Why must I always be the one to take the high road.
I don’t HAVE to.
I CHOOSE to.
Why should I be the only one trying?
I don’t HAVE to.
I CHOOSE to.
Will you be one? Will you choose to?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You don’t have to be one. Choose to be one. Choose to be one who will love and care. We will leave apathy behind. WE will leave darkness behind. We will leave hopelessness behind. In their place, we shall sow love, joy, hope and as much care as the 🌎 world can stand. Folk are waiting. Who is with me
My goal for 2025 is to use my storms, from 2024, to help someone get through their storm in 2025.
Storms come.
Storms are terrifying.
Storms are life changing.
That said, we can be a beacon in the storm.
I’m doing my best to encourage others as I continue to fight my way through my own storms. I’m trying my best to bin example for others. Maybe if folks see me going through my own storm, they will have the courage and tenacity to continue working their way through their own.
I figure I may as well use my storms for a positive purpose. I’m done lamenting all the losses through the storms. I’m digging out all of the joy and lessons from each and every storm I have gone through these past years. I have much to share with others. I hope they can use the lessons I have learned.
The world needs your story. Share yourself. We need your life lessons.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I redoubled my efforts today. Life is short….
Don’t waste your life waiting for folk to say positive things about you.
Stay positive. Folk are positively going to hate on you
Don’t wonder about who is saying what about you.
Stay positive. Folk are going to say anything and everything about you. True or not.
God says this about you: You are fearfully and wonderfully made. NOTHING shall separate you from My Love.
The Universe says this about you: There is only ONE you. How priceless you are!
Life says this about you: What a precious gift you are!
I say this about you: I love you, beloveds. I pray for you EVERY day. I 😂 laugh at the enemy for being so stupid as to try you. For, I KNOW, these trials SHALL have you come out as gold.
Make sure YOU say this about you: I am loved. I am NOT alone. I CAN. I WILL!
Now, beloveds, get out there and LIVE. Let today be the LAST day you go begging for crumbs of love.
Love. Just love. Love will be sure you receive your share as you share your love with others.
It has taken these last years, of terrible strain and hardship, for me to learn to just love folk. I no longer base my love, or lack thereof, on how much or if I was loved back.
I love. I keep it moving. I love it when I am loved back. Yes, it hurts when love appears unreturned. Yet, I understand folk are hurting so that most have NO clue how to receive love. Let alone understand HOW to return love.
In these days and times, the word love is tossed about soooooooooooooo casually. Too casually.
Folk have forgotten the sheer wonder of love. Folk have replaced love with lust. Sadly, they mistakenly believe lust will fulfill or tie others to them. It does not. It never will.
Life is short, beloveds. 🛑 Stop paying rent to the 🌎 world. This means, stop trying to buy love, affection, and safety by presenting yourself as something/someone you are not.
Be you. Don’t worry about the negative things people say.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Step out. Be audaciously YOU. Without apology. The 🌎 world needs your particular brand of you.
I had wanted to start a blog for many, many years. I didn’t because I was afraid no one would care. I was afraid of what folk would think about what I thought. I thought my thoughts were stupid. I thought some of the dumbest things.
One day, I decided to deal with my fear and try. I tried. I felt like an idiot at first. There are days when I STILL feel like an idiot.
I feel like an idiot now. So what? I’m still trying. That is enough for me. All I can do is try, right?
Try. Just try. YOU may be the very person I have needed to propel my dream forward. I may be the answer to YOUR prayer/ hope/wish. How shall we ever know unless we try? Let’s go!
I’m handling business. I’m STANDING ten toes down on FAITH and not fear.
I am dealing with my fears, head on. Without apology.
Celebrate your try. All you can do is all you can do. Let that be enough. You are enough.
I hope your day is going well. If it’s not, you can always start over. Do something special for yourself today. I hope great things for you today.
I wonder what life has in store for us today. Let’s find out.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Rejoice. Have some fun today.
I can’t believe how much time I spent in fear and dread and hopelessness last year. Never again. I’m going to enjoy my life no matter what happens within it. I have learned to find an awfully lot of good in some terribly tough circumstances. Keep going, and you shall find out the same lessons.
Daily, headlines have been blaring about how hopeless things are and shall be for folk who look like me. Particularly for women who look like me. And, daily, I have to tell myself that everything WILL be alright. Some kind of way.
The struggle was real, beloveds. Disappointment had reared its ugly head. 56 was annoyed being in the SAME place 55 had been.
