I got back up.
I started again.
Nuff said.
beginning again again,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Sometimes, beloveds, you gotta spend a lotta, lotta time beginning again. So what?! We got thangs to do. Let’s go!!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Nuff said.
Cut yourself some slack, beloveds. You are doing all you know. ALL you can do is all you can do.
Be encouraged. We got this. God has us all. I love me some you.
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!
I’m waiting on God.
I’m waiting for my dreams.
In the meantime?
I’m LIVING.
Life is short. We don’t get to do the day over. We can start over, in the day. But, we don’t get a today mulligan.
What are you doing, beloveds, in your meantime? What are you doing with your meantime?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: LIVE your life. All the negative foolishness about does NOT have to bring down your day. Shine your light. Live your life. Think for yourself. Grow. Stretch. Reach out. You will be so glad that you did.
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!
Me: What am I doing wrong?
God: Nothing.
Me: Why is nothing happening?
God: It’s not time yet.
Me: Crackers!
God: I know. Trust me.
Me: K.
keeping on anywho,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Patiently waiting can kick rocks, at times. Be patient, beloveds. The time WILL come. All things has its time.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Finally.
Finally!
Finally.
It took three people and about an hour to get my modem going. I stayed patient. I wanted to clobber somebody. I wanted to throw the new modem out the window. I didn’t.
As soon as I got going, the storm started.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Be encouraged, beloveds. Keep trying. often times it’s not your fault that things are not working out. Stop giving yourself such a hard time. You are doing the best that you can. Let your best be enough.
I just stopped by to encourage somebody. keep being about being about it. You have much too much to do to give up on your dreams. Have a fantastic rest of your day. We got this.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Have an amazing week. Don’t let the hard keep you down.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Don’t quit when it gets super hard.
Nuff said.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I dearly wanted to tell The Universe where to get off and park.
I was. I am, tired of all this damned hard.
I’m tired of these never ending storms. Tired of hiding in the bathroom wondering if disaster will make another entrance.
I am tired of having to encourage myself every damned, hard, storm filled day.
So what?
Life is being super lifery. So what? This is NOT an opportunity to throw in the towel and quit.
Quit and then what, beloveds? I have zero intention of finding out.
I made myself write. I made myself get in some bible study. I made myself make myself a cup of coffee. I made myself write some scripts for more mini motivations. Rinse. Repeat.
Life is much too short to give up on. Let’s go!! We got things to do.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
We are NOT the hard times we go/grow through, beloveds.
Hare times do NOT force us to become hard, angry and bitter because of what we have gone through.
WE make the choice to become bitter, better, or unbothered by hard times.
I am learning in real time, that I am the one who chooses to focus on the waves. I am the one who chooses to see/visualize the upcoming shore.
I am the one who chooses to reach out when the toad is especially long, hot and unwieldy.
I am the one to blame myself for not being up to the tests.
I am the one who chooses to give myself extra selfcare and understanding as I make my way through so many storms and hard times.
I have given myself permission to breathe for the rest of this month. Just to breathe. No fretting over or looking for a job. No channel starting. No desperately seeking what in the fresh hell to DO now.
I am just going to breathe. And, enjoy this blog. And, enjoy some coffee. And. Enjoy watching tempura be made and wondering what the world is being happily slurped and enjoyed.
Life is short, beloveds. I just stopped round to encourage someone to keep on LIVING. Not merely existing and worrying about how to pay the grocery bills.
I have no idea what tomorrow holds. I am digging my way out, er, living today…😂
Hang in there. Things really will be okay. Have a good cry if need be. I didn’t know how badly I needed a good cry until I gave myself permission to have a nice one. Man, I cried til my eyeballs fell out. Satisfying. 😁😇😊🥰
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note:
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
That’s it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s what I screamed at God.
Tearfully.
Angrily.
Woefully.
Tearfully, woefully AND angrily.
These latest rounds of storms have had me at wit’s end.
Tornado 🌪 sirens blasting. Me hiding in the bathroom wondering if there will be a me, if there will be an apartment, if the damned city would still be standing.
During Easter weekend, no less. Thanks God. Reaaaaall funny. I don’t know why holidays can’t be holidays for me.
Mom died on Christmas morning. The 🌪 destroyed things on Memorial Day weekend. Now, these blasted storms visiting for Easter.
One boom was so loud…whew. Now, my modem has given up the ghost. Nada. No lights. Nothing.
So, I sit here. Modem less. Modem less, God!
That’s it! The lasssssst straw! I’m tired, God of all this damned hard!!!
I’m tired of these tests. Pass or fail me, already!!!
I quit!
I’m done! I….
*Cassandra whirls around at the tap on her shoulder. Cassandra laughs and takes the extra straws from her dreams and good habits. Cassandra gets on with getting on with it.*
Be encouraged, beloveds. Yes, these storms are something else. Yet, we faint not. Grab an extra straw from your dreams and good habits and keep it moving.
Do your best to focus on getting to the other side. Yea, these 🌊 waves ARE terrifying looking. Let’s choose to surf on them! 🏄🏄♀️🏊🏊♀️
We CAN. We WILL.
I know it’s hard not to see all the hard right now. In the meantime, keep finding the joy in your day. I made myself a cup of ☕ and watching my fave cooking shows. Right now, I’m watching upscale restaurants chefs cook steak and such in such theatrical fashion. 🥰😁
If nothing else, beloveds, reach out to someone who could use some love. It really does help when you take your mind off your own trouble and focus on supporting others. This has helped me. A smidge.
I had a satisfying crying jag on my big bro’s shoulder, via phone. There is something awfully comforting with a loud, crying jag whilst your big bro sits there feeling like an idiot.🥰😇😊
Take care.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You’ll get through this. So will I. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I am resilient.
I am brilliant.
I am becoming.
I am beautiful.
I am black.
I am woman.
I am unapologetic.
I am unsatisfied with the status quo.
I am magnificent.
I am merciful.
I am relentless.
I am moving forward.
I am going to find a way.
I am going to make a way. I am going to BE the way.
What are you telling yourself?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Don’t let anyone define who you are. Lift up your head! We fight on.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I love my coffee of a morning, beloveds.
I love making a cup and thinking of mom. She loved Folgers Instant. With CoffeeMate. A big, heaping helping of it. Followed by two mountains of tablespoon filled sugar. Ah.
After a while, she would have me make her coffee whilst she prepared her grapefruit she draped with a mound of sugar. Ewww!
I loved, absolutely loved, when I got ALL the portions right! The smile on her face was worth its weight in gold. I learned to perfect her coffee. I enjoyed bringing a small amount of joy to her day.
Now, I make my coffee and think of her. It is our quiet time. It’s OUR time.
Anywho, my kettle heats the water soooooooo hot I am forever halfway burning my tongue.
Here lately, beloveds, I have been learning to do other things, while waiting for my coffee to cool enough to enjoy.
I have found the time to work on a piece. I have made the time to pray. I have found the time to empty my mind of all anxiety. I have made the time to reflect upon today’s possible journey.
All within the span of these coffee cool down moments. Ah. Aha!
Find the time.
Make the time.
Find a way.
Make a way.
BE the way!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Get after it.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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