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Just because.

Just because it feels as though it’s never gonna happen…

Does NOT mean it’s never gonna happen.

Stop scaring yourself half to death with what if and how come maybe. Live, beloveds.

Just because it looks as if all is crumbling around you…

Does NOT mean the walls of your dreams are tumbling down. Dream, beloveds.

Just because it seems as if you are all alone…

Does NOT mean you are surrounded by nothing but gremlins and goblins. Walk confidently, beloveds.

Things are not always what they seem, feel or look like. Fear and doubt tend to alter our perceptions, which can alter our steps and actions. Which DOES and WILL alter our future.

Stand on FAITH, beloveds. Well I know how very loud fear and doubt can sound. Tell them to shut up already and keep it moving. We got thangs to do.

Believe in YOU.

I do.

God does.

The Universe does.

Those who love you do.

Why can’t/won’t you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: These have been some frightening and wonderful steps. At 55, my heart says Yikes! I have never been more afraid of the unknown. I have never been more confident in Him. It’s a good thing. I have never been less confident in ME.

Ah, beloveds, I go. Afraid. Bold. Stupidly. Unapologetically. At least I go. Amirite?🤣🤗🍿

Keep going, beloveds. Embrace the suck, as they say. Embrace the unknown. Even the scary parts. Keep being YOU no matter what. YOU SHALL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I’ll find a way.

Fear: You can’t make it there.

Me: I’ll find a way.

Doubt: You won’t be accepted there.

Me: I’ll make the way.

Rejection: You will never be received.

Me: I’ll show the way.

Satan: You shall NEVER get there.

Me: He IS The Way. I’m with Him. Move outta my way!!

Sure wish I knew which way to go. That being said, I’ll find a way.

Will you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short, beloveds. Make a way, find a way, find The Way and go with Him. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me: I’ll find a way.

Repeat after me:

I’ll find a way.

Nuff said. Now go find the damned way! Enough with dismissing you and your try. You ARE enough, beloveds.

Now, go be enough!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you still doing here? Get going. Go on ahead and dominate your day. We got thangs to do…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Here, I sit.

Here, I sit.

Alone.

Waiting.

For:

A friend?

An answer?

A reason?

I have not a clue. I just find myself here.

Here, I sit.

Waiting.

For what?

Does it matter?

We shall see.

waiting,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Something, deep inside, has been waiting. For something? For someone? I have no idea. Still, I wait. The day grows late. Is it my dreams, God? Is it You? What/who awaits me? Asking for a friend(me).

If it is on your heart to wait, then wait. Patiently. Imperfectly. Ah, beloveds, greatness is coming…wait…..wait….wait!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What if I can’t? What if I could?

What if I can’t? What if I could?

What if I couldn’t. What if I would have?

What if…

What if I stopped asking and just DID?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Think I will find out what all this what if is all about…🤔

How about finding out with me? I dare you…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Quitting is NOT an option!

Repeat after me:

Quitting is NOT an option.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Anyone can quit. There is too much in you to quit, beloveds. I don’t give two hoots what is going on in your life. This period is just a period. Periodt! This is NOT the end. Your story is not finished.

Get up. Get going. Keep it moving. Drag discouragement with you. Tell disappointment so what and keep on keeping on. We got thangs to do. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Are you willing?

Are you willing?

To remain in a hard place?

To keep doing the hard thing?

To maintain?

To continue?

To remain?

Anyone, beloveds, can continue when skies are clear. Anyone, beloveds, can maintain the easy path.

It takes courage to keep on keeping on when the way gets hard. It takes tremendous strength to remain when all have fled and left you alone.

Are you willing, The Universe queried me.

Yes, I replied.

Are you willing, beloveds?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This was a short piece, with a heavy question. Are you willing? Am I? I want to be a coward. I want to say ‘no’. I want to hide among the obscure. I want to tell my want to to go on ahead and kick some rocks.

Yet, my dreams won’t let me be. I don’t know why in the fresh hell these stupid dreams have stayed so consistently LOUD! Dammit, dreams, I am 55. Let me be an old, comfortable, fat lady. Why can’t you leave me be, you big, ridiculously impossible dreams?! Fresh egads!…*sigh*.