My old was feeling old. My get up and go had told me earlier to go on ahead and kick rocks.
Then, good habits rode to my rescue!
Hope joined the 🎉 party, and we decided to put discouragement and disappointment to work by making us some chili!
Up, I got. On with it, I did. Backatcha, I told fear! Ha! Kick dem rocks!
Hold on, beloveds! We fight on!
We can NOT afford to give up on our dreams!
Success is our ONLY option!
Get up! Yea, it’s tough. Yes, it’s hard. So what?! Let’s go!!!
If you are disappointed, keep at it. If you are discouraged, stick with it. Until we win.
Your dreams mean too much to turn your back on them! Ah, beloveds. Keep going. You CAN. YOU WILL!!
hanging in there with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Failure is NOT an option for us. I wanted so badly to listen to discouragement today. Seemed like it would be easier to give in, you know?
Then, beloveds, I reminded myself of how many times I told myself that awful lie! Giving up had done nothing but make life ten times harder/frustrating/disappointing!
I REFUSE to allow quit to occupy 2025!
I’m going to keep trying. I’m going to run towards my dreams. I’m going to encourage as many folk as I can. What are YOU going to do, beloveds? Asking for A Friend…
I’m kinda, sorta, just a tiny bit focusing on the 🌊 waves, on the hard. They seem sooooooo large. What if I can’t/don’t/won’t make it to the other side?!
I had to snatch my try from the jowls of despair
I told my act right to keep acting right. I told my ♥ heart to keep standing on FAITH!
I got up. I got moving. I got a grip!
Then, I got back to work. I got thangs to do.
It’s okay to get nervous during the hard. During those shaky times, remember to speak LIFE over your circumstances.
We SHALL make it to the other side. In the meantime, cut yourself a bit more slack. I have been feeling like an old, useless hag these last few days. Doesn’t mean I AM one.
I am going to treat myself with an old movie and perhaps some 🍿 popcorn. Who wants in?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Don’t spend all day fretting. Do what you can. Pray. Wait. Rinse. Repeat. Enjoy your day. Hard gonna hard whether we want it to or not.
Note: You are not responsible for others, beloveds. We love, yes. Yet, we must allow others to do and to be themselves.
We can’t control love. All we can do is to give love. We ought not handle care carelessly. All we can do is care. We can not control what others do. All we can do is respond with thoughtfulness, care, and love.
Even if we have to walk away from those who choose to treat our love and care in a reckless manner.
Life is short. Cut the strings for/from those you love. If you feel as though you must tie someone down, to “earn/have” their love, let them go. Your strings are your answer and their prison. You want partners, not hostages, eh?
I’m trying to NOT throw my laptop out the nearest window.
I have spent a frustrating evening trying to teach myself CapCut and Canva. All I have managed to do was make myself want to cut up on some Canva!!!
Alas, I had to tell my feels to quit acting a fool long enough for me to tell you to be encouraged.
We got this. In the meantime, beloveds, click on the link above and be encouraged. Let me know what you think in the comments. Please/thanks. How else will I learn unless I can use yall as my helpless victims, er, helpers as I do my best to BE a light?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.
I have been getting up every morning and preparing like I am about to start my new job.
I am anticipating.
I am rejoicing.
I am preparing for new challenges.
While you wait, beloveds, be sure to do so with anticipation. Leave dread in the past.
The unknown does NOT have to be a frightful thing. Let’s make it a delight, eh?
This day was made for us. Let’s choose to rejoice and be glad in it. Things may happen. Things WILL happen. So be it. We shall also be happening to our day!
It feels wonderful to look at the day with joy, not dread, I’m grateful for my life. I’m thankful for what I have. I’m using all that I have to make 2025 an amazing one.
Life is going to happen, whether you wanted to or not. Enjoy your life. Look up on your moments with anticipation. Every day is a gift. Unwrap it with glee.
Don’t wait til courage finds you. It may never come for you. Speak anyway. Just speak. Your words may be the very thing I need, that others need, to make it through a tough day.
Be encouraged.
You got this.
Speak to us.
We ARE listening.
Whether folk will heed your message is not on you. Speak…
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: This is a big world, and it’s easy to feel lost or small in it. Use your voice to be the fulcrum the world needs. Use your voice as the lever that can change everything. A tiny lever can shift mighty things.
The words you have been seeking, to change your life may well be your own. You’ll never know unless you speak. Neither will I.
Speak. Your audience is listening. What do YOU have to say?
In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.
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