Author: Cassandra S.

I run no more.

I run no more.

I hide no more.

I cry no more.

I retreat no more.

I concede no more.

I run from life no more.

I hide from me no more.

I cry about hard no more.

I retreat from The Universe no more.

I consede my dreams to the world no more.

I run towards.

I fight on.

I rejoice.

I am safe.

I am loved.

I run no more.

Ah.

Aha!

free and running no more,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going. Keep embracing the hard. Keep walking your own path. It’s okay to get tired. Is it’s okay to be afraid of the unknown. Move past your fear. Enjoy the journey. It will be worth it in the end. Don’t worry about how long it’s going to take. Don’t worry about the fact that you may never get there. Enjoy the life you are building. Let others enjoy your life with you. Life is short.

Have an awesome week. Remember that you are love than you are not alone. Remember to love on you today. And tomorrow. And the day after that.

Embrace your Monday.

Embrace your Monday.

It’s yours to do with as you choose. It’s yours to fill as you choose.

Enjoy every moment of today. It’s the start of a new week. You can erase things and start a new.

Being courageous and cut yourself some slack. Remember you are not your mistakes. All you can do is all you can do. Other folk expectations are just that. THEIR expectations.

This weekend I gave myself a hard time because I accidentally erased my streaming apps. I chewed myself out.

I told myself to shut up. I apologized to my heart. I had no right to chew myself out for an honest mistake. Too often, we kick our own behinds because of mistakes.

We messed up. So what?

I kept trying and trying and trying. Until I figured it out. It was a good lesson to never give up.

I enjoyed my birthday weekend. It was quiet. I was super good to me. I loved me some me.

I have some super tough training this week. I’m gonna do my best. I’m going to mess up many times. Comes with the territory.

I’m going to embrace my Monday and all that is within it. This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Be glad in your day.

Will you find yourself dressing out take a breath. Take a walk. Is talk to a friend. Talk to A Friend.

Be well.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short. Don’t let challenges lie to you and tell you Monday is to be dreaded. Monday I fantastic! Call it your Eraser Day! You are erasing ALL the anxt of the last little while and replacing with a fresh start.

Be encouraged. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Repeat after me: I got this.

Repeat after me:

I got this.

All that stresses me stretches me.

All that stretches me helps me to grow.

All my growth leads to the fulfillment of my dreams.

I got this.

I choose to go if I have to go by myself.

I choose to love even if that love is not returned.

I choose to see the best in people.

I choose to see the best in me.

I choose…

You got this, beloveds, so get out there and do it.

doing it with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Today SHALL be an amazing Monday for you! Remember to tell your critics thanks! They are forcing you to stand up for your goals and your heart. Tell hard thanks. Hard is forcing you to never give up. Tell fear thanks. It is forcing you to LIVE. CHOOSE to make your hard days the most rewarding days of your life.

Love someone. Starting with you. You are altogether lovely. Dontcha ever forget that! Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

Keep believing.

Keep believing. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzP5pQsOK9p/?igshid=OTZjdWw4enE1N2J3

Keep believing.

Keep trying.

Keep going.

Going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

You are not your mistake.

I am angry with myself.

For messing up my fire stick and I can’t get it fixed.

I fussed with myself.

I put everything down when I realized I was beating up myself.

I made a mistake.

I am not that mistake.

Even so it’s not fair to my heart to beat up on me this way.

I will not live another moment beating myself up for things I am not able to do.

We do this to ourselves too often don’t we, beloveds?

We punish ourselves for things that have been forgiven a long time ago.

I choose not to do that anymore.

I choose to be understanding with myself especially when I make mistakes.

My life is not a mistake.

My try is not a mistake.

When I try I will fail but that does not mean that try was unsuccessful. Each try leads me in new directions. Each try helps makes me a better person.

I think it breaks God’s heart when we punish ourselves, believing He will also. The world uses God’s name to get what it wants. God just loves us and wants the best for us. I understand why many have turned their backs and walked away on God. God understands as well.

I apologize to my heart for being so harsh with it. My heart is tender. My heart needs to be treated with respect at all times. Not just when I am doing well.

The reason why I started this blog in the first place is to encourage folk to treat their heart well. You deserve to be loved. You deserve to be valued. You deserve to be heard. You deserve to be respected. You deserve to be cherished. You deserve to have your dreams come true.

Why?

Simply because you are.

I hope the best for your life. I pray for you everyday. Every single day. My twin will tell you that every conversation is about what I can do to be of an encouragement to each follower in every person that I commented contact with.

What can I say or do to get you to stop beating up on yourself? I work on myself every day. It gets tiring at times. I want to give up at times. I refuse to give up.

Why?

Because your life matters to me. You are incredibly important to this world. This world will not tell you that. This world wants to use you and take everything that you have and are. I want you to have the best.

Why?

Because you were born.

I don’t write these words hoping to become a millionaire by there. I do hope to find a way to monetize my gifts so that I can give more of me away. That is my main goal and hope.

