Author: Cassandra S.

More than meets the eye.

There is more to me. More than meets the eye.

There is more to you, beloveds. More than meets the eye.

Too often, we judge ourselves by what we are currently are doing or not doing.

Financially, I can’t do right now. So, I have little. It has been difficult to not feel as low as my current bank account numbers.

We are always pushed to seek more, to have more, to do more. Why? So, we can give the pushers all we have gained! For THEM.

Don’t get it twisted, beloveds. Most folk are NOT in your corner for you. They are there to find out how to get what you have. To garner your network and your influence. This is the way of the world.

God loves us simply because we are worthy of and to be loved. Simple as that. This is one of the millions of reasons why I love Him so.

Don’t worry. I’m not about to go on a spiritual rant. I’m just letting it be known that we were and are NOT here, on this earth, to be the exclusive Kleenex for the world.

We are NOT here just to be used up and tossed out when our use has been fulfilled.

I am more. So are you. We are millions of things all at once.

I am trying my utmost to just BE. Just rest. Yes, there will be time to DO. Even then, I must realize I am so very much more than what I do.

I wish I knew how to express myself better. I fond myself questioning my talent because it’s not making me money. I don’t write for money. I need money to live. Therefore, I am going to have to learn how to make money from these dumb words of mine. Crap.

In the meantime, yall get me for free.😂🥰

Be encouraged, beloveds. You are so much more than meets the eye. I love you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said. Love YOU, beloveds. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

No going back.

No going back.

Just because you are afraid.

No going back.

Just because the way is unfamiliar.

No going back.

Just because the road is lonely.

No going back.

Just because everything has changed.

No going back. Is asking for friend.

Me: K.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Yesterday, I wanted to go back. Back to the known. Back to the familiar. There, I would be safe in my cocoon of comfort. There,  I wouldn’t have to challenge my faith. There, I wouldn’t have to do uncomfortable things. There, I could hide in excuses.

I did the hard thing. I kept moving forward. Uncertain of next steps. Unaware of what to do next.

These have been some scary days. They have also been some fun days. There has been some really shaky moments.

I told myself no matter what happens, I refuse to live my life based off of fear. I’m going to try and just see what happens.

Be encouraged. There is no going back. We have things to do. Keep pushing forward. Rest when you need to. Never let it be okay to give up on yourself. You can do this. You really can.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stop.

Stop.

Questioning yourself.

Stop.

Second guessing yourself.

Stop.

Doubting yourself.

Stop.

Belittling yourself.

Stop.

Silencing yourself.

Stop.

Dismissing yourself.

Stop it, beloveds.

Your life matters.

Your beliefs matter.

Your choices matter.

Your dreams matter.

YOU matter.

Beloveds, it matters not that haters hate what you stand for. Your love, your truth, your integrity, your resilience, your try, your loyalty is terribly annoying to those who don’t have the courage to live as you do.

Beloveds, you are amazing! You keep trying. You keep loving. You keep believing in the face of all you have gone through.

Be encouraged. Stop giving yourself such a hard time.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: WordPress has been a pain and publishing things at odd times. I can’t figure out how to do things. I can’t articulate what I want to say as this heatwave has melted my brain.

Still, I have promised myself I would keep reaching out. Someone, somewhere needs to know they are cared about. Earlier, I was thinking how amazing it would be to receive a ‘just cuz’ email or text or call. Just cuz someone was thinking about me. Ah, I dream…🥰🙏☕️🤗

Have an amazing weekend. I am going to try and leave writing alone but my encouraged will not shut up and leave me alone. You are just too important. Please hang in the

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me.

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Trying my hand at encouraging folk in as many ways as I can. I have NO idea what I am doing.🤷‍♀️😂❤️

Be encouraged.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Make your mark. Your way. Best you can. Don’t wait until things are perfect. Just try…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Use EVERYTHING.

Use EVERYTHING.

Use your fears to force your way forward.

Use your anger to force yourself to make the needed changes.

Use your frustrations to force you to slow down and learn BEFORE you blindly do.

Use your apathy to force your way out of laziness.

Use your unbelief to force yourself into asking questions of what you DO believe in.

Use your questions to force yourself to seek out the answers.

Use your darkness to force yourself to turn on the lights.

Use your loneliness to force yourself to reach out and love your fellow men and women.

Use your bias to force yourself to seek to understand other views.

Use your ugliness to force you to trust others more kindly.

Use EVERYTHING, beloveds.

