Tag: love

Hard ain’t nothing but a word!

Hard ain’t nothing but a word!

Now that we have established that beloveds, you can go ahead and get on about your day!

Life is what we make it. We will always have periods when life is being especially tough. That’s okay. You will make it to the other side. The trick is in what piece will you make it to the other side?

I am so embarrassed over all the times I gave up on myself and things got super hard. Having a tornado knock on your front door really does put life into its proper perspective.

It’s still hard taking a trash out and seeing all the destruction and everything that is gone now. Things are being rebuilt slowly. I am being rebuilt. Too slowly for me. I want to be whole already. I want to be healed already.

I don’t know why this tornado is harder than the other two tornadoes I survived. Maybe it’s because I had to go through it alone. I truly did think I was going to die. We were thinking about that moment is still tough.

I am still asking God why He left me here? I don’t know why I am fighting with Survivors guilt a year later. I need a counselor I can’t afford.

In the meantime, I will continue to encourage as many people as I can. You can get past the hard parts of life. You will. Be encouraged.

I keep telling myself that hard ain’t nothing but a word. I got this. God has me. He has you as well. I am praying for us all. Hurry, God, we need some help. We could all use some finances. We could all use some peace. We could all do with some joy. We truly all need an extra heaping, helping of Unconditional Love.

asking for all my friends.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It NEVER fails to uplift me, beloveds, to come here, read your comments and be encouraged. Yall keep me laughing at my dumbness. You give me hope. You help me remember that I, too, am loved and not alone. There a few regulars that respond EVERY day. Every one. On my most discouraged/disappointed days, when I wonder why the world I am wasting my fingers, a like will pop up, a word will be spoken, and my heart will be refilled.

I thank each and every one of you for taking the time to stop by. You are more than a silent witness. You are a precious soul which has touched mine. I am grateful. I appreciate you more than you will ever know. Be blessed, okay?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep pushing back.

Keep pushing back.

Keep it pushing when the last thing you want to do is keep it pushing.

Keep it moving. When it’s the last thing you want to do is keep it moving.

The dam will break at some point. We just don’t know when. We just don’t know what will be the last blow.

Be encouraged. There will be a last blow. There is a time and season for everything under the sun.

I didn’t feel like pushing back. I push back anyway. I have to. If I don’t push back, the darkness will win. I have too many things to do to allow that to happen. Besides, we can see fireworks in the dark….lol

We get so many opportunities to either show up, give up, show out, or give in. I CHOOSE to continue betting on ME. What about you, beloveds?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep pushing back. Eventually, hard will get bored and go mess with someone else…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are you going to do NOW?

I was having a conversation with my twin.

Okay, I was mini ranting about God being awfully silent, when God showed up and got awfully loud…

Me: Yada, yada, yada, God ain’t doing nada. Yada, yada…

God: What could YOU be DOING while you are supposedly, apparently, not really waiting PATIENTLY for Me to complete the promises I have already told you I was GOING to do. Notice, I did not say I may. I said “Yes” when you asked. For the millionth time. Again, what can YOU be DOING as you WAIT, beloved?

Me: Ehem, opps. Yikes.

Then, asked myself what I could be doing. I came up with a list quick, fast, and in a hurry:

Write.

Get up.

Encourage someone.

Encourage myself.

Feed myself uplifting music.

Make myself a nourishing meal.

Make a grateful list.

Yak with family.

Reach out to a friend.

Be good to me.

Read my bible.

Watch something uplifting/encouraging.

Work on my goals.

Daydream about my POSITIVE futre.

Take a walk.

Tell fear to take a hike.

Drown doubts in the shower.

Chair dance.

Sing badly.

Make a terribly corny video I have no idea how to upload/export/download or whatever in the fresh hoohah one needs to do to get going!!! Ack!…..oopps. scuze me….

The list could have went on all day. What did I DO, beloveds? I stopped complaining about God’s Silence and got loud up in the house!!……YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!

I just stopped ’round to ask somebody what they were going to DO…NOW. Not, tomorrow. Not after they have allowed fear/dread/doubt to beat the fresh hell out of them all day.

