Author: Cassandra S.

Keep on playing: What the world was that?!😳

“What in the world was TTTHHAAATTT!!!”

*Screams of agony could be heard, the world over, as Cassandra watched incredibly STUPID 🏈 FOOTBALL PLAY!!!*

Omg!

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God: Did someone call Me?

Me: I sowwy. Ehem. Scuze me…

So, I spent a deliciously frustrating evening watching some normally great 🏈 football teams play some uncharacteristically BAD FOOTBALL! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!

Whew!

Permit me to get over my annoyance so I can get in with the point anx upliftment of this piece. Smh.

I promised myself, a good while ago, to turn disappointment and Life acting a foolness into blessings, pieces, encouragement for others.

In this way, we all win. I get to keep on keeping on. Albeit badly. You get a good laugh and hopefully a timely message from my aforementioned foolishness.

So, whilst hollering at the 📺 television, I was simultaneously devising uplifting pieces to share about keeping on keeping on when the game isn’t going your way.

Okay, so I was actually just hollering at the television while wondering WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?!!!!!!!!!

Now, calm, I can think back on these observations:

One team played poorly and won.

One team played well and lost.

Hhhm.

Hhmm?

Hhmm!

Both played.

One won.

One lost.

For all but the last minute of the game, the good playing team looked as though they had the win, in the bag. They didn’t.

For all but the last minute of the game, the bad playing team looked as though they had stupidly lost the game. They hadn’t.

Turns out, neither team could control the elements and the outcome.

They played.

One side lost.

One side won.

Moral of the story?

Try.

Play.

Rinse.

Repeat.

You will win when you thought you have lost. You will lose one you thought you had won. The outcome is not up to you. All that is required is your try.

You will make mistakes. So what? You will look foolish. So what? You may not get a trophy. So what?

Keep on playing anyway.

playing with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note 🗒: Keep showing up…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU!

Don’t engage the hate.

Hate is gonna hate.

Haters are gonna hate.

Hate HATES to be ignored.

Don’t engage the hate.

Love.

Love.

Love more.

Still.

Shine your light.

Tell hate to kick 🥊 rocks.

Be corny.

Be old-fashioned.

Be out of fashion and love.

With ALL your ♥ heart.

Give away every drop of love within you.

Then, tomorrow, rinse and repeat!

Be encouraged, beloveds. Yes, we live in troubled times. Troubling times. Restless times.

Yet, we also live in hopeful times. Resilient times. Hopeful times.

And, it’s up to each of us, to choose to help make this world a better place.

making the world a better place with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Um, why you still here?! Get on out there and make your world better by your love and your care! Scat!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU!

Fear, I see you.

Fear, I see you.

I refuse to fear you, though.

I shall face you.

I shall!

I see ME, fear.

Which is why I CAN face you!

Fear, you are:

A, liar.

A, distortion of the truth.

Of, no consequence to me, to my present, to my future.

Go away from here, fear. You are not welcome here.

Not anymore.

no longer afraid,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

🗒: I have NO idea why fear has been clawing at my 55. I have determined to enjoy my life. No matter what happens. No matter how I feel. I choose joy. I choose to embrace whatever the day brings. Whatever the moments bring. Bring it on!

Be encouraged. Fear can be super loud. It has a really big 📣 megaphone. Keep shedding light upon what you are afraid of. The fear will show you were the lies are. Tell the lies to shut up! You CAN. You WILL! You are loved and you are not alone. Keep on being… YOU!

What could happen?

Don’t fear the future.

Don’t fret about the unknown.

What could happen?

Envision the possibility.

Dismiss the lazy way of expecting doom and disaster.

A half full cup is ALWAYS half full!

So what if it’s half empty!

Enjoy the half that remains.

Don’t waste a drop lamenting of the sips now taken.

Don’t despair over 💧 drops spilled.

Share a few sips with others.

Don’t be stingy. Afraid, your cup will run empty.

There will ALWAYS be enough to go around!

What could happen?

Who knows?

Life is a mystery. Enjoy discovering all it has for you. The unknown doesn’t have to be dark, dank and scary.

Life is awesome. Life is amazing. Life is.

Let life be.

leaving life to be.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Don’t forget:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

I wish the world was different.

I wish the world was different.

I wish the world loved, more.

I wish the world cared, more.

I wish the world gave, more.

I wish the world would do, more.

God: You are the world.

The Universe: YOU are the world.

Life: You ARE the world.

Me: I am?

Me: I am!

Me: I will.

being the difference,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be the difference. You are the difference.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU!

It’s okay to not understand.

I told God I just don’t understand.

God said, “I understand. It’s okay for you not to understand.”

Kind of hard to argue with that!

I’m finding it’s okay to not understand. What a relief. Whew!

It’s nice to know I don’t have to run the world. Whew!🌏😂 Neither do you.

We don’t have to all at once. We don’t have to! Period. Whew!

Take the haves and the shoulds from your life. Do because you CHOOSE.

