Tag: encouragement

It’s okay to be an idiot…sometimes.😳

It’s okay to be an idiot…sometimes.😳

I did something really dumb. I mean really dumb!…*stamps foot*.

Instead of waiting five days, I miscalculated, added dumbly, and messed up some sorely needed funds.

Five days, Cassandra!😳😡

Now, I have one less month to maneuver financially. All because I couldn’t wait for five days!…*stamps foot*

I made the decision based on fear of what “could” happen. I failed to calculate what “would” happen, NOW, IN THE PRESENT CASSANDRA! WHAT IN THE FRESH HELL WERE YOU THINKING!??

I just stopped by to encourage folk to hang in there and be good to yourself even when you do something absolutely STUPID LIKE DO SOMETHING NOW THAT COULD HAVE WAITED FOR FIVE DAYS!!…opps..ehem….my bad.

Don’t give yourself a hard time when you fall prey to being human. Try to laugh your way through the dumbness. I know I am trying to.

In the meantime, I’m having a cup of coffee, getting over the oops I can do nothing about, and getting on with my day.

In the past, I would have wasted the rest of the day kicking myself and carrying on about something that can’t be changed. I was a dumbsky. It happens.  I happened to me today…lol.

Be encouraged. Have a fabulous rest of your Sunday. Geez, Cassandra. Really?!

wondering what dumb thing I shall do next,

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Nobody cares.

Life is hard.

Nobody cares.

Go make it happen, beloveds. Make all the hard work for your good. All of it.

In the middle of quitting, I laughed.

I have too many folk to encourage. I can’t quit.

Neither can you. Get back up. Let’s go!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: A funny thing happened on my way to quitting. I found the strength to keep it moving. Who knew? God did. Life did. The Universe did. My dreams did. So does yours. Keep going.

There is too much in us, too much before us, and too much for us to do to give up just because of sustained hard. So what?! Keep it moving.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God asked me: What do you want?

God: WHAT do you want?

Me: I want to be financially free.

God: What DO you want?

Me: I want to help others.

God: What do YOU want?

Me: I want to encourage as many as I can.

God: What do you WANT?

Me: I want to be financially secure so I can spend my days encouraging and loving as many folks as I can.

Approval.

Recognition.

Validation.

Love.

Safety/security.

We all want these things don’t we, beloveds?

HOW/WHERE/WHEN shall we possess them?

Who are we supposed to be to have them?

What are supposed to do to have them?

Most folk don’t feel as though they were/are enough so that find themselves trying to be everybody else.

I don’t want to be anyone but me.

I want to live a life where I can enjoy the beauty of nature.

I want to be able to see beauty in my fellow man.

I want to enjoy a good cup of coffee.

I want…

What do YOU want, beloveds? It’s important to know what YOU want. Not what others want and demand for you.

Take the time to ask, if you have not. You may be surprised at what your heart truly wants for your life.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use hard for your good.

I am at an impasse.

I have run out of space to upload/export…*sigh*.

Geeez, God.

In times past, I would have been having ten fits and blaming the entirety of the world.

I have learned, I am learning still, HOW to maneuver and keep my joy through EVERY circumstance.

Joy has NOTHING to do with what happens or does not happen. Joy has nothing to do with what we have or don’t have.

Joy can be found and had in the bleakest of circumstances.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Don’t despair when you run out of room. You are doing al you know. All you can do is give what you have and ask The Universe to push things over the finish line.

I have done my part. I am fixing to have a cup of coffee and wait for amazing to show up.🥰😎

joyful in the middle of lack,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: If you can’t find common ground, at least make it safe space.

My heart has been heavy watching folk tearing each other up for no reason other than they can.

No one seems to want to LISTEN.

Everyone is yelling ‘OW’ but nobody seems to want to stop long enough to ask what is hurting.

Folk seems gleeful of witnessing the suffering of others. My heart does NOT understand this.

We are all better than this.

I just stopped by to encourage folk.

If you can’t find common ground, at least make it safe space.

Listen.

Hear.

Empathize.

Care.

Rinse.

Repeat.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We are all we got, beloveds. But, we are all we need. Life is more than money. Life is NOT climbing over others to achieve. Life is NOT meant to be hoarded just for a monied few.

Let’s give two hoots about one another, eh? Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God asked me: What do you see?

God: What do you see?

Me: I see a hurting world?

God: Give to them.

Me: I have nothing to give.