I was almost at give up’s end, beloveds. ALMOST. Yea, boy, I was fixin’ to quietly surrender my dreams to the lies which came to claim them.

Ha! That’s what my dreams said, beloveds. Ha! No way! Stubborn, silly dreams of mine. These stubborn dreams keep chasing me awake! Let me sleep, I say. I wish I could bury these terribly loud burdens, er, dreams and live this loudly desperate/boring life of mine. Ack.

Somebody’s why keeps tugging at my why. I don’t know which one or ones of you who is wooing my dreams so. Ah, beloveds, what the world are we going to DO with these dreams and whys of ours?

Help us, Universe. We are ready to soar. We are tired of roaming around with our whys pestering our every step. We have got so many thangs to do. Help us to do what we sooooooooooooooooo long to do.

We have much to give, Life. Help us to bloom. Help us to take off. Help us to get to the top. There is so much more to us. How do we know? Because our whys and our dreams tell us so.

Asking for many friends.

Be encouraged, all. Keep on doing your why. Keep on listening to your dreams. Even when they drive you up fifty walls. Even when you have no idea what to do. Even when folk look at you as though you have lost what is left of your faculties.

The Universe is not picking on you. Just pulling out the greatness within. Hang in there. You CAN. You will. You do NOT walk alone. Neither do I. We got this. Let’s get it…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Fight: Can I talk to you?

I want you to fight, beloveds.

I want you to fight for you.

I want you to fight for your dreams.

Too many, beloveds, have given up.

I used to be one of them. One of the secret ones. One of the ones who had secretly ceded the ground of their dreams.

Why?

Why not?

I was nothing.

I was no one.

I was no import. At least, that’s what the world told this black, female, loud and worthless hide.

For too many years, beloveds, I fought for everyone but me. Me, I hid. Me, I refused to champion.

Why?

Because I was a nobody, remember?

Yet, something inside me absolutely refused to believe this about me. THIS rose up, in me. THIS became my why: To let folk KNOW they were loved and NOT alone.

That folk are worthy. That folk are worthwhile. That folk are worth it. They are. We are. I am. You are.

Now, I fight. Every day. Every single damned day. I fight for you. I fight for me. I fight for us all.

Dammit, God, fight with me. Send some folk to help me. I can’t reach them all. Can/will you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Do THIS, beloveds. Whatever your THIS is. I would give my last dollar to be able to show a million folk how much they are loved and cared for. My dollars don’t stretch that far. All I can send are my love. Crap. Just doesn’t seemed to be a damned enough! Is it?…😥😡🎤

Be encouraged. I am foolish enough to believe these words will set someone free. I hope. Hope with me…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.

Do THIS.

All I want to do, beloveds, is this.

Encouraging folk.

Loving folk.

Writing to folk.

Writing for Him.

Writing for you.

Writing for me.

This.

This!

T

THIS!

What is your THIS, beloveds?

If you don’t know, find it!

If you do know, do your THIS. Do it now. Do your THIS afraid, if you must. You MUST do your THIS.

Why? Because, beloveds, this world has been waiting for your THIS. I need YOUR THIS. I can’t do my THIS without your THIS. We need this. We need that.

The Bible says THIS ONE THING I DO…

Do THIS,  God said to me.

Finally, ah God, I understand. I will.

Will you, beloveds?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What is your THIS? DO THIS. Even if it makes sense to no one but you. Especially then. Asking for A Friend. 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!

This is me.

This is me.

Good.

Bad.

Indifferent.

This is me!😳

I write.

Every day.

I encourage.

Every day.

I hope.

Every day.

I pray.

Every day.

I think random, dumb things.

Every day.

I am concerned about the whole, wide world.

Every day.

I reach out to the world.

Every day.

I do all these things which pays me nothing, yet gives me everything.

Every day.

Why?

This is me.

This is my my why.

This is why I rise.

Every day.

Unapologetically.

It has taken me 55 years to get to the place where I can loudly and lustily say:

This is me!

How great is that?

Who are you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t be afraid to declare who you are. Live. Now. Love. Now. Try. Now. Asking for A Friend. 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!

If this piece encouraged you, share it with someone please/thanks.