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Look at me: Look beyond your fear.

Look at me.

Look at me not at what you fear.

Look at me.

Not at what you’ve been told about me.

Look at me.

Not at what you think you see in me.

Look at me.

Allow me to look at you.

I will try to look past my fear of you.

I choose not to be afraid.

Of getting to know you.

Of having you get to know me.

We need one another.

You need my loud.

I need your quiet.

Come sit with me.

Allow me to sit with you.

Together.

This world needs more together.

I’m here world.

Never again will I allow myself to be on the outside looking in.

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short. Your voice matters. Remember you are loved and you are not alone.

STOP explaining you.

It’s exhausting.

To have to explain your every:

Action.

Emotion.

Expression.

Dress.

Passion.

Choice.

Us women are forever chosen chosen to be the barometer of everything. We have to be the mediators. We have to be the care givers. We have to be the mediator who cares in a quiet manner. ACK!!!!

Enough already.

Leave us alone.

Let us be:

Loud.

Quiet.

Angry.

Peaceful.

Weak.

Why must we always be the strong one? Why must we be the one to bear the weight of the world upon our shoulder? When will we ever get the chance to:

Need?

Want?

Feel?

Why must we be ridiculed for needing what everybody else does?

STOP explaining you, beloveds. It is enough.

Life is short. Get out there and live! YOUR way. There are plenty of folk who can’t wait to meet you.

I bought some chicken strips that were a bit too peppery. What did I do? I added some eggs and sweet pickles and made some chicken salad! Sometimes, you just have to add some different things to produce a different meal.

Be encouraged. Keep love in the world your way. The world needs you. Remember you are loved and not alone.

unapologetically me,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Why you mad?

Why you mad, fear?

Just because I no longer fear you.

Why you mad, doubt?

Just because I no longer hear you.

Why you mad pride?

Just because I no longer allow you to run my life.

Why you mad, anger?

Just because I don’t allow you to get all up in my feels.

Don’t be mad. I’m not mad at you. I just don’t have time for you. I got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been fussing and fighting with bugs every since I was too lazy to take out the trash. Now, I have to take the time and expense to fight my way free. I ain’t mad. I am just doing the work to work my way free of bugs of my own making.

Keep working your way free of your dumbness or lazy. Remember not to be too hot on yourself. Be hard on pride. Be hard on apathy. Be hard on unforgiveness. Be hard on giving up. Just don’t be too hard on yourself.

Remember you are loved and not alone. You can do this.

You can change the world God said to me.

God: You can change the world.

Me: How?

God: Ah, great question. Keep asking.

Me: Ah, God…

I have been asking how for fifty five years. I don’t know how to change the world. I don’t know how to change me. I don’t know how changing me would change the world. God keeps saying it will. God keeps saying I will.

Ah, God.

You can change the world, beloveds.

How?

Keep asking.

In the meantime:

Love.

Love changes things. Love changes us. Love changes the world.

Ah.

Aha!

changing the world with MY love,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep changing the world. One heart at a time. Starting with you…

You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Keep starting over.

Keep starting over. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0GDUd3OYpt/?igshid=NmJiYWZiY2E0Mg==

Keep starting over.

And over.

And over.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Use the time you have.

What the what the!?

System issues.

Again.

I had to take the rest of the day off from work.

I used that time wisely. I took a nap.😊🥰😆

I decided to stop wasting my time. I got up and started writing. I started walking towards my dream.

Get up beloveds. When life gives you some free time don’t waste it sleeping. Get up and live. Keep moving towards your dreams.

I am doing my level best to use the time I have wisely. I don’t know how much time I have left. I choose to lose that time encouraging you. Encouraging me.

I’m pretty tired. I would like to rest just a bit. I would like to experience what my dreams are like in real time. I would love to be sitting by the ocean. Maybe one day. Until that day comes…

living while waiting,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Just sitting here listening to my favorite music. What if these artists had stayed sleeping?! Get up now, beloveds. We got thangs to do! Remember you are love and not alone.

I’m sorry hard.

I’m sorry hard.

The world has given you a bad rap.

The world has convinced us you are a bad thing.

You are the best thing that has ever happened to me hard.

I blamed God for sending you to me hard.

God knew what I did not:

Hard is the gateway to miracles.

Hard is a champion of try.

Blessings, honor and truth, reside in hard.

Only those who are willing to set aside pride can win hard.

Hard does not care how much money you have.

Hard does not care what you look like.

Hard does not care where you live.

Hard only works for those who try.

Hard only cares as much as you care.

Hard only sends The Universe to help those who try.

God sends hard when we ask for a miracle.

Ah.

Aha!

I’m sorry hard.

I’m sorry I was so hard on you for being so hard on me.

Thank you hard. For showing up and showing out. You helped bring out the best in me.

Now I don’t worry if I can. I just try. I leave the outcome up to God and The Universe.

When I asked for comfort, hard, God sent me you.

Thank God.

Thank you.

thankful for the hard,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: If you are going through something hard, just now, get excited! The Universe trusts you to go through hard picking up treasures, along the way. God is trusting you to learn hard is not there to defeat you. Life is trusting you to understand hard is simply a part of…life!

Live. Love someone starting with yourself. Remember you are loved and not alone. Keep moving forward no matter what happens in your life. All times pass whether they be good or bad. All things come to an end whether they be happy or sad.

It’s not about the cost. It’s about paying the price.

I needed a phone. The phone I paid eight hundred for was on the fritz. I bought the refurbished version and paid a hundred and fifty three dollar for that.

I needed a phone. Still. Phooey.

My internet provider offered me a new phone plan and a cheap phone for fifty dollars. I looked at the cheap price and dismissed it out of hand. Ha!

I needed a phone. Still. Phooey.

I bought the fifty dollar phone.

I love my fifty dollar phone.

Who knew?

Life did. Why It kept prompting me to get the 50 dollar phone. Smart one, that I am, I chose the more expensive route. Smh.

I don’t know why we keep falling for the foolishness. That because it is extra expensive and pretty it has to be the right thing. Ha!

Maybe because we don’t often feel as if we are enough. We think we have to have expensive things to make us more worthy.

I’m glad I have learned that I am wonderful just because I was born. So are you.

Back to my cheap phone. I love it. It does everything I have needed and more.

You are everything and more. Your model is what the world needs. The package you were born in is what the world needs. Everything you need is already inside you. Keep being the precious thing called you.

What price are you willing to pay to have your dreams come true? Make a new dreams come true will cost you everything. Are you willing to pay the price? Are you willing to count the cost?

I’m willing to pay the price for the rest of my life if needed. The cost is well worth it. I am worth it. So are you. Getting there is no longer my aim. All I am concerned about is my try.

Keep going.

You CAN.

You WILL!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Don’t let the darkness scare you.

Don’t let the darkness scare you. Be encouraged. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0F_NXku9_l/?igshid=NmJiYWZiY2E0Mg==

Keep going.

Be encouraged.

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going…

I no longer care if I stand out.

Do I stand out?

I don’t know.

I no longer care.

I used to care. A lot. I used to wonder how God was going to get my words to stand out amidst the crowds.

I understand now that is not necessary. All I have to do is just continue to be me. Then me I was born to be.

My words will get to where they need to get to…

Eventually.

In the meantime, my words are changing the most important person:

Me!

Words have been important to me for fifty five years. Sharing those words have been important to me for fifty five years.

Why?

I have been asking myself that very question for fifty five years.

I ask no more. I just share them now. They will find themselves where they need to be. It’s not my job to wonder where they go. I raised my babies. It’s time for them to live the way they need to live.

Go dear words. Speak to those who will listen.

I have other words to speak. I have other lives to touch in my own small way. My way. My poper does not have to be large. Just mine.

I no longer care if I stand out. I’m just doing my best to stand. For something. For love. For you.

Be encouraged.

standing,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t let this world fool you into thinking you have to have a massive pulpit to make an impact. You don’t. You make an impact just by being you. You make an impact on those around you. Good and bad. Your actions or lack thereof are making an impact.

Speak. In your own words. Don’t worry about who will listen and who won’t. Don’t worry about the outcome. Speak in love. Speak in truth. Speak in integrity.

Be encouraged. Remember you are loved and not alone. Love someone starting with you. I promise God and mom that I will tell somebody. I love them every single day. I’m telling you. I love you and care about your life, beloveds. Be well.