Tag: lifestyle

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!

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!

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!

Building blocks: Failure.

I’m using my failure(s) as building blocks and stepping stones as I am building my dreams and my legacy.

I am also building up my character. Quitting is no longer a go to option.

I try again.

Periodt.

Failure happens. So what? I am building my legacy. My legacy will take the rest of my life to finish.

Bring it on, failure. I ain’t skared of you! Ha!

failing forward and up,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I got this. God has me. And you. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Things WILL get better. How do I know?

Things WILL get better. How do I know?

They couldn’t possibly get worse.🤣😳🤨

Like a big goof, I made the mistake of laying directly underneath the fan. I KNOW better. Smh.

Sure enough, beloveds, I woke with a nasty cold. Day shook it’s head at me and handed me a cough drop. My dreams said “I really hate that for you” and pointed me to my work chair.

Whatever state you find yourself in today, beloveds, make sure to get a laugh or two in there.

Do what you can. If a bit tired, go a bit more slowly.

Have a wonderful day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What a beautiful day. Enjoy the moments in it.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I forgot to be sick.

I was so focused on chasing down my dreams, beloveds, I forgot all about my fever.

I was too busy chasing down knowledge. I was too busy dreaming of touching a billion lives with MY words. I was too busy snatching my dreams into reality.

Focus on your dream, beloveds. All the noise around us is nothing but noise!

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Stay focused on your dreams.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I’m disappointed but not deterred.

Whew.

Whew!!

Disappointment came raging in. Bad. Loud. Big 😡 mad.

That made me mad.

What did I DO about my mad, beloveds?

I reached out for support. I prayed just a smidge. I made sure to eat and hydrate.

I wrote a tad. I watched an old show.

I kept being good to me.

In times past, I would have spent countless hours making love to Doritoes and mini chocolate donuts.

Or, I would have 🗑 wasted countless moments blaming me, God, me, life, me, you, me, Life, me, the weather, me…you get my point.

I have learned, through countless hard miles, to keep being good to me, to keep it moving, to keep being honest, to keep doing something.

Disappointment has a way of sucking the do out of us. Leaving us to feel helpless and hopeless. We are not.

We were just hugely disappointed. It happens. Often.

I have given myself the day off to rest and spend some time with my why.

Why? So, I can make sure I am doing this because I choose to, because I want to, because I must.

Even after all this time, my why has stayed my why.

Why? I have been asking myself this exasperating question for 56 years.

I had a nice tantrum yesterday, telling God that my WHY DOESN’T PAY THE BILLS!!!!

It hasn’t. So far. I told myself I would find a regular job and leave why up to its own devises. If only I could. Crapola!

Be encouraged, beloveds. The Universe is not picking on us for entertainment. There truly are things we were born to do and give to the 🌎 world.

Your dream may be mixed up in my why…*shrug*

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!

Until they hear, keep talking. Until it works, keep trying.

Until they hear, keep talking. Until it works, keep trying.

Nuff said.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I called about a new modem. The agent clearly did not understand. He blamed the weather. I told him the weather put out the modem. He blamed the apartment for losing power. I let him know everything else was working. He wasn’t trying to hear me. I thanked him for trying.

I called about a new modem. I explained the last agent didn’t understand. I said maybe I had not explained clearly. I explained. She understood. A new modem is on the way.

Communication is not always easy, beloveds. Still, we HAVE to give each other room to misunderstand, to miss communicating, to mess up. Then, we need to give each other some grace.

There will be days when we just don’t hear one another. That’s okay. Let’s make sure we continue to care about and for one another!

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!

What do you do when losing wins?

What do you do when losing wins?

What do you do when the answer is no?

What do you do when the doors just won’t open for you?

You keep trying.

You keep asking.

You keep knocking.

Simple as that.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I had to stop everything as my vertigo got bad enough to fell me like a giant oak. Smh.

In addition, I can’t do a lick with this Hotspot. I have to wait until I get a new modem delivered.

Annoying. I tried to make it do what it did. It didn’t.

Instead of giving in to despair,  I chose to shift gears and work on some pieces. I can do SOMETHING.

Remember, beloveds, there is always SOMETHING we can do. No, things may not be ideal. We are still here.

Do what you can. Enjoy your day. Laugh at your frustrations. You may as well use them for your good!

I must admit this sustained hard, with my vertigo, has been terribly hard the past week or so. I want to do things that I can’t. I want to go places I can’t. I want….ack! I am stuck, in bed, waiting for the barometric pressure to calm down enough to stop squeezing the atmosphere.

When life gets to squeezing you, beloveds, take heart. It’s not personal. Life is just lifing. What you perceive as your fault is simply the atmosphere around you being affected by things you can’t see.

Keep going. Enjoy your life. Even with the world spinning on it’s axis…lol. We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep planting your seeds.

Keep planting your seeds, beloveds.

I wanted to tell my seeds to kick rocks!

They were taking too long! Ack! Jimeny Crickets!!

I had to tell act right to be patient and get some act right already.

NOTHING will grow, beloveds, if we are forever digging up the plant to check the root.

ALL we can do is plant. Then, tend. Then, water. Then, pull weeds. Then, wait. Rinse. Repeat.

Embrace the process. What we plant may be for someone else to eat.

Plant your seeds, beloveds. The Universe sees you and WILL reward your faithfulness.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!