Tag: self-improvement

Resignation, you shall NOT have my dreams!😡🎯

I am angry, beloveds.

With resignation. Almost, with me. I say almost because I ALMOST allowed resignation to have my dreams.

Disappointment was loud. Hope was being awfully timid. Patience stood by waiting on MY response.

God/Life/The Universe refused to get involved. This was MY fight. These were MY dreams. These dreams were mine to attend to, to fight for, to nurture, to champion, to relentlessly pursue.

Last night, I truly did seriously consider tossing my dreams aside. I told myself I would start looking for regular work on Monday. On Monday, beloveds, I was going to start living a life of quiet desperation.

To hell with that!!!😡🎯

I just stopped by to shake somebody. Dammit, we have quit on our dreams enough, already!

Enough!

Don’t you DARE give yourself permission to dismiss you and your dreams. They matter. You matter.

Flame out. Then, get back in the fight. I mean it. We have too blasted many thangs to do, beloveds. Our dreams may be wrapped up in each other’s dreams!

What if your dreams mixed up in mine? Your dreams are much too important for me to give up.

My words may hold your key. Your key may open my door. Ah, beloveds, keep going. Even when it’s especially hard right now.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We CAN. We WILL. We have to. If you can’t have your dream today, go help someone else reach theirs.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When disappointment lands its final blow, get up and try again.

When disappointment lands its final blow, get up and try again.

Periodt.

End of story.

Rinse.

Repeat.

I wanted to give up last night. I mean really give up!

I told myself “That’s it! I am TIRED of being disappointed!!”

I told myself I was NOT lifting another finger, when it came to my dreams.

I was done!

I was finished!

These damned dreams are much too disappointing!

They are too heavy!!

I felt like a clown.

I felt like an impossible imposter.

I STILL feel the fool.

My dreams woke my mad up this morning. Said we had thangs to do.

doing thangs,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I put my whole heart, beloveds, into something. I was rejected so much as ignored. Completely.

I feel like a fool.

I feel:

Old.

Unable.

Incapable.

Alone.

Rejected.

Ugly.

Fat.

I did NOT want to drag my ugly, fat, old, lonely, incapable soul out of bed this morning.

I didn’t. I brought along my capable, able, ready, resilient, amazing self and started my day.

Yesterday’s try is done. Today I shall see if I flame out more brilliantly than yesterday’s apparent face plant. I fight on. You do the same.

Keep going. Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Don’t give up because the day’s results gave you an emphatic no. Tomorrow’s results may contain the yes you have been waiting for. You’ll never know it you allow your loud disappointment to cause you to quietly quit.

I will never again quiet quit on my dreams. That’s why I stormed in here so loudly. THIS is when I must be the loudest. I have finally answered the question I have been asking all my life:

When can I be loud?

When turned out to be today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Becoming: I love you, sistas.

One of the things I am working on is speaking to different segments.

Yes, the words can be and are meant to be consumed, enjoyed and pilfered by ALL.

So, I tailored my “Becoming” piece as a shout out to sistas.

By the by, beloveds, you can consider me your sista, regardless of your race.

Why? Because, to me, a sista is someone you can be yourself with. Your sista will check you when you are out of pocket. Your sista will watch your back. Your sista will support you. Your sista will go through hellfire to make sure you are okay.

Your sista will pray for you. Your sista will let you ugly cry with no judgment. Your sista will commiserate you when you have been a real idiot.

Your sista is like a Swiss Army Knife. 🤗🤣😎🤷‍♀️😁🥰🤷‍♀️

So, as you listen, know I am talking about you.

in love with the whole wide world,

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Love someone today. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Feed one.

Help one person.

Encourage one soul.

Feed one person.

Then another.

Then another.

Then another.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Rinse. Repeat. We need each other. Support someone today.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Five minutes or less.

Okay, beloveds!

Tag, you are it!

I challenge you to take five minutes per day to work on your dreams. You can add more time. But, start with five. Then, five more. Then…

You get my point.

This latest effort was not as rough as before. It buffers a bit but gets to the end. Yay!

I did not edit out the speaking mistakes. Not yet. I want to enjoy just enjoying my screw ups. Super healing for that part of me who used to be THE worst taskmaster.

I didn’t need to worry about others chastising me. I had that down pat. Yikes!

We live and we learn. Hopefully.

Learning, is a choice. Accepting we will make mistakes, is a choice. Learning, from said mistakes, is a choice.

I am looking forward to today’s goodies. It’s fantastic wondering what all The Universe has in store for ME. Ah, God. I’m ready.

God, here, is my try. Here, is my love. Here is today’s prayer for every tender heart:

Walk with those who are lonely. Answer those who call. Seek those in need. Give, according to our efforts. Give, because You promised You would. Soothe every aching heart. Give rest to the weary. Make a way where there has been none. Help us to look beyond our own needs. Help us to be a light. Know that I love You just cuz. Your Daughter, Cassandra. 🙏❤🥰

Have an amazing day, beloveds. The weekend is upon us. Get some rest.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Filling the other half: Having the time of my life.