What are you going to do NOW?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There will always be something going on. What we will do about those things? I’m done whining and complaining about things. I’m changing things I can. I’m mitigating the things I can’t change. I’m living with what is.

Life is about making connections and corrections. I’m doing my best to make as many positive connections as I can. I’m doing all I know to make as many healthy corrections as I can.

Be good to yourself as you do the same. Have an amazing today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I’ve drawn the line in the sand.

I’ve drawn the line in the sand.

No more retreating. No more surrendering crucial ground.

I’m done giving up on me. I fight for me now, with all that is within me. Life is much too short to do otherwise.

Don’t give up. Not just yet. Life will give up its bounty to us. We just have to keep fighting one day at a time. We just have to keep on keeping on. We have to just keep encouraging ourselves and others.

There’s too much in us for us to quit. We can. We have to.

Lift up your head. Turn on the light. Put one foot in front of the other. Let the past go. Embrace the future.

Draw your own line in the sand. Declare what you will and will not put up with. Live your life with intention. There are no victims here. We get to choose our actions, our emotions. Our behaviors every single day. Choose well.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Choose you. Choose your dreams. Choose to love. Choose to care. The world needs what only you have to provide. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We STILL here!

Ha!

You thought you had us on the run, fear!

We STILL here!

You thought we would give up, doubt!

Ha!

We still HERE!

You thought you had us despairing, dark times!

Ha!

WE still here!

here STILL,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this, beloveds. Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Simple as that.

Either God will or God won’t.

Simple as that.

Either you believe or you don’t.

Simple as that.

Either you will or you won’t.

Simple as that.

Either you do or you don’t.

Simple as that.

Either they will or they won’t.

Simple as that.

Either you will get it or you won’t.

Simple as that.

Either you will win or you won’t.

Simple as that.

Life is simple, beloveds.

We simply choose to make things harder than they need to because things don’t/won’t/didn’t do as we want them to all the time.

Life could give two hoots about what we want. Life is going to life. Life is going to work with those who work with it. Life is going to work against those who work against it.

Simple as that.

Life is not hard. Hard is hard. There IS a difference. Once you understand this, beloveds, life becomes quite simple…😎💯🥰🫶

Be encouraged. Stop making life so hard. It’s…hehe.  You fill in the blank.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing day. Be encouraged. Things will work out as they need to.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I ain’t changing!!!

I came across this. I second this motion.

We ought love one another.

I do.

Be encouraged, beloveds.

Keep shining a light. Keep being a light. For any and all offended by her words, or by mine, I pray for you the most.

I find it terribly sad to see so many folks reveling in and championing the suffering of all who do not look as they do or believe as they do.

I plan on loving as many people as I can. I encourage everyone else to do the same. Life is what we make it.

Have a fantastic rest of your day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I keep asking God what I can do to make a difference. He says just keep loving folk. I do. I will. Will you do the same? We each CAN make an impact. For the good. Or, t1o do harm. Doing nothing can do as much damage as doing nothing…*sigh*. Life is much too short for the foolishness many are engaged in.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

The ONLY thing lacking in you…

The ONLY thing lacking in you…

resolve. Resolve to keep fighting.

The ONLY thing lacking in you…

perseverance. Persevere, beloveds!

The ONLY thing lacking in you…

tenacity. Be tenacious in all things dream related.

The ONLY thing lacking in you…

belief in YOU. Believe in YOU, beloveds. God/Life would NOT have entrusted you with these dreams if you were not well able to bring them into the light of day.

EVERYTHING we see, beloveds, was produced from the heart of someone. The computer you write on, the phone you play with, the clothes you wear, the refrigerator you eat out of, the very roof over your head, came from the heart of someone.

Someone created the plans. Someone made the tools. Someone built the thing.

What is the difference between them folk and YOU? Their belief in themselves. They got about being about it, until they brought their dreams into the light of day. You and I can, we must, do the same!

Let’s go!!!!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We lack NOTHING we need to complete our tasks. The ONLY time I get into discouragement and despair is when I focus on my bank account or the awful job market. The instant I focus on my goals and do SOMETHING, the instant fear/doubt/discouragement has to take three seats.

You lack NOTHING, beloveds. Keep getting after it. Keep standing, ten toes down, on FAITH!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!