Tag: self-improvement

Dear God, I’m disappointed but I ain’t mad.😳🙏

Dear God, I’m disappointed but I ain’t mad.😳🙏

Okay, I’m a bit disappointed AND discouraged because things are not moving where I can SEE.

I can’t see. Crapola. Sheeeeeeeuuuuut.😳

A friend told me that not knowing what to do can be hard. But, needed or some kind of inspiration or other.

God, I was just too discouraged and disappointed to half listen to his rah rah words.

I promised myself that I would NOT get in my feels because You are currently playing hide and seek when I need to see You the most.

I have learned enough to keep it shut, during these times. Hollering and screaming won’t make You show up sooner.

Ah, God, I will be glad when this test is over. It has been incredibly nerve wracking.

Easter is coming. I know you are super busy getting ready!❤🥰

I just stopped ’round to let You know that I ain’t mad. Just disappointed. This too shall pass.

disappointed but thankful still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Life is good. Even when it’s hard.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why FOUR, 4?!😳🌊

My dreams are about to overtake me, beloveds. 🌊

WHY, 4, though?!

4 am.

4 am.

4 am.

Like clock work, dreams get to yanking on my ears at or around 4 am.😳🤷‍♀️

I don’t even have to set the alarm clock. I picked up a bit of a cold yesterday. Still, early this morning….yank! Bleary eyed, I snatched up the phone…*sigh*. 3:51 am.

I just stopped ’round to wake others up since I have to be. Oops, I mean, I stopped by to encourage folk to get up and get to pursuing thangs today!

We got this.

We go!

being about business,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t be intimidated. Learn to use what works for YOU.

I’m learning.

I’m failing.

I’m learning AND failing.

I’m learning how to fail with grace.

I’m learning that failing is part of learning.

I’m learning…

Don’t be intimidated. Learn to use what works for YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There are tons of programs you can use to create content. This used to intimidate me. I had not the first clue what to try, first.

So, I didn’t try. One day, I made myself try one. Then, another. Then, a few more.

I am finding I like Canva for this. But, I like Capcut for that. Then, I use my one phone to upload this, combined with a bit of that.

You will never find out, beloveds, what works for you, until you try and see what works for you.

Enjoy the process. Even the moments when you are ready to toss the laptop over the balcony railing.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop making things so darned comfortable(convenient).

I moved my coffee station.

It was in a ‘convenient’, meaning lazy spot.

I moved it. I moved it to where I would have to make an EFFORT.

So often, beloveds, we seek to make things super comfortable and convenient. There is nothing wrong with these things.

Still, comfort and convenient can often lead to lazy and I don’t think so.

Challenge yourself. Move things out of your comfort zone, today.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Trying to be comfortable has gotten me into more trouble than I would like to admit. I have made things uncomfortable. I go where I have not wanted to go. I do the exhausting things I didn’t want to do. because they are necessary to achieve my dreams. Hang in there. You’ll get there. I know it’s exhausting. Keep going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

12am!😳:Be careful what you say to your dreams.

I had given my dreams a good talking to, beloveds.

I asked my dreams to STOP waking me at 4 am already!

I’m old!

I’m 56!

I’m sleepy at 4!

I’m old, 56 AND sleepy at 4 am.

My dreams said nothing. I went to sleep satisfied. Ha!

My dreams have been waking me at midnight…🤗🥰🤣

giving it all I’ve got,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Keep working on your dreams. Enjoy every sleepless moment.


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Perspective: Keep being the needle in the haystack. 🔦

My dreams feel like looking for a needle in a haste to act. My dreams feel like the needle. The millions of people I am competing with seems like the haystack.

Daunting.

Intimidating.

Knee buckling.

Still, no one will ever find my needle, my dreams, if I don’t put them out there for all to find/see.

That gives me the courage to keep putting out as many needles as I can! One or two just may slip through the cracks and be seen. I hope so.

I hope…

Keep on putting your needles out there, beloveds. Yes, the chances are remote. That said, there IS the opportunity IF we but summon the courage to keep putting our dreams out there for the world to see and judge.

