Category: God

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.

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…

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

Heart check Friday❤️

We made it!

Whew!!

lol.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. We try. We fail. Rinse. Repeat. Smh.

Summer is over. I wonder what happened to it. I wonder what happened to me, in it.

I’m tired. Have said these two words ALL year!

My birthday is next Friday!😳. 55. 55?!!

A long time to have waited, for these stupid dreams of mine, to GET HERE ALREADY!!

Just thinking about them makes me want to take to my bed. I want to be angry with them. Life would have been so much easier without these stupid dreams forever hollering in my ear!

*stamps foot*

Huh?

I’m supposed to be encouraging you?

Hhmmm.

*Cassandra scrounges ’round, in her tired heart, looking for some encouragement.*

*shrug*

All I could find were some shrugs, some tired, some sad, and some what the fresh hell is taking so long.

*shrug*

See?

That’s okay. I’m content. Even now. Even frustrated and sad. Am not sad so much as tired.

I think I hear a cup of coffee calling me. I have done my work. It’s time to rest.

Time for you to rest, as well.

I’m looking forward to the next 55 years. Yikes!🤣🥰

Be encouraged. Thanksgiving will be here, soon. Be thankful, now, for your life. Don’t forget:

You are more than, what you do.

Your value comes simply from, your birth.

There is NOTHING you need to add, to you, to make you more lovable. You are loved. You are altogether lovely!

You are special, right now, messed up, messes, and all.😉😘

Take care. Love someone. Start with you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Repeat after me: I got this!

Repeat after me:

I got this.

God got me.

What am I waiting for?

I can.

I will.

I must.

Now get out there, beloveds, and happen to your life. STOP waiting for life, to happen to you.

Stop waiting!

going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

When you don’t know what to do, do something.

There are days when I just don’t know what to do:

I don’t know, what to do with the emotions running all over the room.

I don’t know, what to do with want to that don’t want to.

I don’t know, what to do with bills I can’t pay.

I don’t know, what direction to turn.

I don’t know, what to do with my sad.

I don’t know, what to do with my mad.

I don’t know, what to do with my writing.

I don’t know, what to do with me.

What do I do?

I write.

I give myself permission to be sad.

I give voice to my anger.

I start walking in any direction knowing The Universe will point me the right way.

I allow myself to sell.

I remind myself to rejoice and embrace the day.

I happen to my day.

When you don’t know what to do, beloveds, sometimes it’s good, to do something.

Not knowing can be used as an excuse to not try.

Try, YOUR way. Leave out some commas. Throw in, some exclamation points!

When you don’t know what to do, do something.

doing something with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Being forced to learn a super hard position, at my tender age of 50ish, was THE toughest thing I have EVER done. It was:

Humbling.

Demeaning.

Demanding.

Embarrassing.

Just about every ing one could go through. I cried. A lot. I fussed at God. A lot. Told Him it was NOT fair to put me through this. Not, NOW, I said. I had gotten comfortable. I KNEW what I was doing! I was great at it. Now, I had not the first clue. Yikes.

Those times, those incredibly embarrassingly hard times, forced me to confront:

Failure.

Discouragement.

More, failure.

More, discouragement.

Until, I fought my way out. I learned that I was okay, even if I had not the first clue. My identity was no longer in how awesome I was, at my job. God loved me, mess ups and all. Whew!

I no longer had to walk a high wire of trying to earn love/respect through my actions/deeds/efforts.

I could talk for days, on this subject. I shall end, temporarily, with this:

When you don’t know what to do, do something. It will help to get you out of the paralyzing state of ‘I can’t do this!’. You can. You will.

Be encouraged. If you are here, with me, it is proof that you ARE doing all you know, eh?

I wish someone had told me, long time ago, I didn’t have to be strong. That I didn’t have to spend my life, trying to convince the world I was worthy of being here. I was. I am. As, are you, beloveds.

Thank you, for spending a bit of time, with me. You could be doing anything. Amazingly, you made your way here. I am honored. Life is short. Love someone. Start with you.

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been pondering and praying for all the fantastic bloggers/readers on WordPress.com. I have been stalking many of yall…lol. I have been enjoying the different blogs. If you don’t have one, consider creating one. You would be amazed how much fun they are and how fulfilling they can be. Yes, at first, it can be awfully discouraging to get few, if any, likes or responses. Do like I do and make up a million tags/categories. I have NO idea what that does but that’s how a few have made their way to my blog…*shrug*.

I almost forgot to give you this!:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Not on my watch.

I will not lose.

Not on my watch.

I will not let you give up.

Not on my watch.

I will not allow you to quit trying.

Not on my watch.

I will not walk away.

Not on my watch.

I will not succumb to the darkness.

Not on my watch.

I will not stand for negativity.

Not on my watch.

I will not allow my dreams to be trampled upon.

Not on my watch.

I will not let my dreams be discarded.

Not on my watch.

I will not turn my back on my heart.

Not on my watch.

I will not allow apathy to keep me from doing what is right.

Not on my watch.

I will never give up on you.

Not on my watch.

* Cassandra turns away, from the mirror, and gets on with the rest of her life.*

keeping her promises,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s important, beloveds, to affirm, OUT LOUD, what you will and will not for. If no one stands with or for you, so what?! What will you allow, or not, on your watch? Asking for A Friend.

Heart check Wednesday❤: Gain momentum.

Don’t fall for the notion that Wednesday is hump day. Let Wednesday, be the day where you gain momentum. Let Wednesday, be the day where you restock your energies, for the rest of the week.

Life is what to make it. Life is what you tell it to be. Tell yourself the truth. You can. You will.

Until you make it happen, take a breath. Take a break. Look around and see all that you have accomplished.

Tell worry not to worry. Calf here not to be afraid. Tell disappointments it’s okay to be disappointed.

We got this. Keep being about being about it. Don’t forget to look after your heart in the process. Keep loving you. It’s important. You are important.

I find myself in another difficult training class. It’s long. It’s frustrating. It’s semi boring. I tell myself it’s exciting and new…lol.

Life is what you make it. Life is what you tell yourself. Tell yourself awesome things. Make it an awesome life.

Take care of yourself today.Take care of yourself, today.

having an amazing day,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What have you done for YOU, today? Be good to you. Asking for A Friend. Remember that you are loved and not alone.