Category: faith

I am no longer afraid of me.

I am no longer afraid.

I am no longer afraid of me.

I am no longer afraid of my dreams.

Afraid?

Afraid not!

Not anymore.

free,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I used to be afraid, beloveds. Afraid, I couldn’t. Afraid, I wouldn’t. Afraid, I would and would then disappoint everyone.

Not anymore. For, I have learned to call failure my friend. Failure has shown me I am NOT my mistakes. Failure laughs at me and urges me to try again. And again. Still again. Until? Why, until I have mastered the thing! Or, til it has mastered me.😄

Don’t be afraid to fail. Laugh and keep it moving. We got thangs to do! This world would have you chasing clout and things. Ha! You don’t need clout and things to matter. You are already priceless!

Be encouraged. Don’t give up yet. Your time is coming. Until then, help someone else through their hard. You had best believe you are loved and not alone.

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

Time to take care of you.

It’s Saturday.

Is time for us to rest. We have done our work. We have done our best.

It’s time to rest. It’s time to reflect on all that we have accomplished for the week. It’s time to celebrate our try.

Rest now.

Take care of you now.

Don’t worry about the days to come. The day will take care of itself. Take care of you. You are important. Feel good about what you have done. It’s not on you how others respond to what you have done.

Be encouraged. You have much to be thankful for. You are still here. You can begin again any time you want to. You can make friends anytime you want to. You can forgive yourself with others anytime you want to. Make the choice to be happy today. Make the choice to rest today.

Remember you are loved and you are not alone.

resting with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Too often, we give ourselves a hard time about what we did or did not do. We have done or best, haven’t we? Let that be enough…

Repeat after me: It Is Well.

Repeat after me:

It is well.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life has been awfully scary, this year. Bad, weather. Worse, finances. Rough, health issues. Seems like fights have broken out, everywhere. EVERYWHERE! Whew.

Yet, this year has been one of learning and experiencing and loving and crying and whining, er, praying and believing and not believing and trying and not trying and hoping and feeling hopeless and…you get my point.

The key, THE key, is to REMAIN:

Resolute.

Steadfast.

Joyful.

Faithful.

Hopeful.

We, each of us, CHOOSE, how are days, shall be. True, we can not choose that the day will come. Once day has arrived, we choose how we shall receive it.

Every day, now, I say out loud “This is the day the Lord has made. I SHALL rejoice and BE GLAD IN IT”. Psalm 118:24. This helps me get going and focused on the fact that I am the one, who determines what my day shall bring/be like.

Repeat after me:

It is well.

No matter what happens, beloveds, it IS well. Life is short.

When you have lost it all, remember you have not lost it all.

Losing, hurts.

Losing, helps one, keep perspective.

Losing, helps one, find perspective.

Losing, can help you find your way.

Losing, can help you let go.

Losing, can help you win.

It all depends on what you have lost:

Hope?

Fear?

Joy?

Doubt?

When you lose, take heart. Your greatest victories, often come on the heels of, your worst defeats.

Don’t lose, heart. Don’t lose, hope, when you lose.

It’s all in your perspective.

There is often addition, by subtraction. I am most grateful for the things God said no to, then some of the yes’.

Hold things, loosely. Leave the important things, in God’s Hands. They will be safe there.

As for the rest? The things you truly need, The Universe shall make sure you have!

Be encouraged. Embrace the day and all you may lose/gain, within it.

winning with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Me: Unapologetically.

Me.

Me!

ME!

Unapologetically.

Loud.

Proud.

To be.

Me.

Beloveds, don’t allow this world to silence YOUR voice. Do NOT, be ashamed of how you were made. You are! Period.

STOP, trying to fit in places where you were never meant to fit into!

You were meant to:

Stir, things up.

Turn things, upside down.

Right, wrongs.

Change, the status quo.

Be, outspoken.

Be, quiet.

Be, still.

BE!

The reason you feel different, is because YOU ARE DIFFERENT!

Being different, is not bad. It’s just…*shrug*…different.

You are loud.

So what?

You are quiet.

So what?

You are. as you are!

Be that!

Be YOU!

Unapologetically.

You can’t do, my, me. I can’t do, your, you.

Enough!

No more living your life, with apologies for taking up space/air.

Breathe.

Live.

Do, you.

Those who are not for you, can’t breathe your air. Eagles, dontcha know, SOAR. Those bad boys be all up in them clouds! Get on up there, beloveds!

STOP living your life, walking among chickens. I love eating, chicken. I have ZERO plans of walking among them! Chickens, you see, are folk who spend their lives hiding. They spend their days, criticizing others, for living lives, they long/wish they could live!

Come on, beloveds, we got thangs to do!

No matter what.

No matter who.

We shall, in fact, we WILL, continue to live our lives, unapologetically, won’t we?

living unapologetically,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Okay, really? Get to living, beloveds. We got thangs, to do!

I love you.

So, does He.

You are NOT alone.