The day I lost my mom, I thought I would never laugh again. I would never love again. I would never know joy again.

Because of the relentless Love of God. I have been able to laugh and love and know joy. Which is why I want to encourage others to keep going. You can overcome a tough loss. Yes, life will still hurt but you can still have joy.

I spent my fifty fifth birthday alone. Yet, I was not alone. I talked to mom. I said hey to dad, who also passed away. I laugh with God all day.

It saddens me to know that there are so many who won’t love themselves because they are waiting for others to do so.

Stop waiting for folks to love you and love on you. You are worthy. You are worth it. You matter. This is not a rah rah speech. This is the truth.

Stop beating yourself up for the mistakes you have made and will continue to make in the future. Keep trying. I’m gonna get back after fixing what I messed up on the technical end.

We can and we will won’t we? I think so. We got thangs to do.

doing thangs with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Autocorrect has NO idea what to do with me. I put words together in weird ways. I put commas in weird and wrong places. Why? As a way to remind myself to be ME. Writing styles were created by someone. Who says that someone gets to control how MY writing brain and heart beat? Ah. Aha!

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Ah, life.

Ah, life.

Thanks for being sooooooooooooo hard, lately.

You have forced me to:

Fight for my dreams.

Speak to The Universe.

Be honest with God.

Face my fears.

Admit my sad.

Because of that, I have been able to BE:

Honest.

Afraid.

Sad.

Because of THAT:

I am free!

I am me!

Ah.

Aha!

free and sad no more,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Am enjoying my birthday weekend, still. Have paused enough to give you a slice of cheesecake and some:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

God, I wonder.

God, I wonder:

What YOU think about me.

Me!

Not what I do for You.

Just cuz kind of wondering, is what I wonder about YOUR possible wondering about me.

I wonder if I am:

Needed.

Wanted.

Necessary.

What think You?

What say You.

Ah, God.

Oh, God, You have got me wondering.

God, I wonder.

Whatcha think ’bout me?

Lemme know please/thanks.

asking as a friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I wonder. Don’t you? It’s nice to know how folk we love FEEL about us, eh? Let your peeps know HOW and WHY you care. They will love it. They will love you. As do I. Be encouraged. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Ah, God.

Ah, God.

Thank YOU for wiping MY day and remaking Your Way.

I used to get mad at You.

For:

Not letting me have my way.

Not answering my every prayer.

Not keeping me from the messes I made.

Not leaving mom here.

Leaving me here without mom.

Telling me I could when I was sure I could/would not.

Not showing me how.

Forcing me to get to know me.

Ah, God.

I am grateful for:

The hard.

Your Silence when I craved your voice alone.

Leaving me alone when I was desperate for company.

Ah, God.

I apologize for:

Not believing You when You said I could.

Not believing enough in my try.

Not believing I could.

Ah, God.

I believe…

I will try.

Ah.

Aha!

believing in me,

Cassandra aka 25 and holding…

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: To be continued…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Factory reset: Happy accidents.

I love it when God gives me a happy accident!

That’s what I call it when unexpected and supposed bad/hard/dumb things turn out to be wonderful and for our good.

My goofness of accidentally wiping out my apps, led me to trying new ones. I found a movie I probably would never have seen.

It’s called ‘A Good Person.’ I’m still watching it. I paused to reach out to you to say this:

Life happens. Sometimes, we happen to our lives. In ways not always helpful. Yet, those happenings can STILL work for our good. IF, we are willing to forgive and move on.

Maybe, you have someone(s) to forgive? You? Them? God? Life? The Universe? A friend? A Friend? A foe?

Maybe, just maybe, you can allow a factory reset, in your heart??

Maybe??

Forgiveness does NOT mean you don’t understand the gravity. You do. Forgiveness simply means an open heart that says it’s not alright but it is okay. I forgive. I choose to love. I choose to move forward.

I have asked 54 year old me, for forgiveness. For not trusting her more. For not allowing her out of the box I had kept her in for decades.

54 said it wasn’t alright but is now okay. Life moves on, 54 said. Said 55 and counting needs me. Said for me to never look back as she is okay. Her time is done. 55 awaits, she said. Go!

I go, now. But, before I do, I pause and invite yall to come with me. We have lives to LIVE, don’t we?

Let’s go!

going/growing with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 55 has a lot to say. All I want to do on my birthday is to tell as many folks as I can:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Don’t be afraid of change.

Don’t be afraid of change.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

You are not a mistake.

Your dreams are worthy.

You are enough.

Tell yourself these things, beloveds, when the world tries to dismiss you. Don’t agree with the world. The world has no idea how mighty you are. The world shall find out soon!

When life takes you in an unexpected direction, enjoy the journey.

Life is short. Enjoy your day. All of it. Squeeze out every ounce of joy you can find. Make some room for newness in your life. Don’t be afraid to be deliciously vulnerable. Don’t be afraid to admit when you are afraid.

Keep going.

We got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You CAN. You WILL. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU