Tuesday, October 6, 2026 — 6:00 PM
What have you locked away? 🔐❤️
Beloveds,
Yesterday I left you behind a door.
I told you I was coming back.
I came back.
So…
What have you locked away?
Not what did somebody take from you.
Not what disappeared.
Not even what you lost.
What did you put somewhere safe because life taught you that leaving it out in the open hurt too much?
Your trust?
Your tenderness?
Your joy?
Your ability to believe somebody when they say, “I’m staying”?
Your dream?
Your hope?
Maybe even a piece of yourself?
Sometimes we lock things away because we are trying to survive.
And sometimes that works.
For a while.
A locked door can keep something from getting hurt again.
But, beloveds, a locked door works both ways.
It can keep danger out.
It can also keep you from reaching what you put inside.
👀
That’s the part I’ve been thinking about.
Some of the things we call walls were once protection.
Some of the things we call distance were once survival.
Some of the things we criticize ourselves for today may have been exactly what helped us make it through yesterday.
So I’m not asking you to beat yourself up for locking the door.
I’m asking something different.
Do you still need it locked?
👀🔐
Because something can begin as protection without having to become a life sentence.
Maybe you are not ready to throw the door wide open.
Okay.
Maybe today you only stand in front of it.
Maybe you put your hand on the knob.
Maybe you finally admit what is behind there.
Maybe you find the key.
Maybe you don’t turn it yet.
That still matters.
There is no prize for opening before you are ready.
There is also no rule saying something you locked away during one chapter of your life has to remain there for every chapter that follows.
Your joy may still be in there.
Your softness may still be in there.
Your hope may still be in there.
You may still be in there.
And maybe the question isn’t:
What is wrong with me?
Maybe the question is:
What was I protecting?
And then…
Do I still need to protect it this way?
🔐🗝️
Yesterday we found the door.
Today we looked behind it.
Yeah.
I’m coming for that lock tomorrow.
loving me some you
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