Let’s have the COURAGE to admit we do NOT always present our best selves. That’s okay. Forgive. Mitigate. Correct. Apologize. Move on. Do better. Rinse. Repeat.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am doing my best to BE the best person I can be. I’m not perfect. I am flawed. Yet, I own my choices. I own my actions. The world does not appear to think it ought to own when it is acting ten kinds of fools.

Life is short. We ALL need one another. Let’s ALL do better by one another. I am sooooooooooo tired of the division politics, from the top leaders, are nothing more than tactics to get us folk, at the bottom, to hate one another.

Life is more than chasing high stock options, bigger houses and money, money, money.

Life is short. Love one another. Starting with you. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Can you be trusted?

Can you be trusted?

With God’s Silence?

Can you be trusted?

With God’s Grace?

Can you be trusted?

With God’s Favor?

Can you be trusted?

With Life’s Disappointment(s)?

Can you be trusted?

With Life’s Nos?

Can you be trusted?

With Life’s Hard?

Can you be trusted?

With The Universe’s ghosting?

Can you be trusted?

With The Universe’s seeming laughter at your expense?

Can you be trusted?

With The Universe’s refusal to move on your why for no earthly reason why?

Anyone can say yes when the belly and bank accounts are full. Most can say yes when they have a friend or two they can call. Plenty can say yes when lying next to still waters.

Only those who have been tested in the fire can truly say yes to these things. If you find you can’t say yes, don’t despair. Hard shall whip you into shape quick, fast and in a hurry!🥰😂❤️‍🩹🥰⚒️

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hang in there, beloveds. This too shall pass. I have never been more discouraged than I was last night. I cried. I was angry with myself. I chewed myself out for being 55 and burnt out. Smh.

Then, I fought the night. Me and the dawn won. I rose. Again. I washed the dishes. I made coffee. I told myself the TRUTH: I CAN. I WILL.

Be encouraged. Things really will be okay. Until then, enjoy your day. Mitigate what you can. Give God the rest. Then get some rest of mind, soul and spirit. Asking for A Friend…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Why do you?

Why do you?

Why did you do what you did?

Did it make you happy?

Who did you do it for?

Did it make them happy?

Are you happy with what you did?

Do you regret doing the do?

Will you do it again?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s important to know WHY we do what we do. Why? Otherwise, we can find ourselves being led by the Do’s and Don’ts of others. Life is much too short for that, beloveds.

I find myself wanting to know why. Why? I’m fixing to find out…

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God heard my cry.

God heard my cry.

Literally.

A bit ago, I cried like a baby.

Why?

My big brother had just Cash Apped me enough funds so I could buy me toilet paper AND sugar and a few groceries to get me through.

Excitedly, I made a nice delivery order. Theatrically, I selected ‘place order’ and waited for the order confirmation.

Instead, The Universe handed me a bushel of lemons, along with a decline email. Puzzled, I checked my bank account and saw red every which way.

In the hole.

Minus.

Less than zero.

Nada.

Zilch.

Feeling like all of those things, I burst into 😭 tears. I cried for five minutes. I dried my eyes.

I remembered who God was. I remembered God has me. I smiled. I rested. I was/am at peace.

God is good. Even when times are hard.

My spirit is filled with the KNOWING that God IS with me. Here. Now. Always.

I don’t know what my future holds. I KNOW Who holds my future.

content and trusting,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: ❤️‍🩹❤️🥰😁

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I think I can.

I think I can.

I think.

Can I?

I CAN!

I will…

Try.

trying,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You may. Just try…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Who knew?

Life is more than work.

Who knew?

Life is more than struggle(s).

Who knew?

Life is more than toil.

Who knew?

Life is more than striving.

Who knew?

Life is much more than we know.

Who knew?

Get on out there and LIVE, beloveds. It’s been almost since I quit my job. I have spent most of those days chasing rest. I don’t know how to rest. How sad.

We have ALL done ourselves the disservice of running ourselves ragged in pursuit of…who in the fresh hell even knows?

The 🌪 tornado tore into my yard, turned my life upside-down, almost literally, and forced me to take stock of everything.

At 55, taking stock has been quite frightening. Eye-opening. Life-changing. The problem is I don’t know what my life has changed into.

I’m still me. Yet not. I am both timid AND strong. I am both happy AND sad. I am both lonely AND content? Ah, God. What in the fresh hell…

Be encouraged. I tell myself this more and more every day. I find disappointment winning these days. I am tired of losing. Oh, God. What do I DO with me now?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Nuff said.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!