Love, just because. If love is returned, enjoy the miracle of reciprocated love. If not, you loved. The Universe will bless you for giving, to a world, which loved you not.

Give, just because. If you receive, enjoy the blessing. If not, don’t become bitter. God, will honor your giving, to a world, which gave you nothing, in return, for your everything.

Do, just because. If others do for you, enjoy the efforts, made on your behalf. If not, don’t despair. Life, will love your try, for a world who tried/tries not, for you.

Keep going. It’s okay to not understand.

waiting patiently,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I don’t know. I toldja…😂🥰

Keep going: If…

If…

You are ready to kick something.

You are ready to run away.

You are ready to kick something then run away.

You are on the verge of your:

Breakthrough.

Miracle.

Victory.

It’s either that or we can kick something and run away together, beloveds.😂

Keep going, beloveds.

Keep doing the hard.

Keep singing.

Keep writing.

Keep dancing.

Keep running.

Keep laughing.

Keep crying.

Keep trying.

So what if you appear to be doing these things badly or by yourself.

So what?

You are:

Building your legacy.

Expanding your life.

Changing the things around you.

Remember, beloveds to:

Look WITHIN you.

Look AROUND you.

Look BENEATH your feet.

You are stitching a heart ♥ of gold.

You are surrounding yourself with all you need.

You are standing upon priceless treasure made by your try.

EVERY step you are taking, beloveds, is a miracle. You are creating the miracle you seek with EVERY try.

Do NOT dismiss your try.

Do NOT dismiss your love.

Do NOT dismiss your dreams.

Keep going. Your try is taking you places you could never imagine.

Life is short. You don’t have to have your name in neon to be seen, to be loved, to be validated.

You already are!

Be encouraged.

This may seem and sound ridiculous but I have never been so disappointed and joyful in the entirety of my life.

Every morning, I wake up breathless. Hopeful. Determined. Encouraged. Resolute.

Why?

Because my dreams are about to come true!

Every evening, I climb weirdly into bed. Disappointed. Frustrated. Mad at God and at my dreams.

Why?

Because my dreams did not come true!

Fresh hell!

😳😭🤒🥲😆🥰🌏🤗

I have learned and learning. That’s the whole purpose of life, to me anyway, is in the try. The outcome not up to me. It never has been. It never will be.

My words WILL reach their intended target. How do I know this? Because you are reading them.

Ah.

Aha!

Keep building your legacy. The rest truly will come out in the wash. Chase those things that last. What things are those? You tell me.

living in the moment,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: So many of you have the most beautiful blogs and words! I stand in awe. I sneak their and swoon at your words. I tell myself NOT to be too intimidated. Your pieces are sooooooo well written! I try not to think of my words, lined up next to yalls. I feel foolish. Which reminds me the reason why I started this blog in the first place:

To remind people to be themselves. To let folks know they are loved and not alone. Speaking of which I almost forgot!:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU!

Your gift is blessing the world in more ways than you will ever know. Isn’t that the whole point of your gift? Do you even know the purpose of the gift inside you????

Expect more.

Expect more.

From, yourself.

Do more.

For, others.

Give more.

To, the world.

Why?

Why not?

Why not you?

Why not now?

expecting more of/from me,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

🗒 : Nuff said. You are loved and not alone. Keep on being you.

Give more.

Give more.

To, yourself.

Be more.

For, yourself.

Do more.

With, yourself.

Life is short. Stop waiting for others. Give you what you need.

Love someone. Starting with you!

giving more,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Ow, God! What am I doing wrong?!

Me: Ow!

Me: Fresh hell.

Me: *stamps foot*

Me: 😭

God: What’s wrong?

Me: That’s the problem! I don’t KNOW:

What I am doing.

What I am doing WRONG.

I don’t know what’s WRONG?!!!!!

God: Why do you imagine something is wrong?

Me: NOTHING I am trying seems to be working. I’m in the SAME place. Still. STILL!!

God: Are you, though? Look again. Look IN you. Look AROUND you. Look BENEATH you.

Hhmm.

??

!!

😳

*Cassandra looked within and could see her heart being stitched with gold EVERY time she took a chance on love that appeared to be unrecognized and unreturned.

Cassandra looked around and grew astonished at ALL the wisdom, joy, truth, laughter, love and foolishness surrounding her each time she tried and seemingly failed.

Cassandra looked beneath her feet gazing with amazement as she stood upon a mountain of diamonds which her feet produced every time she walked when she had rather stopped.*

God: You have NOT failed. You have done nothing wrong. All things are being worked for your good. I promised you this. I keep My Promises. Keep going. Keep talking to Me. Even when you don’t understand. Especially when you don’t understand. I understand your frustration. Be encouraged. I love you. I joy over you.

Ah, God…🤗

appreciative of the hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. I had a terrific cry earlier. Just had a good boo hoo. Why? I’m 55 and wondering how long this dream fulfilling foolishness will take. Keep going, beloveds. Keep going.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

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