Month: August 2023

How much will it take to get you to give up on your dreams?

How much will it take to get you to give up on your dreams?

A stiff wind of adversity used to be all that took to get me to give up.

I would fight to the death for other dreams but my own…

I have to admit that I used to use the excuses of I was waiting on God to tell me what to do and how to do things before I could make my dreams come true.

I was afraid of letting him down. I was afraid of letting myself down.

Now that no longer matters to me. All that matters is my try. I do the best I can and don’t worry about the outcome. Not anymore.

I love the world. Period. End of story. Whether I am love back is not the point. Not anymore.

It hurts.

Not to be loved.

In return.

Yet I love.

Still.

Anyway.

In spite of.

Despite.

Regardless.

Why?

Because:

The world needs, to be loved.

I used to think:

I wasn’t not enough.

I was.

I am.

Period.

End of story.

Now, I write a new story.

One where I am:

Living, with intention.

Making diamonds in my shoes, from walking with hard, up Joy Mountain, bringing down mountains of:

Fear:

Despair.

Doubt.

Anger.

Pain.

Apathy.

Mediocrity.

I shall pursue:

Excellence.

Relentlessly.

Relentless, I shall vanquish EVERY sin, that can so easily beset me.

Outrageously, I shall chase down EVERY heart I can wrap my arms around to let him/her/they know:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

Lastly, okay, so yall know I just like saying lastly…🤷‍♀️😁🤗

Finally, beloveds, open your heart wide. Let some light and life in, wouldja please and thanks. Asking for a Friend.

His and yours,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

#HereForIt

Note: Don’t EVER, no NEVA, hecks to the naw, NEVER, give up on you. Keep going. I go with you. As does The Universe. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. The Universe has already taken our dumbness into account. Good thing, huh?🤣😂🤦‍♀️💃🥰🙌

Go! – Part III

Go! – Part III https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwE3-eAoe1-/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

These posts, these last days, have been born from having had just about enough of MY:

Excuses.

Fear.

Apathy.

Anger.

Hurt.

Pain.

The more healing I have gotten, I am getting, as I get and keep some act right. The less I can abide mediocrity from me or anything around me.

I’m trying to be patient, with me. Yet, I can no longer abide my ♥ heart not living FREE. FREE from:

Fear.

Apathy.

Anger.

Hurt.

Pain.

The freer I get, the more my ♥ heart longs to help others find their own freedom and peace.

Be encouraged.

Don’t give up on you. Ah, beloveds, not just yet. Keep going. You CAN. You WILL.

I love you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Tears were my meat, yesterday.

Tears.

Tears.

More, tears.

The floodgates, have been opened.

Wide.

Enlarged.

Tears of, grief.

Tears of, joy.

Tears of, thanksgiving.

Thankful for, the hard.

Grateful for, knowledge, gained.

Hopeful for, journey’s, next corner.

Tears, ah, they stream, now, today.

Tears of, appreciation, for disappointment.

Thankful for, disappointment.

Grateful for, knowledge gained, from being disappointed seemingly.

Hopeful for, journey’s, next bend.

Yes, tears were my meat, yesterday.

Ah, today, joy has been, my bread.

I am satisfied, with both hard and disappointment.

I am unsatisfied, with any scrap of timidity in doing what is needed, what is right, what is just.

I choose to.

I have to.

I must.

I shall.

I will.

I do.

tearfully,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

#HereForIt

Note: Disappointment visits us all. Triumphant folk simply REFUSE to entertain it for long. Victorious folk use the fuel, of disappointment to fuel his/her/their relentless pursuit of excellence. Be encouraged.

Ehem, you KNOW the drill by now. Sheesh:

I love you.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

Love someone.

Start with you.

Let me know how you are doing. I mean it. Don’t make me break out in song. I will do it, people!🎤🥰

Free: Universe let me soar!

Me: Universe let me soar!

Universe: Where would you like to go?

Me: Everywhere!

Universe: Let’s go…

Beloveds, your sights have been set much too low! Get about getting about it! The Universe is waiting on YOU! This is not a pep talk. This is a mandate, from The Universe, to get that:

Dream. Home. Relationship. Peace. Joy. Friendship. Fellowship. Destiny.

