Category: God

I am not afraid.

Fear not, beloveds.

No matter what. No matter why. You SHALL make it.

All shall be well.

Keep moving FORWARD.

Keep looking UP.

We got this. Take no heed of the darkness. Turn on the light. Be a light.

We CAN.

We WILL.

I have been saying these things for five years. I have been fighting back the darkness for the past two.

I have wrestled with a live tornado that tore up my city, tore down my confidence and tore up my illusion that true disaster could/would never shake me as badly as it did.

Still, I am here. Still. Thriving. Jobless. Hopeful. Joyful. Expectant. Resilient.

Keep being about being about it EVERY day.

I love you. As does He.asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Let your cut off time BE your cut off time.

I told myself NO writing in bed after I have stopped for the day. This may be tough. I am used to snatching up my phone at odd hours.

I am trying to train myself to shut things down so I can REST through the night.

Decades of being on call, to the universe, has made it hard to shut down.

If we are going to accomplish our dreams, beloveds, we are going to have to treat our minds much better than we do.

We are going to have to give our minds the rest, the quiet, the refilling they deserve.

Pick a cut off time and cut things off! Let your mind rejuvenate.

How can your mind do what it needs to do if it is forever filled with doom scrolling?😳🤨🤔

My body is slowly adapting to this. It is relaxing more at night. It is allowing ME to be still and peaceful as the night comes calling. It no longer feels as if it is on call.

What is the point of perpetual motion for motion’s sake?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Rest your mind. Turn things off EVERY day. Have an awesome day today. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

An ocean of one.

We need each other.

I got you.

Have me back.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short. Love someone. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Pieces.

Pieces.

Separate.

Equal.

Needed.

We are all pieces. Pieces to this puzzle called life. Each needed. All necessary.

The puzzle can’t be completed without me. Without you.

Where are you? Where have you been? Where are you going? You are needed.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We need one another…*sigh*.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: I haven’t written since mom died.

I just now, JUST NOW, beloveds, came to an astonishing truth/conclusion:

I have written since mom passed away 2016.

Not really. Not the stories I used to. Not the poems/songs I used to.

I didn’t even realize it until just now. When mom died, God told me to write. To write about it. About her.

For many years, I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. I didn’t. It’s the one rebellion I definitely kept from God. I wasn’t ready. My dreams went in that casket with her.

Since my friend challenged me to keep my pieces at one minute, and get straight to the point, the writer in me woke up.

I found myself jotting down phrases. Short bursts of feeling found their way onto the pages of my heart.

I found myself speaking to myself, as well as to others. I am calling forth myself. Where has she been hiding all this time?

I don’t know what to make of this development. I shall sit with it a while. I shall see where these words will lead me.

Ah, God, what do I do with me now?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I don’t even know what I am trying to say or who these words are for. You know who you are.

Keep moving forward. Keep discovering those parts of you that hid during times of immense grief and hardship.

Spring is here. It’s time for old dreams to breathe and live again. Rise. We got thangs to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Together, we stand!

Together, we stand!

I REFUSE to live in a world of darkness where hating my neighbor is profitable, preferred and prophesied about. LIES!

Shine your light.

Be a light.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We are all be challenged in this hour. What say you? Evil thrives when good men do nothing, as the old saying goes.

If one of us suffers, we ALL suffer.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We win together.

We win together.

We can conquer the darkness together.

We can do mighty things.

Together.

Or, we can collectively turn our backs and watch the world burn down. Together.

Not on my watch!

Who is with me?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

All medicine is not always the RIGHT medicine. 🤧🤒

I could kick myself.

Truly.

I added days, DAYS I’M TELLIN’ YA, to my illness, simply because I had not stocked up on the right medicine.

I told myself to reorder things. I got busy. Was too busy doing thangs. Smh.

Sure enough, illness knocked, kicked me in the face, and perused the near empty medicine cabinet.

I had just enough to be dangerous. Nothing that would clear up the cough, the congestion and barely touched on the fever. When I looked at the cost of what was needed, I balked. Dummy me.

It only took two extra days of flames erasing my brain for me to holler uncle, aunt and all other entities as I ordered meds suitable for dealing with congestion and cough.

Who knew?! Relief soon followed. Yes, I still feel like paint scrapings. But, I am on the mend. For those wondering how the world I know what paint scrapings feel like, just trust your sis.

I know there is some inspiration in here, somewhere, but I am honestly too tired of coughing to remember.

Someone well please pass out some wonderful pearls of wisdom for us all, okay?

In the meantime, have a wonderful day. This day is as YOU make it. What are you turning your day into?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Love wins.

Love wins.

Shine your light.

Be a light.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let go of your dreams.

I wasn’t willing to let this flu/cold stop me from uplifting folk for another second.

Be encouraged.

Don’t let go, beloveds!

We CAN.

We WILL!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

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One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!