 “...choose to believe in your own myth
your own glamour your own spell a young woman who does this (even if she is just pretending) has everything....” How to (Un)Cage a Girl Francesca Lia Block
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 ♥ wear your wings with pride
♥ write your own fairy tale ♥ whisper to trees ♥ listen to thunder for guidance ♥ spritz rose water in your hair ♥ eat a cupcake for breakfast ♥ speak kind words ♥ be your own muse ♥ meditate for ten minutes ♥ love  Loving, loving, loving...
*Writing Down the Soul *Filling my journal with "Dear God" letters *The beginning of autumn *New hair color (warm chocolate brown) *Daily walks with Jason and Freddy (haha, kind of sounds like a horror film, but it's my bf and pup. We didn't even make the association until someone pointed it out.) *Life-saving safety pins for emergency shoe repair *Daily affirmations *Hot chai *More breath-taking sunrises What's in your love letter? Gypsy love, Cassandra  If it's one thing America does well, it's make you feel like crap. Your hair isn't bouncy enough, buy this shampoo; your eyelashes aren't long enough, buy these fake lashes; you're not skinny enough, pretty enough, charming enough. You aren't enough, so buy until you feel good. Problem is, we won't ever feel that way because we'll keep being told we need something else to feel complete, happy, and beautiful. It's how the system works; if we all started loving who we are and what we already have, America would collapse.
Listen up, baby dolls - you aren't going to find your worth at the bottom of a shopping bag. I know, I've tried. Lotions, lip gloss, clothes, shoes, accessories, hair products, home items, the list goes on and on... I bought and bought and bought in an effort to be sexier, smarter, cooler, a better lover, a "put together" woman. It never made me feel those things though. Sure, the shopping gave me a rush, but when it was over I'd sit in my car and my stomach would swallow my heart and I'd literally feel sick. Why did I buy that? I don't need it. I just bought something yesterday. I've come to realize that no pair of shoes will make me a goddess. Nor will fake eyelashes or spray tans or $100 jeans. Those things won't make us the goddess we're searching for because we already are her. Those things won't make us goddesses because they are material, finite, here today, gone tomorrow. Strip it all away and you are still you. And guess what? People adore THAT you. Don't get me wrong - shopping is fun, wearing a new outfit or sporting a new hairstyle is fun and can make you deliriously happy, but never feel like you HAVE to in order to be worth something. So, how do you stop shopping for the gold at the end of the rainbow? Concentrate on who YOU are without all the material things. Who would you be if there was no one to impress? And what if everyone walked around naked and there was no need for clothes and accessories? How would you express yourself? Remember, we are not what we wear or what car we drive or what cool kitchen gadgets we own. We are not lipstick and botox and perfectly manicured nails. We are flesh, bones, heart, soul. We are raw poetry in motion, goddesses, sisters, mothers, friends. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  Dear Great Spirit,
Thank you for sunrises that peek over the horizon and color the sky tangerine. Thank you for clean, fresh water that I can drink any time of any day. Thank you for blessing me with enough money to pay my bills, but also to buy me those little luxuries, like pumpkin spice lattes and divine smelling lotion. Thank you for chirping birds that sing me a song every morning and the moon that sings me a lullaby every night. Thank you for helping me get projects done and all the people who support and inspire me. And thank you oh so much for that little bird friend who flew up to me the other day and practically ate from my hand. xo, Cassandra  "Though much of who and what we are changes as we journey through life, our inherent worth remains constant. While the term self-worth is often used interchangeably with self-esteem, the two qualities are inherently different. Self-esteem is the measure of how you feel about yourself at a given moment in time. Your worth, however, is not a product of your intelligence, your talent, your looks, your good works, or how much you have accomplished. Rather it is immeasurable and unchanging manifestation of your eternal and infinite oneness with the universe. It represents the cornerstone of the dual foundations of optimism and self-belief. Your worth cannot be taken from you or damaged by life’s rigors, yet it can easily be forgotten or even actively ignored. By regularly acknowledging your self-worth, you can ensure that you never forget what an important, beloved, and special part of the universe you are."
~Daily Om |
Hello! I'm Cassandra, an American ex-pat living in the Philippines, writer, ballerina, and lover of all things magickal. I blog about happiness, self-love, and magical dream-life living. 
October 2020
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