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You are more than your less.

I feel helpless.

I feel hopeless.

I feel joyless.

I feel powerless.

I have spent ALL day, beloveds, pulling the less out of my feels.

Feelings are just that: Feelings.

Feelings do NOT dictate who we are or where we are going. At least, they are not supposed to be the leader.

We are so much more than we give ourselves credit for.

I am:

Helpful.

Hopeful.

Joyful.

Powerful.

Tough times are not here to end us. Tough times forces us to choose US. Tough times make us make a decision to believe or give up.

I CHOOSE to:

Move FORWARD.

Look UP.

Stand ten toes down on FAITH, not fear.

Believe in me.

Trust God.

Laugh.

Love.

Live.

When things grow tough, beloveds, keep peeling the less off your feels. Remember that you are mighty. You are magnificent. You are loved.

Never forget that.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. There is no getting around these tough times. We shall get through them. In the meantime, enjoy your day. Find some joy and peace, in the middle of the chaos, all around.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What the what?!🤯😤

What?

WHAT!!!!?

OMG, WWWWWWHHHHHYYYY?!!!

*stamps foot*….!!!

Wheeewwww!

Scuze me, beloveds, I am trying to get some act right so I can turn my DAMNED 🍋 LEMONS INTO UPLIFTING LEMONADE FOR YOU. OMG!!!

*Cassandra stops 😡 pouting long enough to tell her mournful, terribly sad and awfully what in the fresh hell tale*.

*Cassandra thinks she is being really dramatic about this*

*Cassandra becomes angry with reasonable Cassandra, and they get into a terribly entertaining fight*

*Tired of fighting, Cassandra shares her sad, sad, terrible tale*:

I was in the mood for 🥣 cereal. Golden Grahams to be precise. I decided to do an emergency order and ordered some cereal, some 🥪 sandwich fixings and odds and ends and breathlessly awaited my order.

A while later, the 🚪 doorbell rings. Okay, I don’t have a doorbell, and they left the order without knocking, but still…

I fling the door open to find everything but the Golden Grahams!!! Or, so I thought.

I call the store. Calmly 😡 mad. The store was NOT helpful. Rude, in fact.

I had to tell act right to STAY on the high road. In truth, I dearly wanted to use the low road. I chose the high road.

I told myself to just make sandwiches 🥪 after remembering the sandwich fixings.

Dramatically, I pulled out turkey, cheese, and reach for the buns, and there were no buns!! They forgot the buns and canned goods as well!!!! OMG!!!

I wanted to act a fool. I didn’t. In the end, I found some old buns and made some sandwiches. I ordered more cereal. I got on with my life.

Life is short, beloveds. Things happen. Inconvenient things. Frustrating things. Things that will make the way a bit longer.

That’s okay. Roll with the punches. Go another way. Try something different. Make a new plan. Refurbish the old one.

I used this situation to make ME better. I chose not to be angry with the driver. I chose not to be angry with the store. I chose not to be angry.

I chose to laugh. I chose to get on with my evening. In the past, I would have spent the rest of the evening stewing. I would have gone to bed hungry. I would have played the martyr and not fixed something else to eat.

I am growing. Slowly. I am learning. Slowly. I am hungry…lol.

I’m fixing to enjoy some sammiches. Who wants to join me?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s not what happens to us that counts. It’s what happens IN us as we choose to respond in ways that uplifts us and others. Keep on being the awesome folk you are. I love me some you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s time to believe. In me.

It’s time to believe.

In me.

It’s time to fight.

For my dreams.

I’m ready.

To stand ten toes down.

I’m able.

To withstand ANY foe.

I may not win.

The outcome is not the point.

The point is to get in the arena.

The mission is giving it all I’ve got.

I have won.

Already.

In entering the arena.

I have defeated my biggest enemy.

Which was ME.

winning,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get in the arena, beloveds, and try. Just try.

There really IS life on the other side of your fear. Ah, it’s glorious. Come join me. The water is perfect. Let’s go!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are one moment away.

You are one moment away.

From a breakthrough.

From victory.

From defeat.

From a glorious beginning.

From an ignominious defeat.

Keep moving. FORWARD. You just don’t know which will change everything!

Get going. Move. Try. Do something.

I did NOT want to do something today. I am tired of this unknown. I am exhausted with the high road. I’m through with encouraging myself. So what?!

I’m doing what I can. It’s a have to. The ONLY way things change is if I change them. Heckamiah Jeremiah!😭😡😥🙏

I made myself get up and get going. There may be a miracle hiding in this day. I won’t know until I find out.

Be encouraged, beloveds. You are a moment away!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: One step at a time. Ah, God. What do we do in the meantime? Asking for many friends.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Choose: Rest or worry?

