You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I say these words to someone EVERY day. I say them to myself EVERY day. Why? Because we ARE! Nuff said. Be encouraged…
Fear, you do NOT:
Run, me.
Own, me.
Scare, me.
I will NOT:
Quit.
Stop.
Worry.
I SHALL:
Persevere.
Stand.
Thrive.
Any more dumb questions from you, fear?
Good!
Get the hell out of here.
waiting patiently,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Don’t let your doubts and fears intimidate you. Age keeps hollering at me that I am toooooo oooooooold. Told age to kick rocks. Finances telling me disssaaassssterr is here. I told finances to shut up and take TWO seats, one being for inflation and the other for recession!😳🤣
Rejoice, beloveds. Straight through the hard. Laugh. Straight through the terrifying. Love. Through it all.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
I encourage.
It’s what I do.
It’s my why.
Why?
Beats me. Have always felt this way.
Now, I choose to spend my days BEING my why. I am no longer concerned with my try or with folks receiving me and my why.
Life is short. I wish someone had told me sooner. Am sure someone did.
My goal is to find the way to monetize my try so I can encourage a billion folk. In the meantime, I will encourage and love as many folks as my words can reach.
Ah, beloveds, you are:
Loved.
Nuff said.
being my why,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be your why. Why? The world needs you. YOU need you. Be encouraged, beloveds. I used to feel like an outsider. No longer. I used to wonder if I could. I know I can. I KNOW I can. I WILL.
Be your why. You are loved and not alone.
Losing hurts.
Losing loved ones hurts, especially.
The loss changes us.
FOREVER.
We become a stranger to ourselves. We do and say things we never would have before the loss.
We find ourselves at a loss.
It’s hard to know how to begin again. It’s hard to want to begin again. It’s just hard.
Today is Christmas Eve. The second Christmas Eve, where it is simply Christmas Eve. And not the day before mom died….*sigh*
I have had a weekend drinking coffee and talking to mom about the football games. Watching sports together was our thing. I stopped after she died.
I stopped doing a lot of things I used to love done. I lost my…
Ah.
Aha!
Loss causes us to lose our minds, doesn’t it beloveds?
Eventually, I found my way. I find that I am finding my way, still.
Still!
In the meantime, I move forward best as I can.
I laugh. I cry. I love. I live.
Life moves on. Move with it. You CAN overcome your loss. You have to. Your life is waiting for you. Get going.
going with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be encouraged.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
Keep getting up.
I know. You are tired. So am I.
Keep getting up.
I know. Your heart isn’t in it. Neither is mine.
Keep getting up.
I know. You are tired of fighting alone. You preaching to the choir!
Keep getting up.
Why?
Your:
Breakthrough.
Miracle.
Dream.
Is waiting!
Keep getting up.
getting up with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Whew! Hard sure is being a big meanie, eh? Geeez.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
I REFUSE to be the reason:
My dreams don’t come true.
Love does not come my way.
The Universe does not hear from me.
My family is not supported/loved.
My job does not receive the best of me.
Things may not turn out as I thought they might.
Life may not go the way I figured it would.
God may not give me what I feel He ought.
So what?
I fight on.
I love still.
I carry on.
I move forward.
I look upward.
I absolutely REFUSE to be the reason. Ha!
being about it no matter how I feel,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I have been telling my feels ALL day to shut up! You have NO idea, beloveds, how badly I want to pull out a can 🥫 of woe is me and how comes!
I fight on. Why? I got thangs to do. Those thangs don’t seem like they are in a hurry to get here but ALL that is required is my try. Simple as that.
Keep going. These last steps are hardest because you are at the heart of the fight/journey. Keep going. Rest. Rinse. Repeat.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
😳
Nuff said.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It has been one of those days when I told my try to kick rocks. My try told me to sit up and take out the trash!
To my great surprise, I DID feel better just by taking out the trash. Making myself get out of bed. Making myself have a cup of coffee. Making myself get outside. Making myself talk to sis. Making myself make this piece.
Be encouraged, beloveds. Keep trying. Even when you don’t wannu. Especially when you don’t want to keep wanting to.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
Stay with it.
When things are hard…
Stay with it.
When you are tired…
Stay with it.
When you are discouraged.
Stay with it.
When you are hard, tired and discouraged…
Stay with it.
staying with it,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep going. Stay with it. Even when the last thing you want to do is stay with it. I hear you. It gets old and tiring fighting for dreams which stay maddeningly just out of reach. Be encouraged. I encourage myself every day. I must admit, I would dearly love to pop my try upside the head about now.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
Fear: Look at me. You will NEVA have the things you want. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Doubt: Trust me. You will NEVER be able to do that. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Anger: Listen to me: You will NEVER get where you want, so don’t try. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Hell: Trust this: You will…
*Cassandra interrupts and 😂 laughs and laughs*
Yea, no.
God: *clearing His Throat to speak*
Me: Yea. You had me at hello…
believing in Him,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I believe. I hope. I trust. I try. I choose…
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
Why?
Three letters.
One word.
Such a small thing can lead to a vast array of:
Everything.
Nothing.
Why?
Knowing why, KNOWING why, or why not, IS everything.
It took me forever to know my why.
Why?
Because, I was chasing everyone else’s why, for my life.
Why?
Great question!
The Universe also asked me to ask myself:
Why do you?
Why do you want to?
Why won’t you?
Why could you?
Why should you?
Is your why your reason why you do what you are doing?
Once I discovered my why, I no longer wonder if my try is enough.
Why?
Because my why IS enough.
For, me.
For, God.
For, Life.
For, The Universe.
For, you?
I have no idea. Yet, that would be a you problem, wouldn’t it?
We spend entirely too much time fretting that our why won’t be enough for this one or that one. Enough!
Keep on being you.
Why?
This world NEEDS you and your weird why.
being my why,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: How is your heart today? I am missing mom. Christmas is Sunday. Ah, mom…
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