I’m getting in my me time. Bellowing ‘Dancing Queen’ to all the unfortunates in the vicinity. 🔥🎤🥰🤗💃

Life is short. Get in some self love and self care, today.

Sing yourself a love song. Give yourself a hug. Eat something healthy. Take a few steps around your place.

Ah, beloveds, life is what YOU make it. Make it a fabulous one!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Try, even when it’s trying!

Tada!

Another masterpiece. I am particularly pleased the background music is not super loud.

I enjoyed my try. I forgot that I don’t know what I am doing. I forgot about not feeling well. I forgot about limitations.

I simply enjoyed the process. How simple.

Have an amazing day today, beloveds. Do ONE thing that will take you closer to your dream.

Take ONE step. A tiny step. A shaky step. Still, it will have been a step. Go!

We got thangs to do, beloveds. The world awaits to open before you.

Get after it.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who knew that it would take FIVE HOURS TO POST FIVE MINUTES OF CONTENT!?

What the what the?!

What in the fresh hell?!

Heckamiah Jeremiah!

I enjoyed every frustrating, exasperating, maddening minute. ❤😎🥰🤗

What worked yesterday did NOT work today. Yesterday, I was able to embed the video here. Today, I had to fight just to get the Instagram link to post. Egads!

I hope you enjoy as much as I did. Be encouraged. Make it happen some kind of maddening way. Don’t let setbacks stop you from putting your effort out there.


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Try, even when it’s trying!

Try, even when it’s trying! You CAN. You WILL. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJI_g3xHLa/?igsh=MnBhZTR6ZzRoNG5u

I feel like a complete idiot.


I’m having a blast, though! I’m learning how to add music. I’m sure I will either be too loud or it will be too low. So what? I won’t know unless I DO.


In the past, beloveds, I would never do until I did things perfectly. I wanted to get things “right” first. Smh.
Now, I just do and put my results out there. I am NOT my results. My mistakes do NOT make ME a mistake!


I used to judge myself, harshly, by my results. Or, lack thereof.


Results vary. Try not to base your worth, your value, or on your perceptions of your performance.


I am looking forward to posting today’s catastrophe, er, video  results. I do so, in part, to may, perhaps, hopefully, giving someone else the courage to put their results out there.

Don’t be swayed, but what other folks think of your results. They are viewing things through THEIR lens. Our job is to DO. Period. We leave the results with God/Life/The Universe.


Keep trying, even when it’s trying!
asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Turn it into something good.

I’m angry.

I wanted to tell the 🌎 world to go…uh-oh!

I didn’t.

I turned it into something good:

I wrote.

I prayed.

I promised myself that I would keep trying.

I made pudding. I whipped said pudding. Poor pudding.

Anger wanted to turn into apathy. Both lazy and later said “to hell with that” and ran off to get act right.

Act right came storming in and sat me down in front of my try. My try asked me to be patient. I told try that I would keep trying…shhoooooot!

I am not going to list all the awful 📰 news I saw today. I am genuinely 😡 angry. Taking 1 billion 💵 dollars away from feeding young people and school lunch programs has me furious and horrified.

Listening to an Idaho school teacher who is fighting to keep up a sign that says “Everyone is welcome” because the school district says “not everyone agrees with that”, because the sign included children’s hands, of all colors, has me heartbroken that schools are actively teaching students to see folk of color as less than and not welcome.

Ah, beloveds, what are we all doing? How can this be?

I do my utmost to keep this page uplifting and light. I’m over my mad now. I gave myself a good couple hours to be mad.

Now, I shine my light. Be encouraged, all. Love as many folks as you can. Lift up as many hearts as you can.

Keep pursuing your dreams. Work on them today. Even if just for a few minutes. Do ONE thing that will take you closer to your 🥅 goal.

The morning was terribly frustrating 😤. I used the frustration to my benefit.

Promise YOU that you will NEVER allow bad/sad news to make you turn away and run from folk. Promise yourself you will NEVER allow these things to cause you to give up.

Keep looking UP. Keep standing ten toes down on FAITH. This, too, shall pass.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have done my try today. Your turn…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Enjoy you!

I may be 56 but I’m still 25 at heart!

Enjoy yourself. In whatever state you may find yourself.

Take some time out of your day. Just enjoy the day. You don’t have to learn every single second. Do something just because. Take a long nap. Take the day off. Take the time to do you.

Have a wonderful day.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m tired today. I think I will shut it down early. I think that will pop some popcorn and watch movies. I have been working hard since 4:00 o’clock this morning. Tired was getting really tired. I think I will save the world tomorrow.

Give yourself permission to leave the world saving to others for a day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!