Choose.

Rest or worry.

Choose.

Love or apathy.

Choose.

Try or give up.

Choose.

Laugh or despair.

Choose.

Move forward or look behind.

I choose to rest. I choose to love. I choose to try. I choose to laugh.

What do YOU choose, beloveds?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is what YOU make it. Make your life an amazing one. Love someone. Starting with you. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You can if you want to.

I can.

I keep reminding my age of this. I keep reminding my try of this.

I can.

I want to.

I will.

Some kind of way.

What shall YOU do, beloveds?

You can, you know?

Try. Just try.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Everything around me tells me all is hopeless. Ha, I reply back! I can. I can do something. The something may be small. Yet, ONE spark can 🔥 burn down a forest!

Use your spark to change things. Starting with you. Today may be the day the world opens itself for you. In the meantime, open yourself to all life has to offer.

The best is yet to come for us. Wait for it. Be patient. Be joyful. Life is as we are making it. I am making my days glorious. How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Beloved, you are.

Beloved, you are history in the making.

Beloved, your life can/is changing your surroundings.

What kind of history are YOU making in your life and the lives of those around you?

You ARE making a difference. Is the difference positive? Are folk glad you came or are they relieved that you left?

Are you sowing love or discord?

Are you giving some or are you taking everything?

Are you forgettable because of your apathy? Are you unforgettable because of the care you show?

I was raised to consider others. Unfortunately, these last decades folk have been raised to consider no one but themselves.

Beloved, you are…

Whatever YOU choose to be. What/who do you CHOOSE to be?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I choose to love. You. I do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Make this world regret dismissing you.

Ah, beloveds.

I see you!

Ah, beloveds. I see the greatness just waiting to be unleashed within you!

This IS your time!

THIS is your moment!

Seize it!

Make this world regret dismissing you.

How?

You tell me!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Can you feel it, beloveds? Can you feel the earth quaking in fear of YOUR greatness set to be unleashed within and upon it!

Let’s go!!!!!

Shine your light.

Stand up.

Show up.

Show out!

There is no way in hell any of us are going to allow our world to disintegrate into a hopeless mess with our consent!

There is too much good in us. Start kicking darkness in the uh-oh! Let’s go, people!

We NEED one another. ALL of us. We shall NOT be moved!!!

Get out there and love as many folk as you can. Especially the especially hard headed ones. Smh.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Fear, you is a dummy.

Fear, you is a dummy.

You thought you had me.

You were waiting for me to get got.

But, I got YOU.

Locked down.

Imprisoned.

Stewing in your own juice.

Yea, fear, you thought you had me.

Turns out I had YOU.

Reduced to rubble.

Smashed to smithereens.

Beaten.

By love.

Defeated.

By try.

By me.

What say you now, fear?

I can’t hear you.

Too busy laughing at YOUR demise.

You thought you had me.

Turns out I had YOU.

What say you, fear?

Who is running now?

I suggest YOU get to running, fear.

There is NO room for you here.

Be gone.

Go your way.

I got thangs to do!

doing thangs free from fear,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Sometimes, beloveds, you just HAVE to let fear know where to go!

Stop running. Face fear head on. You got this. God has us all. Fear is nothing but a liar.

Tell yourself the truth: You CAN. You WILL! Now, get out there and get it. Help someone else get theirs. Together we win. Let’s go!!!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What do you DO when you don’t know what to do?

What do you DO when you don’t know what to do?

I have been asking myself this question for months. Months!

Where do I look first?

Who do I trust now?

How do I know I am making the RIGHT decision?

Questions. Questions!

The questions don’t stop. Neither will I!

Not knowing is forcing me to continually evaluate, reevaluate and make choices.

I am learning to DO something. Even if the something is something small. The small shall unleash something large soon. I hope.

I hope!

Ah.

Aha!

Use these unknown times to get to know you…lol.

Ah, beloveds. THIS is our time. THESE are our moments. We can NOT afford to dismiss them.

The world may choose to dismiss us. No matter. We move. FORWARD. Even if we must go alone.

We look UP. Even if everyone else choose despair.

We will NEVER, EVER, NEVER give up on ourselves. Never again.

We will strive. We will try. We will!

We are NOT helpless.

We are NOT hopeless.

We fight on!

Get up!

Stop crying over the unfair fight! The fight IS unfair. So what?!!!! Fight anyway!

Snatch victory from certain defeat.

Remain defiant in the face of EVERY foe.

No, we will not win every fight. So what?! Make sure the darkness KNOW they have been in a hell of a fight!

If I lose, dammit, I will lose with victory clutched within my cold, dead hands!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Okay, you are supposed to be beating the hell out of all that has been beating the hell out of you. Go!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!