I have had two mind-numbing defeats these last days as I tossed my dream hats in the ring. I cried. I quit. I cried while I quit.

Then, I got up and tried again!

Be encouraged, beloveds.

We CAN.

We WILL.

being that needle in a haystack,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. You got this. God has us all.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Even when they don’t understand. Even when you don’t understand.

Keep loving folk.

Even when they don’t understand you. Even when you don’t understand them.

Keep reaching out.

Even when they don’t understand your try. Even when you don’t understand their lack of understanding.

Keep caring about folk.

Even when they don’t understand why you care “for no reason”. Even when you don’t understand why they don’t understand that you “just care”.

There are days, beloveds, when I want to leave the 🌎 to its own devices. Folk see ulterior motives in everything. Or, they think you think ill of them for no reason. Smh.

I was raised to take folk at face value. The advent of social media has raised a generation of folk who hide behind personas and being perceived as influencers and wellbeing gurus.😥😳

Whatever happened to folk just BEING. Just you. Just me. Just us. Flawed, yet lovable.

None of us are perfect. Since when did we all have to be? We don’t. I do one to two dumb things daily. It keeps me grounded.🥰🧓

Be encouraged, beloveds. Get off the hamster wheel and stop trying to drape yourself in whatever is currently trending on TikTok. You are wonderful as you are. Sometimes dumb and all.

I accept my dumb as well as my goodness. We are all many things at once. We work our own last nerves at times. That’s okay.

Even when they don’t understand. Even when you don’t understand…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am trying to convey something but my heart is just too sad for so many folk who have fallen for the lie they are not enough without adornment. 😥🌎

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I forgot to be afraid.

My dreams called me this morning.

I answered.

I forgot to be afraid.

I forgot to be old.

I forgot I was broke.

I forgot about discouragement.

I forgot to despair.

My dreams are calling me. I must hurry…

refusing to give up,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I gave myself a day to be sad. This morning, I made sad go get me some ☕ coffee. I have much too much to do.

Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I lay down with discouragement. We talked for a little while.

I lay down with discouragement. We talked for a little while.

I asked it why it was so damned discouraged?

Said it didn’t know. Said it “just wuz”.

After a while, I told discouragement it had to go. I had thangs to do. Discouragement understood. It went in search of folk easily swayed. I was not.

I just stopped by to encourage folk a bit. Starting with me.

Be encouraged. We CAN. We WILL. Eventually. I think.😳🤗😂🥰

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things really WILL be alright. I have just been focusing on the tossing waves. 🌊 Time to focus on getting to the other side. Some kind of way. Be encouraged. Don’t give up. Not just yet.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Sometimes, you just have to hang on during the storm(s).

These storms, the last four days, have been relentless.

They have, in fact, been historic. Awful flooding. Dodging 🌪 tornadoes. 14 or so, at last count.

Since Wednesday morning, I have done my all to keep folk encouraged whilst trying to hang onto my sanity.

I keep telling myself this is NOT last year’s tornado.  Doesn’t help much with 🚨 sirens going off every which way and vertigo losing its mind.😳🤯

I just stopped ’round to encourage somebody. It’s easy to want to throw in the towel when all hell is breaking out everywhere.

Hang on. Hang in there. The storms will and do pass. Hold tight, to your dreams, until they do.

I have not used these storms as permission to comfort eat, rage at storms doing what storms do, or berate myself for being tired of having to be positive whilst going through fifty million storms already!!!!

Beloveds, it’s perfectly okay to be tired of being about being about it when things are hard for a good length of time.

Be tired. Be human. Just don’t quit. We have too many thangs to do. Summer will be here soon. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP.

Hold fast to your peace. Keep standing ten toes down on FAITH. Be sure to laugh. Even if you can find nothing to laugh at save how dumb you look hollering at the storm…lol.

We got this. God has us all. Be encouraged. If you are feeling really low, it really will help to look out for someone else. It will also help take your mind off your own what the hell is this.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Ah, God. Hurry. Just a smidge. Asking for many friends.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!