Tag: encouragement

Keep trying new things.

Keep trying new things. I have learned something new today. something that will save me a ton of times when it comes to writing my pieces.

At first, I wanted to get mad because I hadn’t learned this earlier. I reminded myself that change takes time. I told myself that learning is a process. I stressed to myself that I will learn when it’s time for me to learn.

I am pressing buttons. I never used to press. I am sampling things I never would have tried before. I am having a blast doing so. I have dug out an old headset that is allowing me to be hands-free. This has been a big help.

I have another headset that I use when I make my motivational videos. I am able to enjoy music while uplifting others at the same time.

I am learning how not to try to squeeze the square peg into a round hole! It only took 56 years…lol.

Stop giving yourself such a hard time. You are exactly where you’re supposed to be at this time in your life.

I no longer question my gift. I encourage. I write. Simple as that. It helps to know your why. I have been enjoying encouraging people every day. I keep asking God how I can monetize myself and spread myself out, where I can take care of myself financially. He has not answered yet.

The more silent He grows, the more I work. The more silent He is, the harder I try. The more silent He is…???

Ah.

Aha!

Keep going. even when all is silent. especially when everything is quiet. You just don’t know if the next blow will be the blow that will change everything! Keeps swinging.

Have an amazing day today. Don’t forget to cut yourself some slack. Remember, you’re doing everything that you know.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Love someone today. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

A coffee funny.

This never fails to bring a smile to my face.

Have a wonderful day today. As Tabitha Brown always says “Don’t let no one ruin your day”.

Take today with a laugh and a grain of salt. Get in your me time. Be good to yourself as you make your way to a ridiculous acting world.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who is up for a cup of coffee?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just love.❤️‍🩹💔❤️💋

I got up super early to spread as much of my love around as I could.

I sent love to everyone in my phone contacts. I spread my love to TikTok. I gave my love on Instagram. I left my love on my blog.

Satisfied, I went back to sleep. Generally, I don’t focus on results. I have learned, am learning still to put things out there and let be…be.

Today, for some reason, my heart secretly longed to be loved 🔙 back by the masses. I wasn’t. They didn’t. Scarcely a response. From anywhere.

My ♥ heart, saddened, I went back to sleep.

I woke. Refreshed. Still in love with the 🌎 world.

I checked my 📱 phone. One or advised they NEEDED that today, sharing heartache known only by them. I had NO idea they were going through.

I saw two likes on TikTok.  Perhaps those two needed those words today.

My heart swells. It’s not always the number. It’s not always about us. God and The Universe woke me super easy to love the 🌎 world today. They knew who needed the words and made sure my love got to where it needed to be and get to.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Your labor is NOT in vain.

Take care of your beautiful heart. Love because you can. Someone needs some love. Start with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love me some you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I love you.

I stopped by to let you know that I love you and care about your life, beloveds. I said a nice prayer for you. I have asked for blessings, love, and protection over your life.

I have asked for every wound to be healed.  I have asked for every need to be made. This is the say the Lord has made, as the Bible says. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. We get this one day to make as many memories as we can.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you. So does He. I woke today with gratitude. Life is good. Even when it’s hard. Don’t let the hard keep you from seeing the blessings in today. Be dn

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just be YOU.

There is a rash of folk who are living their lives pretending.

They are pretending to work out, pretending to be rich, pretending to be entrepreneurs. How sad.

We are so much more than what we do or what we have.

Just be YOU, beloveds. You are one of one. You are unique.

You do NOT have to be someone or something you are not.

It’s okay to age. It’s okay to be young. It’s okay to have little. It’s okay to have lots.

You don’t have to live in a mansion. It’s okay to work a blue collar job.

We are ALL needed. In EVERY space.

I just stopped round to encourage folk to be themselves. The older you get, beloveds, the more you will understand that life is much too short to be concerned with the superficial.

Take care.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You don’t have to be any one other than who you are. Keep being the beautiful person that you are.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Trust the process.

Trust the process.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Sometimes, it’s hard to trust the engineer. Trust anyway. We all want to be in control of everything. Too bad life does not give us that option.

It’s taking everything in me to try and then leave things up to The Universe to make things do what they need to do.

The older I get, the less I find the need to have to be the one to save the day. I just want to be part in saving it. 😂

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What he said…

What he said…

Accept yourself, beloveds. You are all you got.🥰

What is weighing you down? Lay aside that weight. Cast aside all that is holding you back.

You CAN.

You WILL.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s a good thing I accept myself. I’m a complete mess….lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t be afraid to walk alone.

There are times you have to walk alone. There are times when no one will be willing to go with you. There will be times when you don’t want to go at all. Keep going.

My closest friend moved away. Right when I have needed him the most. Life can be cruel like that sometimes.

There will be times in our lives when no one will believe in our journey. Still, we must travel our own path. Keep moving forward. continue to build on your legacy. Your labor is not in vain.

Take care of your precious heart today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: My lonely has never felt more lonely. I wonder what God is up to? Keep going. Even if you must go alone. You shall meet many on the journey!

Enjoy this time in your life. We get this one shot. Make this week amazing.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I no longer feel like a failure.

My dad was hard on us. On me.

He wanted EVERYTHING to be perfect. We were expected to get ALL As in school. An A- minus was not acceptable.

I played basketball in high school. I was expected to be a starter. I was expected to make varsity as a sophomore/junior. I ended up quitting basketball. It stopped being fun. It is my one true regret.

I was good enough, beloveds, to have kept working towards a scholarship. This next part is not easy to talk about. Bear with me, it gets better towards the end.

During my high school years, my mom’s boyfriend did things an adult ought not do to a child. My father did not defend me. His literal words, when asked by me years later in why he had not stood up or spoke up for me was “It wasn’t worth going to jail over”.

This, of course, left me feeling worthless like a failure, like I wasn’t worth any effort. Even from me.

This thinking bled into every area of my life. I stopped believing in me. I stopped fighting for me. My dad wouldn’t. Why should I?

My grades tanked. I quit basketball. I withdrew into myself. I made a bargain with God that if He left my wounds alone, I would spend my days encouraging others so they would not give up on themselves.

Ha! That’s what God said. He set out to help me heal and to let me know He would ALWAYS:

Choose me.

Love me.

Fight for me.

Stand next to me.

Many years later, I learned how to love me some me. Unspeakable things happened to me. My dad was unspeakably cruel in what he had said to me. That didn’t make me a failure. It just meant dad failed me in that moment. It took years to not see God, My Father, as how my earthly father had been.

I say all that, beloveds, to say this:

Things happen. Sometimes, unspeakable things happen. Sometimes, unspeakably hard things happen. We CAN over come those things. We CAN heal from those things.

We are NOT the unspeakable things that has happened to us. We can lead full and healthy lives.

I find great joy in encouraging others. Not because of what I have gone through. But, because it’s what I do and part of who I am.

In not thriving in spite of what happened. I’m thriving because I make the choice to show up every day. I’m thriving because I work on myself EVERY day. Whether I feel like it or not.

I just stopped by to encourage folk to lift up your head. You do NOT have to carry guilt and shame around because of the past or if you are going through something presently.

Be encouraged. You will get beyond some things you thought you will never survive or get over. You will. Be encouraged, this day.

Have an amazing today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I did not mean for this piece to turn in the direction it did. Someone needed these words. I’m here best I can be. Reach out if you could use a shoulder. Stop carrying around secret pain. You don’t have to bleed to death in the middle of a crowd. ttnette37@yahoo.com

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

584 days and counting. Keep stacking days.

584 days.

584 consecutive days.

584 consecutive days of posting encouragement to whosoever will.

584 consecutive days of it appearing like my labors have been in vain.

584 consecutive days of encouraging myself.

584 days of wondering if IT will ever happen for me.

584 days of fighting fear/doubt/discouragement/disappointment and every one of their friends.

584 days of finding joy on the other side of hard.

584 days and counting…

Keep stacking days, beloveds. We CAN. We WILL. We HAVE to!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!