Notice, money was not mentioned. Hard will meet you. No matter. Go. Hard is only producing diamonds, in your shoes, as you walk.

Go on. You CAN. You WILL. I go with you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Do you REALLY need one after THAT!? Smh.

Free: God, let me, fly!

Me: God, let me fly!

God: Fly!

Me: How can I fly when finances, or lack thereof, are keeping me down?!

God: I gave you what you need. Fly, beloved.

Me: All I have is this old voice, in this broken down body, speaking from an old/dated balcony.

God: MORE than enough! Fly! The Universe is calling. The world is waiting for YOU. Go now. Fly!

Me: I shall try.

God: Bet!

*Cassandra takes a leap of faith, opens her 🚪 door, stands on her balcony and says*:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Fly, beloveds. Right where you are. YOU are the very miracle you have been praying for.

Go! – Part II

Go! – Part II https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwEzuwlof90/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Go!

Life is short.

No time to waste, beloveds.

The rest of your life is waiting for you. Get gone!

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Hold on: Vertigo.

Having vertigo is a pain.

Navigating a world that feels like an appears to be spinning, when it’s not, is a pain.

Yet, life is good. I pray, for healing. I keep it, moving.

Why mention this?

To encourage folk to keep on keeping on. Even when their world appears to be spinning.

Yes, it’s a pain forever hoping, dreaming, trying to move the seeming immovable objects and forces.

It’s in the TRY, where we grow. The spinning is just the test and trial.

We SHALL, beloveds, keep on spinning those diamonds, in our shoes, as we keep moving:

Forward.

Upward.

Onward.

Be encouraged.

Be an encouragement to someone else.

Helping someone remove a pebble, from their mountain also removes a pebble from yours!

The high heat and humidity apparently makes this vertigo lose it’s mind, at times. Sheeeesh.

I have determined to be determined and encourage as many folks as I can when I am the most discouraged and disappointed. Thus, here I am:

Discouraged.

Disheartened.

Determined.

I have been ssssooooooooooooo angry with ME for not knowing HOW so I can know what to DO.

Ack, Cassandra!

*stamps foot*

Think I shall work this frustration off organizing something, somewhere. Crap!!

Okay, so lemme find some encouraging words somewhere before I frustrate us all…

brb,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hold in. Even as the world turns…

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Promised Land: Go. Get the giants out!

God gave you the promised land. Yet, there are giants there. We were meant to CONQUER the giants and SEIZE OUR LAND!

Get up now!

Go!

Pursue!

Defeat:

Fear. Doubt. Fatigue. Lack. Feeling unworthy. Apathy. Despair. Disappointment.

Claim your prize! The Universe is calling you! Stop settling and go! Now! Hurry! Run, beloveds!

MY dreams are held up by you not pursuing YOURS! We CAN do this. We MUST. I will. Will YOU? Ah, beloveds, this world is bleeding to death where all can see. Go now…

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Time to get it. GO!

Anyway: The most important word in the world.

Anyway.

I’m hot.

I keep going.

Anyway.

I’m tired.

I keep trying.

Anyway.

I don’t understand.

I do.

Anyway.

My love is not often return.

I love.

Anyway.

I don’t know HOW to monetize my dreams.

I dream anyway.

I don’t know when to run so as not to fatigue myself.

I go.

Anyway.

I don’t know what to do with my mom sad.

I love her, in my new normal.

One step.

Anyway.

One step.

Anyway.

One step.

Anyway.

No matter what.

Anyway.

Nevertheless.

Anyway.

However.

Anyway.

I have learned HOW to be content, EVERYWHERE. Yet, not.

How?

Ah.

Aha!

Keep asking.

Anyway.

I love you, beloveds. So very much. Be encouraged. I say this, every day. I mean this. Every day.

Remember alway:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

I got you.

Go! – Part I

Go! – Part I https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwEsTUZoSgx/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Go!

Run!

Hurry, beloveds!

The Universe awaits you.

Cassandra