Category: Inspiration

I don’t know what to do, I said.

I don’t know what to do, I said.

Just be you, He replied.

How can being me be enough, I asked.

Being you is more than enough, He stated.

Who will want what I have to give, I muttered.

All who values priceless gifts, He uttered.

Where do You see priceless things, I exclaimed.

Deep inside you, He tearfully shared.

I dare not believe me worthy of You, I cried.

I love thee THIS much, stretched out His Arms and died…

For me.

Ah, Lord. I ‘preciate You.❤️‍🩹♥️🥰

For God so loved the world…

forever grateful,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Nuff said. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me: You are amazing.

Repeat after me:

You are amazing.

Now go be amazing!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Beloveds, 🛑 STOP looking at yourself and finding yourself wanting! You are:

Amazing.

Incredible.

Infinitely priceless.

Get on out there and be the rare treasure you are.

Don’t judge yourself based upon someone else’s actions towards you. That’s a them problem. Your worth is NOT based upon who looks upon you.

You are truly loved, seen, valued and cherished. Lift up your head. You are nothing to be ashamed of. You have nothing to apologize for.

You are NOT your mistakes. Yes, you make mistakes. So what? We all do. Fix what you can. Mitigate what you can. Forgive all you can. Move forward.

This life is short, beautiful ones. Live. In the moment. Stop waiting for this or that to be added. You have all you need to enjoy today. Tomorrow shall come and do as it pleases.

Be encouraged.  If no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When God is silent.

When God is silent.

You stay still.

When The Universe moves.

You flow with.

When Life calls.

You answer.

Until then:

Wait.

Believe.

Rejoice.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I’m not sure what to DO next. I am doing my level best not to act from fear of the unknown. I am waiting for the next steps to reveal themselves. Ah, God. You don’t have to hurry, but get here quickly. Asking for A friend(me).

Beloveds, be sure not to move simply because you are afraid to remain in the uncomfortable place God has you locked in, currently. This is but a season of preparation, of growth. Stand fast. Stand still. Stand ten toes down, as the young folks say. This means to keep BOTH feet FIRMLY planted.

Ah, God. What do I DO with me now?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: No going back!

Real talk…*sigh*….

I find myself missing the:

Comfortable.

Familiar.

Known.

We all talk a big game, don’t we, when it comes to wanting growth and change?

We talk a whoooooole lotta crap about wanting to do whatever is needed to grow.

Then, at first sign of the unknown, we cry like big babies:

“It’s dark!”

“I can’t see!”

“I don’t know them!”

“I don’t know if I can trust this!”

“Are You sure?!”

We want change. Easily. Handed to us on a silver platter. No pain involved.

Ah, pain. It sure has been a pain in the uh oh.

Instead of racing back to the familiar, I strain forward.

It’s dark.

I can’t see.

I trust You.

trusting even when I can’t see,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep moving forward, beloveds. Don’t let the unknown chase you back into the shadows. Stay in the light. You got this.

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

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Shout out to all the beloveds.

Life is short. Please live it. Your way. Outloud. Without apology.

Tell fear to kick rocks.

Welcome love in.

Cut yourself some slack.

Be the original. We don’t need more tired replicas.

Be encouraged.

Okay, I am fixing to have some chocolate cream pie and coffee to celebrate more victims, er, friends to pie in the face, er, hang out with. Who is with me?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I hope you are enjoying your Saturday. If not, how come? Whatever is going on shall pass. In the meantime, do your best and leave the rest.

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He 

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t let fear run you.

Fear was talking real loud this morning.

Talking ’bout me. Telling me what I can and can’t have. Bumping gums ’bout where I can and can’t go.

I told fear to shut it. Told fear, “You don’t run me.”

In fact, I made fear get out of bed and make me some ☕ coffee! 😂🥰

Don’t let fear run you, beloveds. Don’t waste ONE minute agreeing and feeding into its lies. Fear can ONLY run roughshod, in our lives, as we give it license and room to move.

Don’t give fear ANY oxygen. I found myself afraid. Why? Listening briefly to 55. I told 55 to stop carrying on. I told her she would be alright.

See, we have to combat fear by telling it the truth.

We CAN.

We WILL.

The glass is half full. Don’t fret about what’s not in the glass. Drink what you have!🥰😂

Fear not.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We will be okay. We will. Our age is an ASSET. Tell yours to shut up if it is telling you that you ate too old or too young to do this or that. Lies! Let’s go, beloveds. We got thangs to do. In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

We ARE The World.

I can’t tell you why, beloveds, but I find great solace in listening to ‘We Are The World’ when my heart is heavy. Don’t ask me why. It just does. The song reminds me of a time when the world came TOGETHER. As ONE voice. As ONE people. To help and love one another.

The song is decades old. The sentiment never changes. Ah, beloveds, that we all chose to come TOGETHER, once again!

We can. WE can. We CAN. IF, we ALL choose to. I choose.

How about you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There are sooooooooooooo many voices attempting to divide us all. I absolutely REFUSE to give up on my fellow man. Call me a big dummy. I’ll own that. Until we all come together in love and harmony, I pray. Ah, God. Help us all to get some act right. Love someone, beloveds. Starting with you. Extend your hand to those who don’t look like, talk like, believe like, or live where you live.

