Folk have been on Tik Tok and other mediums crying since the president of the United States rescinded the 1965 Civil Rights Act, along with gutting other programs and freezing federal jobs.
As a woman, a black woman, these measures are devastating, in reality, and not just in the abstract.
That being said, beloveds, I absolutely REFUSE to take up a mantle of fear, anger and hopelessness.
I CHOOSE to continue to shine my light.
I CHOOSE to continue to encourage ALL of my brothers and sisters to keep looking UP, to keep moving FORWARD, to keep loving one another. Even folk who don’t look like you or me. Especially love them.
Ah, beloveds, these times are up to US. We are NOT helpless. We are NOT hopeless.
If you are a TRUE Christian, you know that God is STILL on the throne. HE will be about being about business.
If you are not, your life STILL has an impact. If you live in America, WE make up the USA. WE, each of us, are more than a vote. We have a voice. We can act. We can choose. We can live. We can love. We can fight for one another.
To that end I say “be encouraged”. This life is short. Focus on those things that matter. Do what you can. Love as many folk as you can.
One thing we are NOT going to do, beloveds, is to give up hope. Faith WILL see us through these times.
Things are happening. All over the world. We all must make the choice of how WE are going to conduct ourselves and our business.
As for me and mine, I choose YOU. I choose to pray for you. I choose to rejoice with you. I choose to love you. I choose to root for you. I choose…
We SHALL overcome. Until then, we fight on.
Be encouraged. Get rid of the social media that is doing NOTHING but pumping poison in your spirit. Stick to that which uplifts your soul. Like me, eh?
I had to fight with discouragement again today. I told it to shut up and go back to the hell from whence it came.
Then, I rose. Then, I made coffee. Then, I hopped on here to send some love to someone in need.
What are YOU going to do?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this. Everything will be alright. It will….
In my ability to build an amazing future for myself and others.
In God.
In a good cup of coffee.
In the bible.
In a good chick flick.
In a good laugh to rescue a trying day.
In chair dancing.
In daydreaming.
In giving.
In loving.
In laughing.
In living.
In telling a joke so bad even aspirins walk away shaking their heads.
In a nice bowl of chili.
In non crime scene brownies.
In family.
In friends.
In you.
In me.
What do you believe in, beloveds?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep on believing. It’s good to remember GOOD things. So often, we tend to focus on what we have lost, what we could lose, what may never come to pass.
I say we use 2025 filling up the other half of the glass! Let’s go!
Stop wasting time trying to convince your haters, your doubters, and the world that you can. They don’t/won’t believe in you.
You CAN.
You WILL.
Keep moving FORWARD.
Keep looking UP.
Keeping standing ten toes down.
Keep standing on FAITH.
Keep the faith.
You can’t prove a negative. Stop trying.
Do your best. BE your best. The rest WILL come out in the wash.
2025 has sooooooooooooooo much in store for you. Scoop out as many moments as you can. Squeeze every ounce of love, joy, peace, and laughter from these moments. Embrace every second from these moments.
Be encouraged. Now, get out there and LIVE.
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: What do you dream of? I DARE you to try and make it happen. Ready. Set. Let’s go!!
The greatest lesson I have learned from the 🌪 tornado is that: God has my back. I am loved. I am NOT alone. I do NOT have to fear the future. I do NOT have to fear MY future. I CAN. I WILL.
What have you and are you learning from your storm? These times are not here to break you. They are but footstools for your dreams to climb upon in order for you to reach higher and stretch f
This is so because many have decided to throw their hands up in despair.
Don’t despair.
Turn on some lights.
BE a light.
Soon, some will be curious about that light over there.
Warm them by your light. Feed them. Remind them they can turn on some lights.
Another may turn on a light. Then, another. Then, another…
Gotta start somewhere. Let it start with me…*Cassandra opens her heart ♥ and lets her light shine*
Whose with me?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Promise yourself that you absolutely REFUSE to be used as a vessel to peddle in anything but that which uplifts, teaches, loves and all other things that helps someone grow.
Prior to making the decision not to in 2020, I would have been deeply outraged and full of rage at all the awful things being spewed about. Wisdom has taught me to see all this bait for what it is: Bait and a huge waste of time!
Life is short. I’m using my moments to love as much of this world as I can wrap my arms around. Don’t give up on folk. They are afraid. They are hurting. They don’t understand themselves or anyone else.
Be encouraged. Fill your 2025 with as much of your awesome life as you can. You matter. The world NEEDS your voice in this hour. You were made for this. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.
P.S. You don’t have to wear your lampshade outside. Only if you want to.
I just saw where someone had posted, to a video, that they couldn’t be friends with black people because “they are ghetto and many of them are overweight”.
Life is short, beloveds. I don’t love just those who look like me. I don’t remove my love from those who hate me simply because I am. Or hate me for being…me.
The fires that are decimating California are heartbreaking. What is more disturbing is the hateful, racist, awful, awful, awful rhetoric being spewed about to get folk to turn on his/her brother/sister/neighbor, all under the guise of politics and patriotism.
I stopped by to let folk know how much I love them and care about your lives. Even those of you who won’t be friends with me cuz I am fat.
This world is what WE make it. I plan on feeling 2025 with oodles and oodles of love, joy, faith and laughter. Who wants to join me?
asking for A Friend, Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I absolutely unequivocally love you. So does He. Nuff said. Be encouraged. Have an incredible week. Make it an amazing Monday.
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