Month: December 2023

Don’t be the reason.

I REFUSE to be the reason:

My dreams don’t come true.

Love does not come my way.

The Universe does not hear from me.

My family is not supported/loved.

My job does not receive the best of me.

Things may not turn out as I thought they might.

Life may not go the way I figured it would.

God may not give me what I feel He ought.

So what?

I fight on.

I love still.

I carry on.

I move forward.

I look upward.

I absolutely REFUSE to be the reason. Ha!

being about it no matter how I feel,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been telling my feels ALL day to shut up! You have NO idea, beloveds, how badly I want to pull out a can 🥫 of woe is me and how comes!

I fight on. Why? I got thangs to do. Those thangs don’t seem like they are in a hurry to get here but ALL that is required is my try. Simple as that.

Keep going. These last steps are hardest because you are at the heart of the fight/journey. Keep going. Rest. Rinse. Repeat.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

😳

😳

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It has been one of those days when I told my try to kick rocks. My try told me to sit up and take out the trash!

To my great surprise, I DID feel better just by taking out the trash. Making myself get out of bed. Making myself have a cup of coffee. Making myself get outside. Making myself talk to sis. Making myself make this piece.

Be encouraged, beloveds. Keep trying. Even when you don’t wannu. Especially when you don’t want to keep wanting to.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Stay with it.

Stay with it.

When things are hard…

Stay with it.

When you are tired…

Stay with it.

When you are discouraged.

Stay with it.

When you are hard, tired and discouraged…

Stay with it.

staying with it,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. Stay with it. Even when the last thing you want to do is stay with it. I hear you. It gets old and tiring fighting for dreams which stay maddeningly just out of reach. Be encouraged. I encourage myself every day. I must admit, I would dearly love to pop my try upside the head about now.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Repeat after me.

Repeat after me:

I choose.

I will.

I won’t.

I care.

I try.

Now, get out there, beloveds, and happen to your day!

happening to my day,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It seems like the popular way to make money now is to scare the hooey out of folk and convincing them love is unattainable, being civil is unnecessary, being hateful is preferred, being ridiculous is acceptable. It’s not.

Keep being a light. Yours may be the only light around. So what? Even a tiny light WILL dismiss the darkness around it.

Live. Love. Laugh. Care. Empathize. Above all, keep your act right acting right.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Believe me. Yea, no.

Fear: Look at me. You will NEVA have the things you want. Believe me.

Me: Yea, no.

Doubt: Trust me. You will NEVER be able to do that. Believe me.

Me: Yea, no.

Anger: Listen to me: You will NEVER get where you want, so don’t try. Believe me.

Me: Yea, no.

Hell: Trust this: You will…

*Cassandra interrupts and 😂 laughs and laughs*

Yea, no.

God: *clearing His Throat to speak*

Me: Yea. You had me at hello…

believing in Him,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I believe. I hope. I trust. I try. I choose…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Your why IS enough.

Why?

Three letters.

One word.

Such a small thing can lead to a vast array of:

Everything.

Nothing.

Why?

Knowing why, KNOWING why, or why not, IS everything.

It took me forever to know my why.

Why?

Because, I was chasing everyone else’s why, for my life.

Why?

Great question!

The Universe also asked me to ask myself:

Why do you?

Why do you want to?

Why won’t you?

Why could you?

Why should you?

Is your why your reason why you do what you are doing?

Once I discovered my why, I no longer wonder if my try is enough.

Why?

Because my why IS enough.

For, me.

For, God.

For, Life.

For, The Universe.

For, you?

I have no idea. Yet, that would be a you problem, wouldn’t it?

We spend entirely too much time fretting that our why won’t be enough for this one or that one. Enough!

Keep on being you.

Why?

This world NEEDS you and your weird why.

being my why,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: How is your heart today? I am missing mom. Christmas is Sunday. Ah, mom…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Why not you?

Why not you?

Why NOT you?

Why NOT YOU?

Nuff said.

Get out there and do it.

You CAN.

You WILL.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who told you that you can’t? Why on earth you listening to THEM in the first place?! Get going. You got thangs to do!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

God’s Silence: Why are You being so cruel?

“WHY!?”

Silence.

“WHY, ARE YOU BEING SO CRUEL?!”

SILENCE!

“WHY, ARE YOU BEING SO BLASTED SILENCE WHEN HARD IS BEING SOOOOOOO LOUD?!!”

God’s Silence, has been defeaning. Loudly so. Prominently so. Maddeningly so. Fresh hell.

It has FELT like hell. I have felt:

Lost.

Forsaken.

Forgotten.

Afraid.

Not lost, as in directional, but lost as in hopeless. Not hopeless so much as less than. Less than:

Capable.

Able.

Stable.

I hate feeling unstable!

I hate these times. I appreciate these times. These times force me to keep being kind tome when it feels like all else is being sooooooo mean.

Everything within me wants to call mom and say…*sigh*. Crap.

I wish I did not always have to be an adult. Wish I could throw more temper tantrums and take my toys and run. Fresh hell.

Since I can’t, I will sit here and pout, ever so quietly, and ask God why He being so mean with His Silence?

I shall see what He shall say to me.

*silence*

Crap.

waiting in the silence,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Remain still. You are NOT alone. God’s Silence speaks volumes, if you listen. Folk are too quick to fill the silence with distraction and noise.

Be still. All things come in their APPOINTED time.

One step.

One step.

One step.

Hello Monday!

Hello Monday!

It’s great to see you!

Thank you for all the treats and laughs you have stored up for me today!

I choose to embrace all you have to share with me today.

I choose to love in this day.

I choose to forgive in this day.

I choose to live, with intention, in this day.

I choose to rejoice in this day.

Hello Monday!

So good to see you. I got thangs to do!

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t believe the lie Monday is to be dreaded. Monday gives us another week to begin again and again and again…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

When life hands you lemons it’s time to break out your blue screwdriver!

God: What on earth?!!!

The Universe: What in creation?!!!

Jesus: YYAAAAAAAAAASSSSSA!!

*Cassandra 💃 dances and 🎶 sings her way out*…*Cassandra bellows with her infamous blue screwdriver and sings til Jesus comes to join her*

YYYYYAAAAAAAAASSSS!!

Be encouraged, beloveds. NO weapon…

Keep on happening to life. Dance your way out of dark places. Sing your way out of seemingly hopeless spaces. Rejoice your way out of cramped spaces.

Loudly. Badly. Gladly.

💃🎶🗝,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There is so much badness and foolishness happening, the world over, it’s almost enough to give the bravest folk the willies.

When your world is acting a fool, snatch up a screwdriver, turn on some tunes and sing your way out. If nothing else, you will entertain heaven and earth.😆

Remember:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU