Your hard times are not here to punish you. Stop punishing yourself. Stop blaming yourself. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Yes, she may have done some dumb things to get you into this corner. Yet God, Life, and The Universe knew you were going to do those dumb things. They have prepared a way of escape for you!

It’s not too late for you. Get back in the game. Dig out your dreams from where you hid them. Move forward. Look up. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Before the tornado, whenever life used to be hard on me, I used to fuss and complain to God. I used to think life was picking on me. I used to lament and cry out that life was just not being fair. Life was just lifing.

Life is short. Get out there and live. Get out there and love. Get out there and try. What do you have to lose? Better still, what do you have to gain?!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Try.

Every single day.

Dream.

Every single day.

Laugh.

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Every single one of them.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hard really is NOT hard.

Hard really is NOT hard.

Making the decision to DO, can look hard.

Taking the first step, seems hard.

Keeping on, when you are ready to quit, feels hard.

Do, beloveds.

Take the first step.

Then, keep on keeping on.

Simple, huh?😳🤣🤗

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be sure to laugh today. Make the most of the hard. I’m growing from mine! How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards.

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards!

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I was feeling a bit picked on. I was having a tiny bit of a pity party. Then I remembered everything is up to me. I told myself my attitude is everything. I kept speaking life to my situation. I kept telling myself that it takes just one.

Keep speaking life over your situation. The glass is half full. You shall overcome. Just starting is a win. You will accept the results. Be encouraged. You hold all the cards.

Your attitude is everything. Your attitude will get your altitude where it needs to be.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just because you lost, doesn’t mean you are lost.

You are exactly where you are meant to be, beloveds.

Do not despair. If you have suffered a setback, a loss, doesn’t mean you are lost.

This is but one part of the journey. That’s all.

The more I go, the more I grow. I feel like a winner today. I don’t feel like the loser my bank account says I must be.

Today might be the day I win. I’m going to try my best. We shall see what this day holds.

Lift up your head. You can do this. You will get there. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this, people!


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!