Month: September 2024

What are you willing to sacrifice?

What are you willing to sacrifice?

What are you willing to give up?

What are you willing to try?

What are you willing to forego?

What are you willing to believe?

What are you willing to believe in?

Are you willing:

To sacrifice your pride, to save a relationship?

To give up a convenience, to help someone achieve their goal?

To try something new, knowing you may look like a fool for the wide world to see?

To forego your comfort, to help someone else find safety?

To trust in things you can not see?

To trust someone/Someone?

We sacrifice things every day. We sacrifice our time. We sacrifice our money. We sacrifice our reputation. We sacrifice our integrity. We sacrifice our truth. We sacrifice our faith.

What are we sacrificing these sacred things to/for?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 🤔🥰

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Uprooted: Keeping ten toes down.

I’m staying grounded.

I’m standing on business.

I’m keeping ten toes down.

I’m waiting patiently.

I’m giving all I’ve got.

How ’bout you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. You got this. Sometimes, you just need to hear someone say “You got this”. You do. So, get after it, beloveds. We got thangs to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Uprooted: Hold on tight.

I’m holding on for dear life.

To my dreams.

To my sanity.

To my hopes.

I’m trying my hardest to let go of my fear(s).

I’m trying to leave my doubts behind.

They chase me. Relentlessly.

Still, I try.

Hold on, beloveds.

Hang onto your faith. Let go of your fear.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Persevere, God said to me.

I wanted to give up.

Many times.

Persevere, God said to me.

I tried and failed.

Many times.

Persevere, God reminded me.

The world laughed at me.

Many times.

Persevere, God encouraged me.

Persevere, I will.

holding on best I can,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m trying to persevere. I find my biggest obstacle is me.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Turn off your history: Stop reliving your mistakes.

YouTube has gotten on my last nerves!

They have changed the algorithm, which has changed which videos come up.

Also, I have an eclectic taste, so enjoy a myriad of topics. Inevitably, I found a million videos of nothing but the same subjects! Drove me mad!

Finally, I decided to turn off the history so other things could have the chance to be viewed. Now, all kinds of things show up on my feed.

That has me thinking how we are so used to keeping old memories, forever qued up, forever playing over and over and over, in our minds.

I have turned off my heart’s history. 😄❤️‍🩹♥️

I have wiped the slate clean. I am trying to do things a different way. I am doing my best to listen more. REALLY listening.

In doing so, beloveds, life is so much more enjoyable. Living in the present. Enjoying the day for the present it is. Not expecting this or that, based upon what happened in the past.

Life is soooooooooo much easier when you stop beating yourself up for what was. It happened. So what. Move on.

Turn off your history. Allow yourself the opportunity to view new things. Enlarge your tent. Get out of your comfort zone.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are not your past. Your past does NOT have to determine your future. YOU do that! So do that…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My dreams are crying.

My dreams are crying.

Inside I’m dying.

To break free.

Free from these chains of fear and doubt that are forever holding on to me.

My dreams are crying out.

Shouting so loud they are drowning out everything else.

I don’t know how to quiet them.

My dreams are crying. Who hears them? Who hears me?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I wish I could ignore these dreams of mine. It would make my life so much easier right now. I could go back to complaining about why things were not working, instead of trying to make them work. I could go back to blaming The Universe for not making my dream come true.

My dreams are holding me accountable. My dreams are forcing me to own my choices. My dreams are demanding that I make choices. My dreams are forcing me to choose. I have no one else to blame. Ack.

Okay, dreams. I will try. That’s all I can promise you. That’s all I can promise me.

What do you promise you? What do you say to your dreams?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Does it matter? It does.

Does it matter?

It does.

Does your voice matter?

It does?

Does my voice matter?

It does.

Does he matter?

He does.

Does she matter?

She does.

Do they matter?

They do.

Does my try matter?

It does.

Does our try matter?

It does.

Does coming together matter?

It does.

Will our communal try matter?

It will.

Can we change the world together?

We can.

Will you help me try, beloveds.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been laying here, being laughed at and mocked. Apathy says no one cares. Discouragement says no one will. Disappointment says why fight for a world who could care less.

Someone has to. Someone has to be willing to start. Someone has to be willing to try no matter the outcome.

Let the beginning start with me. I wonder if I shall forever try alone. So be it. Wondering…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep showing up for you.

Keep showing up for you. Even if no one else shows up. Be sure to be there for yourself. Encourage yourself. Believe in yourself. Fight for yourself.

We can’t force others to be there for us. We can be there for ourselves.

Love yourself. Feed your spirit. Acknowledge your heart.

Show up for you. The rest shall be added unto you.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This has been a lonely year. I’m hoping it will end with more friends. If not, I will keep showing up for me. Make sure you do the same. In case no one has told you yet today, I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Look beyond the hard.

This has been a hard year.

I’m learning how to look beyond the hard.

It’s not always easy when hard is sooooooooooooooooooo damned hard!

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZ!

Life becomes so much easier when we learn how to look beyond the hard. Hard will always be hard. No getting around that fact. fact is, beloveds, I have been finding more of me beyond the hard. perhaps, this is The Universe’ whole point.

Look beyond the hard. There is just no telling what you will see behind there. I think I see some joy over there. I believe I hear some peace over there. I could have sworn I saw my dreams over there!

Let’s go. We got things to do.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get going. You have dreams to fulfill!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

No excuses. Get it done.

Football is starting.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

I have pieces to get done before the games. I want to be lazy and do them some other time. I refuse to break my promise to myself. So I find myself writing. Hurriedly. Anxiously. Excitedly. I got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: No excuses. get your things done. FIRST! Keep on keeping your promises to you. Who knows? Today, your miracle, your dream may show up!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!