God: Give to them.

Me: All I have to give is me.

God: Give them you.

Me: What if I am not enough?

God: What if you are?

Me: Ah.

God: Aha!

All my life, beloveds, something inside me has been yanking at me. SOMETHING, from deep inside, just won’t let me go.

Why?

Because of YOU. Each and every one of you.

Why?

Because too many of you have never FELT love. Not really. You don’t think highly of you.

Why?

Because you have been chasing:

Approval.

Recognition.

Validation.

Love.

Safety/security.

Worse, you don’t feel as if you measure up enough to have “earned” these things.

Ah, beloveds, know ye not that you are infinitely priceless?

I think it funny that God put these words, this desire, in ME. In a me that had been made to feel worthless, by so many, for so long.

Because, I was loud. Because, I didn’t have enough this, that or the other. Because, I didn’t have money. Because, I didn’t live in the right neighborhood. Because, I wasn’t the right color.

Because. Because. Because. The world will ALWAYS have a because, beloveds. Why? So, you can fall for the okie doke. So, you can fall for the lie that you have to earn your keep.

Hear me:

You ARE worthy. You ARE worth it. You ARE worthwhile! So am I.

The world was desperate to keep me from KNOWING this. It’s the ONLY way it can keep us all locked in prisons of worthlessness.

Without worth, we feel hopeless. Without hope, any can roll up on us and take everything. Ha!

To this day, hopeless tries to slide in my DMs. I tell it to kick rocks!

I am worthy.

I am worth it.

I am worthwhile.

I have been working on this piece for almost two years. It took six months to write the question. It took months for me to ask myself the question. It took forever to find the courage to hear my heart’s answer.

It took 50 years to learn I was much more than the words, the gifts, the skills God gave me. I am awesome just cuz.

As are you! God asked me two other questions. I shall tackle the second tomorrow. The third, okay you get my point.

In the meantime, beloveds, be encouraged. Lift up your head. You are precious to me. And, to Him.

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 being…YOU!

Filling the other half: There IS a hero in you!

Be your own hero. You have all you need to succeed.

Keep striving. Keep trying. Keep going.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Make the decision that you can. Then, go do it. Simple as that.


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

BE your mission statement.

This is my mission statement:

I will find a way, make a way, or be the way.

I had been tired of using the excuse that I didn’t know how. I didn’t know where. I didn’t know who.

I was tired of crying about not having the “opportunity”.

I knocked. I knocked. I knocked.

Nothing.

I decided to knock down the walls of my doubt. I determined to destroy ever section of “I can’t”. I decided…

I decided?!

Ah.

Aha!

Then, I told myself I was going to find a way, make a way, or be the way. Periodt!

To that resolve, beloveds, I have determined to BE my mission statement.

I have no idea where my journey is taking me. That said, I plan on enjoying every frustrating and hard step. These are the steps ordered for me. I shall skip a while…

being about that life,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be your mission statement. Hopefully, your mission statement is a helpful one. 🤗🤣😁😎🥰❤🙏🎯

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Exam the failure. Examine your RESPONSE to the failure.

You failed.

It hurts.

I sowwy.

Now, beloveds, it’s time to exam the failure, sans emotions.

Were your motives pure?

Did you do your best?

Did you give all YOU had?

Did you ask for help if help was needed?

If you did those things, move on to WHY things failed. The nuts and 🔩 bolts of the thing.

Do you need more study?

Do you need more time?

Is this something important enough to move forward with?

Is this something needed for your success?

Once you have dissected the failure, exam your RESPONSE to the failure.

Did you become angry with you? Did you berate yourself for the loss?

Were you understanding? Did you recognize that failure comes with the process?

Did you pick up your toys and stomp home? Or, did you exam the failure and proceed to devise another try or approach?

What you DO, beloveds, AFTER the setback,  AFTER the disappointment, AFTER the heartache is the whole ballgame.

You failed. It happens. It’s part of achieving great things. Knowing this helpful.

I am not my failures. Neither are you, yours. We failed. Too bad. Boo hook. There. We have had a cry.

We get up. We move on. Simple as that. Let’s go.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep making it happen. These failures are nothing but stepping stones for us! They shall help us to stretch further, to go higher. Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: You’ve Got A Way

I love this song!…   *hugs self*

Love on you today, beloveds. You deserve so much more than you have given you lately.

Let’s cut ourselves a wee bit more slack, eh?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!