I’m learning how to really listen. Not just so I can find a place to interject my thoughts and views, but to learn what the other person is trying to say and teach me.
I’m learning to be an ear, beloveds, not just one who waits to have a say.
Life is short. Continue to hear. Continue to listen.
I put in 14 hours of work today. It didn’t seem like worked to me. I have been working as hard as I can on my dreams.
I spent all day encouraging folk, enjoying music and motivational videos, drinking coffee, yakking with fam, enjoying the quiet.
I wish more people understood how precious and short life is. Life is such a gift. Life is full of surprises. I am looking forward to what life has to bring.
Live life in the present. Don’t spend your life looking back at the past or worrying about the future. You can’t change what was. You have no idea what will be. Enjoy your mouth. Enjoy your now.
This day was so wonderful I almost wish I could rewind it. I look forward to tomorrow.
Ah, God. What do I do with me now?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is short. What are you doing with yours?
I feel like a wobbly chickadee as I learn how to wait. Patiently.
Earlier, I had made an expensive purchase. I had been blessed with funds to upgrade my software so I could stop yelling at the laptop. Lately, my purchases have not been going through without a fight.
The screen will show an unsuccessful purchase. Later, I will have checked my account and found that the purchase had been made.
I almost did a dumbsky and tried again “just in case”.
I’ve been working hard on sticking to a decision I have made instead of forever second-guessing myself.
I’m learning HOW to wait. I’m learning. Sure is taking forever, it seems. Ah, God. Why You being soooooooooo slow!
Be encouraged as you wait. Enjoy the sunshine. Remember why you are doing what you are doing.
I want change NOW. Right the heckamiah NOW, beloveds. So much so, I quietly quit. Where no one could see but me.
I packed it in. Stealthily.
Then, I wondered what the what would I DO with ME?😳
I’m an encourager. How in the world would I pull off being a silent hater?…hhmmm.
I woke up this morning and good habits got to doing what good habits do.
I got up.
I created some uplifting Tiktoks and Instagram posts. I posted said posts.
I made coffee. I drank said coffee.
I reached out to my support. I asked said support for support.
I got about being about it.
There is NO going back for us, beloveds. We can NOT allow ourselves to go back to easy and comfort zones, when the way gets or seems interminably long/hard.
Be encouraged. The hard is a sure sign we ARE on the right path.
I apologized to myself for the few hours I quietly quit. I am being purposefully loud to hold myself accountable.
We CAN.
We WILL.
We have to.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep going. Even when it’s hard. Especially then. Also, don’t be too terribly hard on yourself if you have quietly quit. These are tough times for everyone. This too shall pass. I love you. So does He.
One of my fave NFL commentators made a comment I did NOT like.😡
Mind you, he was giving HIS assessment of things. Ask me why that set me off so badly and I couldn’t tell you.
Like any coherent adult, I did what an adult works do…
I unsubscribed from his channel and refused to listen to another word he had to say. Smh.
Today, I rectified my dumbsky. I subscribed. I offered up a silent apology. I enjoyed his content.
Im giving myself permission to correct myself. I’m giving myself permission to make mistakes. I’m giving myself permission.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Speaking of mistakes, I have had to go back and finish a good half dozen pieces due to having not finished my thoughts.
The storms, vertigo, fighting a good bout of depression has had me off to myself. My apologies. I give myself permission to cut myself some slack. Be encouraged.
Note: I didn’t feel like getting up this morning. I’m glad that I did. It has been a wonderful day. I have made countless mistakes. I have laughed at myself at least half a dozen times. I have praised God. I have sung songs terribly. I have danced in my chair. What a wonderful day this has turned out to be.
Sometimes, you just got to keep on walking. Keep going. You got this. For the billionth time, another storm system is going through. It plans on sticking around through tomorrow. I would have imagined the clouds would have ran empty or become bored by now.
Stay encouraged. I know. I know. It gets old. Who wants coffee?😁😎
Note: Life really is good. I’m thankful today. I’m grateful for family and friends who love and care about my life. I’m appreciative of a lovely cup of coffee. I’m looking forward to some grilled chicken and macaroni shells and cheese.
What are you grateful for? It helps us when we remind ourselves of what we have to be grateful and thankful for. It’s hard to be discouraged and upset when you remember where you have. where you have come from and where you look forward to going. Look forward to your life. You don’t have to dread the future. Enjoy your present. Enjoy your moments. Laugh often. Love much. Live now.
The storms here have been constant. So much so it’s not always easy living amidst them “in the meantime”. I want them over. Life is not on our timeline, though. Life is going to storm…*sigh*.
I told life I am tired of it cutting up this way. Life told me to mind my own business and to be patient. 😁😎
Be encouraged. Laugh while it is storming. We are protected still. Ah, God. What do we do with us now?
Are you moving closer to making those dreams a reality? Are you taking a step everyday? Are you trying just a little something every single day?
If not, don’t be hard on yourself. it takes courage to get up and try. It takes effort to get up and try even when you can’t find the courage. Take a step. Courage will find you as you take a step forward. Don’t rush. It will take as long as it will take.
What things do you hope to accomplish this year? If you have not already done so, go ahead and drop things down. right out a plan on how you can achieve something this year.
Where would you like to go? Daydream plan, then make it happen. You can do it. You can get there.
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Have an amazing day today. Start over as many times as you need to. be sure to get in some me time.
Life sure has been lifing. So much so, beloveds, I was sick of it.
I was sick of the flipping trials already!
Enough, I said. Trials simply laughed, then turned up the heat for my having dared to ask for some respite.
My faith has been pummeled. One night, I angrily told God I was “done!” Normally, I would have left that off and kept it moving. Instead, I found myself wondering if I really was done. I wondered what my life would be like. I had been following him for 30 plus years. What would I do with myself? I was almost afraid to find out.
It was that fear that made me pull the end of the string. I followed it and followed my heart to see where it would lead me. It led me to The Father’s Lap. Ah, God. I love me some You…
Sometime it’s OK to be shaken and stirred and turned upside down. How else would you get turned right-side up?!
What’s so much going on in the world? It is easy to question everything, everyone, and wonder what in the fresh hell is going on.
Be encouraged if you are being tested right now. This too shall pass. We shall make it to the other side of these trials and tribulations.
In the meantime do the best you can to enjoy your day These are all the days that we get. Use them well.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Hang in there. You got this. God has us all.
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