Tag: self-improvement

Be still.

The 🔮 future is silent. She won’t speak to me. I want to make her.

God is silent. He won’t tell me what He is up to. I want to shake Him.

56 is afraid she will be left behind. I am shaken.

Fear: Run!

God: Be still.

Doubt: Hide!

Life: Be still.

Circumstances: Nobody gives a hoot.

The Universe: Be still.

Storms: We ain’t going nowhere.

My heart: Be still.

56: Let’s get the heck out of here.

57: Be still.

*Cassandra looks at the storms raging within/without, tells all doubters to shut it, and heads for a cup of ☕ coffee*

Be still, beloveds. This too shall pass. We are loved. We are NOT alone. We CAN. We WILL.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Tears were my 🥣 breakfast this morning. I let them fall. I am not strong. Then again, beloveds, I don’t have to be.

Uncertainty does NOT mean certain destruction is imminent. It just means you can’t see what’s up ahead.

Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Keep standing ten toes down on FAITH. Keep standing on business.

Get in your gratefuls. I am thankful for the hard. It keeps me on my knees. It keeps me from donning a cape. It keeps me from hiding. It keeps me from running. It keeps me fighting for ME. It keeps slapping me awake so I can live my life with INTEGRITY and INTENTION.

I put on some praise and worship to get this party started since all kind of foolishness wants to barge in to get me to look everywhere but up. I don’t think so. Homie don’t play that!

Be encouraged. Nothing is over. We just getting started! I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Be willing.

Be willing.

To hear from your critics.

Be willing.

To listen to your fears.

Be willing.

To sit with your doubts.

Be willing.

To be vulnerable.

Be willing.

To be redirected.

Be willing.

To tell yourself the truth.

Be willing.

To hear the truth.

One of the hardest things I have had to do/learn, beloveds, is all of the above.😳😁🥰

I’m finding that I have had to confront ALL of these barriers these last months. Particularly in the past few weeks.

I have had to face rejection over and over and over and over.

I have had to decide if I was going to continue to allow my heart to face the awful sting of being rejected/not seen over and over and over and over.

My pride angrily, through tears, keeps saying “h to the no!”😡

My dreams, through resolve, keeps saying “absolutely and all day!”🎯

My heart, through faith,  keeps whispering “just ONE more try”.⏳🙏

Old age, through experience, keeps saying “you’ve tried giving up on yourself before, remember?”

Ack.

I am siding with old age and my dreams.

When I forget about all the noise, beloveds, making these corny, not yet great videos is soooooooooooo much fun!

I enjoy encouraging folk. I enjoy the sound of my voice. I enjoy sitting at my desk to see what will come from this old heart of mine.

Focusing on bills, on what will probably never happen, snatches me back down to earth.

Shattered, humbled, and timid, I scramble up from scarred knees, to make my way back up Dream Mountain. I got thangs to do. Don’t you?

being willing with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Switch up the game.

I want to scream. I did scream.

My quitter quit again this morning. I’ve made quitter get up and make coffee. I wanted to give up so badly on starting. on starting my channel, I decided I’m going to work on pieces and get my channel started. There has to be a reason why doubts trying its best to get me to stop.

I fired up the computer, and I just started talking. The video turned into something else. I turned into something else.

Wouldn’t you know it, just as I was getting into with maintenance decided to start whacking down more old trees? The sounds of the chainsaw is driving me up 10 walls. I can barely hear myself think. I had to start recording videos.

Instead of giving up on my day, I decided to work one more pieces. I can’t believe my Dallas also tried to get me to delete my blog that I have been working on for 5 years now. I don’t know why discouragement has been so loud these past few weeks.

I am normally able to encourage myself with uplifting use egg or reading or talking to my family or encouraging myself. for the past week or so, I have not been able to consistently keep myself motivated and encouraged.

It’s a good thing my good habits are holding me down. It’s a good thing my trier with Jesus to give up more than 10 minutes or so. It’s a good thing my toes are standing. 10 toes down on faith.

I just stopped by encourage someone to keep on keeping on. If an obstacle gets in your way, move it out of the way. Or use the obstacle to step up to greater heights.

Don’t stop playing the game because it has gotten hard. Switch things up if you need to. Things may not turn out the way you had hoped. You will never know until you try. Be encouraged.

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!

So and what, boo and who, Cassandra. 😳

I was having a tantrum, beloveds. A tasteful one, mind you. It went something like this:

Boo and hoo. Life just ain’t fair! Waa and waa.

I had even thrown in some wherefores and how comes and a few what in the worlds??!

I was dramatic. Tastefully so, or so I thought…

*sigh*

Just as I was working into rare form, Life asked a good question:

So and what, Cassandra?

Kinda hard to argue with Life when put so tastefully.

I kindly decided to shut and up.🥰😁🤦‍♀️🤣

Life is short, beloveds. Sometimes, you just have to laugh when life is lifing so hard you can barely stand it.

Boo hoo. Life is hard. So what? Life is too short to be carrying on about how hard life is being to us.

Get up. Get going! Let’s go!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this, I think.😁😎🎯🙏❤

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It does not have to be perfect, just yours.

