๐Ÿ‘“ Opps.

Ehem.

The following may or may not be true, depending on who you ask and who is telling the truth…

I needed to clean my ๐Ÿ‘“ glasses.

I reached for said ๐Ÿ‘“ glasses, in near darkness, having just woken from a tasty nap. Alaa, beloveds, you already KNOW where this is heading…*sigh*.

I cleaned said ๐Ÿ‘“ glasses. Said ๐Ÿ‘“ glasses felt odd/weird.

I looked in my hand. Said ๐Ÿ‘“ glasses turned out to be the ๐Ÿ‘“ case!๐Ÿ˜†

Opps…lol.

I just stopped by to remind you to laugh at your mistakes. You will make millions of them.

Remember, beloveds, you are NOT your mistakes.ย  Get used to making them, correcting them, learning from them, trying not to repeat them, moving past them.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 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 beingโ€ฆYOU!

Let it go.

Let it go.

The unfair standards you set for yourself.

Let it go.

The harsh judgements you bestow on your efforts.

Let it go.

The unreasonable expectations you place on yourself.

Let it go, beloveds.

You are so hard on yourself. You give mercy to an enemy but withhold it from yourself.

Let it go. The mistakes you made were just that: Mistakes. Move on.

Let it go. The folk who have walked away have done so at THEIR choosing. Be thankful for the memories and move on.

Let it go. Things did not turn out as hoped. You tried. They did, too. Things just didn’t work out. No worries. Move on.

You are doing all you know to be your best self. Let it be enough, beloveds. It is.

Have an amazing today. Get in your me time. Love someone. Starting with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. I’m doing everything that I can to let it go. We’re doing everything we know. Let this be enough. It is.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Starting over again, again!๐Ÿ˜ก

Well, now.

Forgive me, beloveds. I just finished clearing out food from my mini fridge. I had to toss out ALL the meal prepped food due to the recent mini power outages and issues from the storms that just won’t end.

This is a not funny reminder of having to throw out ALL my food after the power came on from last year’s tornado.

To say that I cried, beloveds, was an understatement. It took aeons to build up the variety of meat, veggies etc in my freezer. Thinking of how much money I spent on that meat!…*sniff*…*stamps foot*.

Just the thought makes me want to cry. My half empty freezer still mocks me.

It seems as though I have done nothing but starred over for the last two years. You would think I would be good at it by now. I’m not.

I am finding that I am a tough old bird!

Don’t be ashamed of starting over. Start over as many times as you need to. I’m starting over for the 10th time today…

In the meantime, enjoy your life. Do something you enjoy today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Remember that you are loved not alone.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Make room.

Well, crackers and cookies.

I keep running out of room on my old phone. I am forever having to make room by deleting this, saving that, and reorganizing the other. Story of my life!

Life is like that: Forever having to make room for something.

I’m doing some internal spring cleaning so I can make room for all that I desire to hack it for my life in these next couple of years. I’m clearing away all thought patterns and obsolete ways of living that no longer serve me.

I am embracing new challenges and facing each head on. I have been truly astonished at the many times I have actually given up for a few hours here lately. It’s not like me to give up.

Maybe that’s a good thing. and learning how to accept that I am a fallible human being that can crack every now and again. In the past, I would have been devastated and so disappointed with me for giving up like this. Instead, I am learning to make allowances for it and to give myself time to grieve, be disappointed, and then get back after it. I think this is what Grace looks like in real time.

Give yourself some grace. The squeezing every little bit out of life that you can. All we can do is do all we can do and wait patiently for the outcome. This has been terribly hard to do this week.

I wonder if I am the only one struggling with wanting to just say to heck with all of this in a runaway somewhere!

Let’s continue to make room for the things we have been asking for.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can’t believe the year is almost half over already.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

It’s okay to be disappointed.

I was waiting for an answer.

I NEEDED the answer to be yes.

The answer was no.

Disappointing.

I told myself I was NOT disappointed. I was. I went and sat in my baby so I could talk to God and mom about it. My car was where I had the last conversation with mom before she died.

I told them I was disappointed.

Then, I put the seat back, put on some praise music, looked at the โ˜€ and enjoyed being in my paid off car.

I thanked God for all that I have. I let go of what I had lost.

I will have to try something else. That’s okay. I just stopped by to let someone know it’s okay to be disappointed. Just remember all that you have. Still. Now. Be encouraged.

grateful,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m doing my level best to keep moving FORWARD, to keep looking UP, and keep standing ten toes down.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

So that just happened.๐Ÿ˜ณ

๐Ÿ˜ณ

The following story may or may not be based on recent events…*sigh*.

I needed to take out the trash. I was tired from having worked all night on my dreams.

I gathered up aforementioned trash. Something was niggling at my mind. Tired, I told the niggling to shut it already.

Persistently, niggling would NOT go away. SOMETHING was off.

I shivered. I felt a chill. I…

Ah.

Aha!

*Cassandra reached over and grabbed the ๐Ÿ‘– pants she almost ran outside without.๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ˜ณ

Opps.

I think this is my sign to take my dreams to bed. They can dream whilst I am dreaming.

Have a beautiful day today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Egads, Cassandra. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Putting wheels to my dreams.

Now that I know what target to aim at, beloveds, I can put some wheels on my dreams.

I am trying this, that and some of that there over there…lol.

I am also working on creating a posting schedule. Yea, I post daily. Still, I need to buckle down on how much and when for my Capcut/Tiktok videos. The research has been super interesting.

In fact, I am utilizing things learned and incorporating them in other areas of my life. I’m doing all I know. I pray it’s enough.

Keep pursuing your dreams.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You can do it.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Move as your dreams move.

๐Ÿ˜ณ

๐Ÿ˜ด

Dreams: ๐ŸŽฏโฐโณ๐Ÿ›Ž๐Ÿšจ

My dreams woke me up super early.

Jimeny Heckamiah!

I have learned, beloveds, to move as my dreams move. Whenever they move. One would have hoped my dreams would be more respectful of this 56 year old body. Not!

I just stopped by to encourage you to keep on going. Do the hard. Do the incredibly dumb sounding things your dreams are whispering for you to try. You have NO idea whatsoever where your ridiculous dreams are leading you. Let’s go!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It feels good to moving in a direction.ย  For so long, life has had me at a standstill. The week of Memorial Day Weekend, I was FINALLY given where to focus my efforts on.

I find it fitting/ironic to have been given my answer a few days before the first anniversary of last year’s tornado. ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜Ž

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

Keep building on your legacy.

Bills have been hollering at me. My bank account simply laughs at the demands placed upon it.

I am doing my best to focus on building my legacy. Every day, beloveds, I think about ways I can encourage and love folk. Every day.

The historic storms that have been pounding my state, for the past few months, has been:

Frightening.

Exhausting.

Humbling.

Annoying.

Disheartening.

Discouraging.

Disappointing.

Every ing that you can think of!๐Ÿ˜ณ

Still, I fight on. It’s exhausting trying not to focus on the exhaustion.

Good habits has bailed me out more often than not. They get up whether I feel like it or not. Lazy stopped arguing with good habits months and months ago.

The day greets me earlier. My dreams, trusting me more, whispers nuggets of wisdom to me. I rush to try to pin down the words!๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿงฑ. I do my all to break through the walls of nothingness so I can produce my dreams in real time.

I tell myself to keep shouting into the void. My tiny light seems to be so dim. I will continue to shine as brightly as I can. I don’t know why things are the way they are. I can sell them white neighbor seems to have forgotten that we’re supposed to love one another and be there for one another the best we can. My heart is terrible trouble that people are so intent on chasing a bag that they are trampling all over the rights and needs of one another.

I shall continue to pray for us all. I shall continue to build on this legacy of mine of love. i refuse to give up my hope.

We shall overcome this dark in history. We have to. I am praying for the day that our young people will see what’s happening in front of their eyes. I don’t understand why the adults in a room are concerned only with things for themselves and their families.

Do what you can where you are. Tell apathy to shut up. Love someone. Starting with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am terribly disappointed with the human race right now. since when was becoming financially wealthy to be all and end all? Shame on the world.

We just get this one life. What are you doing with yours? Embrace every moment. Love as many as you can.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!

How much does it mean to you? How much are you willing to give?

How much does it mean to you? How much are you willing to give?

What price are you willing to pay? How far are you willing to go?

How badly do you want it? Are you willing to be bad/awkward/incompetent until you learn how to perfect your craft?

Are you willing to be completely wrong? Are you up to admitting you were loudly wrong?

I have been asking myself these questions. The answers have been eye opening…

I dare you to ask yourself these questions, beloveds. You may be surprised with what you find stirring around in your heart.

Be encouraged, though. You can’t change/fix/get ready for things you don’t acknowledge. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The hardest person’s mind to change may be your own…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on beingโ€ฆYOU!