Category: faith

Faith: What are you standing on?

I am standing on business!

I am standing on FAITH!

I am finished with standing on lack. Get gone, lack! You lack interest for me. I ain’t got time/room for you, in my life no mo’!

Be gone!

After the tornado, I had to decide what I was going to rebuild upon. I chose faith. I chose hope. I chose love. I chose God. I chose belief. I chose ME.

Life is forever forcing us to make choices.

What do you choose, beloveds?

What do you CHOOSE to stand on? You can’t blame what happens. What happens, shall happen. What you CHOOSE to DO/HAVE/BE after, is completely up to you.

What say you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am standing on faith. Finally. Absolutely. Without fear. Without apology. I root for you as you decide to do the same. In the meantime, take another step. 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!

There is too much in you.

Beloveds, there is too much in you to quit.

There is too much faith in you.

There is too much life in you.

There is too much hope in you.

Don’t let the hard discourage you.

Get up and get back in the fight.

You got this.

God has you.

The Universe fights with/for you as you stand again.

cheering you on,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this, beloveds. Go on, now. You are tired only because you have been fighting for so long it seems as if long will stay with you always. It won’t. Victory is fixing to slide right next to you.

Get ready, beloveds! Rush out in the streets with your buckets. It is fixin’ to rain!!!

Ah, Life. We ready. Give us our bounties! Asking for many friends…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep trying.

The more I try, the less I see come to fruition. I don’t know why. I’m not doing anything differently. I’m not trying any less hard. I’m still giving my all. my all just seems to be giving me less.

I tell myself to keep trying. I have been dragging fear and doubt everywhere with me lately. I don’t know why they won’t leave me alone. Maybe they think I will give up if they stick around. Maybe hopeless things I will become hopeless due to the lack of outcomes I see.

Thankfully, I am learning not to rely on the outcomes. I would have given up a long time ago that had been a case. I would have stopped writing two or three years ago. Hell, I probably would have stopped writing last week.

The universe is silent right now. God seems to have packed up His toys and walked away. I don’t know where He is hiding. I don’t know where to find me. Still, I promised myself I would continue going on. I promised myself I would continue to be about being about it.

55 keeps laughing at me. she tells me to sit down somewhere. I am just too damned to want to make some dreams come true. on days like today, I want to believe her. Still, something inside of me keeps saying that there’s more to this life I have been living. Something inside, just won’t let me quit. Something inside, just won’t let me stop reaching out to a world who could give two damns about me.

Keep trying, beloveds. Today, just may be your day. Today, just maybe my day. We will never know unless we seize this time and this day.

Be encouraged. Keep moving forward. The way is hard. It was never meant to be easy. Besides, we eat hard for breakfast!

We have nothing to lose. We have a whole world to gain.

Stop focusing on the outcome. Discouragement lives there. Keep trying then enjoy the rest of your day. Speaking of which, I hear cup of coffee calling. Who is up for a cup?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You can do it. You will do it. Keep believing in yourself. There’s much more to you than you know. You got this. Sometimes, we just need someone to tell us we can do it. You can. 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!

Give yourself permission.

Give yourself permission, beloveds.

Give yourself permission to try.

Give yourself permission to dream.

Give yourself permission to stop.

Give yourself permission to start over.

Give yourself permission to rest.

Give yourself permission to walk away.

Give yourself permission to return.

Give yourself permission to fail.

Give yourself permission to succeed.

Give yourself permission to win.

Give yourself permission to lose.

Give yourself permission to rejoice.

Give yourself permission to grieve.

Give yourself permission to love.

Give yourself permission to be loved.

Give yourself permission to age gracefully, without apology.

Give yourself permission to express your youth with exuberance, no matter your age.

Finally, beloveds, give yourself permission to…

Ah, beloveds, you tell me!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am as vulnerable as I have ever been. I FINALLY shared my biggest need with my fam:

I need to find out who I am APART from being beholden and available to/for them 24/7. Doing so has been all I have ever known. Ever.

55 years. Just in case. Maybe I will be needed. I can’t go. Someone might need me for something at a crucial moment.

As a strong, black woman, I am supposed to forever be there for the whole damned world. I have been.

A while ago, God asked me three questions:

What do YOU want?

What do you see?

Why are you here?

I have been running from those questions. God ain’t supposed to be asking about ME?!😳🤔

See, beloveds, God is supposed to be this big narcissistic God that needs me to forever be doing this, that and every other thing for Him, for the world and to hell with me and MY needs. I’m not supposed to have any needs. Right?!🤔😳

To my surprise, to my consternation, to my sincere gratitude, God refused to stay in the box society tries so desperately to keep Him in.

Now, I find myself slap dab against these three questions. Ah, God, what shall I be/have/do at answers end?

I am tiptoeing closer to them. You shall see my answers soon. Perhaps. Maybe.

Ah, God. I’m afraid. Of what I may learn about me. I’m afraid of what You may think of my answers. What if I fail this pip quiz? Asking for a friend(me).

Come with me, beloveds. Let’s find out together:

What do YOU want?

What do you see?

Why are you here?

Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t stay because of fear.

Don’t stay in a relationship because of fear.

Move on.

A HEALTHY relationship awaits you.

Don’t stay in a job because of fear.

A REWARDING job awaits you.

Don’t stay in a cramped environment because of fear.

The world awaits you.

Stay because the relationship is healthy.

Stay because the job is rewarding.

Branch out because the world awaits you.

Time to stop making choices based upon what you fear.

Time to make choices based upon faith in your experience, in your learning, in your growth, in wise counsel.

You have the life you are putting in the effort for, beloveds. Simple as that. If you are not satisfied  with your life, make changes.

If you don’t like the changes, make more changes. Simple as that.

Come on, beloveds. We got thangs to do. We have ZERO time to be entertaining fear. Tell fear to kick rocks whenever and wherever it rears it’s lying head!

doing thangs free from fear,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay to be afraid. Just not okay to allow fear to run our lives. The unknown is ONLY terrifying when you have to go it alone.

Isn’t it great, beloveds, to know we are loved and that we are NOT alone?!❤️‍🩹♥️🥰

Be encouraged. 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!

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: 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!

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!

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!