I have been enjoying making bad videos. 🥰🤣

I have been having a hoot indulging in MY passion.

I blog. I encourage folk with bad/corny/boring motivational videos.😆😇🥰

Now, I have NO idea how folk will respond to my efforts. Most may never. That’s okay.

Keep doing your why, beloveds. It does not have to be perfect, just yours.

I think I will go make a few more bad, corny, boring, probably never going to be seen motivational 📹 videos.😁😄😊

Have an amazing today.

Do what you love.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is what YOU make it. What are you making?

Find a way.

Make the way.

Be the way!

Be encouraged.

Keep doing your why.

Keep doing your why.

Why?

Because your why IS important to somebody!

Why?

Because YOU are important!

Why?

Simply because you were born.

Nuff said.

doing/being my why,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It sure has been mighty hard doing my why, beloveds. Why? Storms won’t stop. Bills won’t stop. Discouragement and disappointment absolutely refuses to stop bugging me. Therefore, I don’t stop. I can’t. I won’t. Crapola.

During especially tough moments, beloveds, it is CRUCIAL to understand these are nothing but tests. Simple as that. Yea, thse bad boys are loud. Yes, the storms are mighty impressive sounding and looking.

Still, these too SHALL pass. The ONLY important thing is how we determine to be/live/move AFTER all the hoopla has gone by.

I choose to be:

Victorious.

Joyful.

Hopeful.

Resilient.

Loving.

Caring.

Empathetic.

I choose to be/remain these things DURING the storms/trials. How about you?

My why is encouraging folk and reminding them they are loved and not alone. What’s your why? Let me know in the comments.🥰🙏💋

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Quit came for me today.

Quit came for me today.

I sent it on it’s way with a cup of ☕ with a dash od get the hell out of here!🤡💋

Keep going, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We CAN. We WILL. We HAVE TO! Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What do you do when you can’t write, er, fight your way out?

https://www.tiktok.com/@unapologeticly_cassandra?_t=ZT-8wpOgcngqis&_r=1

Apologies, beloveds.

I have been digging out from under an awful bout of mini what in the fresh hell is this?!😳

Normally, I write my way out. I promised myself that I would encourage folk when feeling the most discouraged. Alas, discouragement has been more determined than I, this past while.

So much so, I considered deleting this blog,  altogether.

Who cares about it, I asked myself?

I do, I answered back. Crap.

I have had to go back and update a good half dozen pieces. Something I have NEVER done in the five years I have been blogging.

Can I admit something? For the first time in forever, beloveds, I didn’t put the world first.

For the first time, beloveds, I allowed myself to sit with myself, to let myself NOT write, to encourage myself to do absolutely nothing and not feel like a big nothing.

I have put all my focus on getting eyeballs on my blog so I can encourage as many as I can. It has been incredibly embarrassing/disappointing/disheartening/discouraging to see almost no fruit of my labor.

I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep on keeping on. You ARE seen. You ARE heard. You ARE valued. Even when it doesn’t appear to be so.

God/The Universe/Life appreciates your every tear, your every effort, your every movement forward.

In the meantime, keep on being good to yourself. I care. If that means anything. So does He.

caring still,

Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You matter.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t fear the storm. BE the storm.

I have been battling bills. Therefore, battling:

Depression.

Frustration.

Anxt.

Ain’t.

I ain’t giving up…lol.

Bills, er, fear has a way of sapping the oomph out of one’s try. Tell your bills to shut up. Tell your fear to kick rocks.

Then, keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Keep standing on business. Keep standing on FAITH.

This time WILL pass, beloveds. How will it leave you? I plan on being/staying hopeful.

I must admit the silence is awfully loud. I just stopped ’round to encourage you to keep on being about being about it. If for no other reason than to annoy the hell out of fear due to your persistence.🤣🥰

We got this.

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!

I refuse to be sad today.

I refuse to be sad today.

I refuse to be mad today.

I refuse to be bad today.

I choose to be glad today.

I choose all the joy that can be had today.

I choose to laugh today.

Today is the first anniversary of the tornado. Ha! Not!

Today is the day the Lord has made, as the bible says. I SHALL rejoice and be glad in it.

I beat the dawn this morning. I made coffee. I worked on my dreams for a few hours. I sang, badly, to early morning praise music.

I thanked God for my life. I thanked The Universe for being big enough to contain my dreams. I thanked Life for teaching me how to fight.

Then, I got on with my day. I have life to live. No time for standing over a grave. Last year happened. Am leaving last year in 2024, where it belongs. 2025 is a handful all on it’s own.😳🤣

I have much too much to do, beloveds. So do you.

The storm is raging. I am working in the midst of it. In fact, I recorded the voice over for the first piece I am going to put on YouTube next week. Badly. Clumsily it’s going up. I also created some cheesy intros and endings. I am going to see how many eyeballs I can cause to roll out of folks heads.🤣

Hang in there. The storm WILL pass.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Geez, tho, God. Whew!

Find a way.

Make the way.

Be the way!

Be encouraged.