We ARE the world…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: Not in my vocabulary!

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I think I did it!

Yaya!

trying,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Not in my vocabulary!

Quitting.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving up.

Not in my vocabulary!

Walking away.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving in to the darkness.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving up on love.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving up on my dreams.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving up on my fellow man.

Not in my vocabulary!

Walking away from hard.

Not in my vocabulary!

Turning my back on me.

Not in my vocabulary!

Giving in to fear.

Not in my vocabulary!

Allowing doubt to take over.

Not in my vocabulary!

Running away from facing ME.

Not in my vocabulary!

Allowing others to run my life.

Not in my vocabulary!

Choosing to see the worst.

Not in my vocabulary!

Choosing to remain in my comfort zone(s).

Not in my vocabulary!

Nah, beloveds, we got entirely too many thangs to do than to allow anything or anyone get in our way. Including, ourselves. Especially, ourselves!

Get up!

Try.

Fail.

Laugh.

Then, get up and try, fail and laugh again.

And, again.

And, again.

Until?

Until we win!!

winning with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have not had a paycheck since June. And, that was only a check of ONE day’s pay. That’s it.

I’m 55.

Jobless.

Alone.

Yet, not alone.

Does these ‘realities’ make me want to run for the hills? At times. Does these things make me want to doubt myself? Undoubtably. Does these things make me want to lose faith in my faith? No.

I won’t lie, beloveds. EVERYTHING was shaken after that awful tornado tore through my yard. Everything. I have never been more terrified. Never. And, I had been through Hurricane Katrina and another tornado, in the past.

I don’t know why THIS tornado was so earth-shattering, pun intended. Maybe, it’s because I faced it alone. At 55. Suddenly, my age took on a life of its own. It began to dominate everything. It made me question everything.

Can I REALLY move forward? Can I TRULY be successful. At my age?!

God keeps telling me I can do this. The Universe keeps saying I WILL do this. Life keeps shouting to me that I MUST do this.

Beloveds, I’m afraid I may not be up to the task. What if I can’t? What if I don’t? What if I do and what I have to offer is NOT enough?

Ah, there goes that word again, beloveds.

Enough. Six letters that causes the greatest anxt and heartache for ALL of us? Am I enough? Is what I have to offer ENOUGH? Can I give enough that will EVER matter to ANYONE?

Yet, the only way to find out, beloveds, is to go on ahead and to find out!

We may not be enough for some. We may be too much for others. We WILL be perfect for those The Universe has just waiting to love and care for us.

But, we are terrified of that six letter word. Enough. We soooooooooooooooooooo want to BE enough.

Why?

So, we can be CHOSEN. Ah, another word that tears at the heartstrings. Chosen.

What if no one chooses to be with me? What if the world chooses not to see me? What if my skillsets are not chosen, by a job? What if a mate refuses to choose me? What if folk won’t choose me to be a friend. What then?

Am I then, not enough? Not worthy?

It has taken God fifty years to love me enough where I could finally learn to love ME. So much so, beloveds, I am perfectly okay should I never be selected. If I am never chosen. If I am forever found wanting for the world.

Why?

Because, God loves me!

Me!

Astounding.

Amazing.

I can barely understand why. I’m loud. I’m a goof. I watch dumb things. I think stupid things. I am ridiculously hopeful. I am maddeningly stubborn in the belief we CAN! and we WILL!

Still, God whispers to me how very much I matter. Me. Not my work. Not my money. Not my try. Not my good deeds. Not my perfection.

Me. The goofy, loud, stupid, dumb, non-working me that has NO idea what to DO now. Ah, God, why won’t You just go ahead and quit me as the world so easily has done and shall continue to do?

I know I am talking to SOMEONE. Someone out there is wondering why in the fresh hell won’t God/The Universe/Life just give up on them already?! They want to throw in the towel. They want to quit. But, something just won’t turn them loose. Their dreams simply will NOT leave them alone. Life just keeps on annoying the hell out of them and telling them not to quit. Not just yet.

I’m talking to YOU, beloveds. If you are reading these words, I am speaking to YOU. I am praying for you. I am rooting for you. Don’t give up on you. Not just yet. Your life is NOT near the end. You are on the precipice of a fantastic journey.

Get ready to enjoy your life. Get out there and live. Yes, you have your stresses. So what. Toss your stresses in the shower and keep it moving! Make some coffee. Take a walk. Make a new friend. Hug a neighbor. Reconcile with family. Just DO something.

Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Let them go. Wish them well.

I lost a friend.

A friend I loved, still love, terribly.

They chose to walk away.

I allowed them to go THEIR way.

I understand why they chose not to stay.

Sometimes, folk are just not ready to deal with the things holding them back from RECEIVING love.

I have been there. I have done that. Too many times to count.

I wished them well. I wish them well. Still. I miss them. Still. Still, life moves on. I must move on.

It’s hard to let folks walk out of our lives. It hurts when they do. It’s a necessary part of growth and life.

If you have someone who has chosen or needed to walk away…

Let them go.

Wish them well.

letting folk do as they need to,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Let them go, beloveds. Wish them well.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!