Merry Christmas, mom.
I miss you.
Nuff said.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Am jamming to some uplifting music and remembering great times with my mom. Ah, mom, we had some blasts didn’t we?!
Don’t hold onto your losses. Move forward. Remember loved ones gone. Love those who remain. Starting with you!
Be encouraged. Endeavour to embrace all life has for you.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
Losing hurts.
Losing loved ones hurts, especially.
The loss changes us.
FOREVER.
We become a stranger to ourselves. We do and say things we never would have before the loss.
We find ourselves at a loss.
It’s hard to know how to begin again. It’s hard to want to begin again. It’s just hard.
Today is Christmas Eve. The second Christmas Eve, where it is simply Christmas Eve. And not the day before mom died….*sigh*
I have had a weekend drinking coffee and talking to mom about the football games. Watching sports together was our thing. I stopped after she died.
I stopped doing a lot of things I used to love done. I lost my…
Ah.
Aha!
Loss causes us to lose our minds, doesn’t it beloveds?
Eventually, I found my way. I find that I am finding my way, still.
Still!
In the meantime, I move forward best as I can.
I laugh. I cry. I love. I live.
Life moves on. Move with it. You CAN overcome your loss. You have to. Your life is waiting for you. Get going.
going with you,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be encouraged.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
I know now.
I KNOW now.
I know NOW.
There is nothing else I need to be complete.
How do I know?
Because God has given me everything I need for THIS day. THIS day.
I used to think I had to DO. That I had to be…something. I didn’t know what. Just knew, or felt that I, me, Cassandra wasn’t enough somehow.
It has been soooooooooooooo freeing to FINALLY feel and know I am loved. I am enough. I am NOT alone.
I know now.
I KNOW now.
I KNOW NOW!
I AM loved.
I am NOT alone.
I shall ever keep on being…ME!
loved,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: You are loved, beloveds. You are! Lift up your head. You are worthy of love. You are worthy to BE loved. Simply because you were born.
You are:
Unique.
Mercurial.
A wonder.
A delight.
The apple of God’s Eye(means He think you kewl!)
Cherished.
SEEN.
Heard.
You don’t need to spend your life trying to win and earn love. You have it already. God loves you. For those who say they don’t believe in God, He loves you anyway.
STOP tossing your ♥ about to those who choose not to see and love and cherish you. STOP giving yourself away! You are NOT an object to be lusted over or shown off as a 🏆!
You are awesome, beloveds. Yes, you have done and shall continue to do baffling and trifling things from time to time. But, for the most part, you do the best you can with what you have.
Be still and KNOW…
It’s Friday.
You have done your week. It’s time for you to put away your phone and breathe.
Take a walk.
Take a break.
Don’t worry about taking stock.
Don’t worry.
You have tried. Enjoy the fact you tried. The results are not your concern. They shall be what they shall be.
Give yourself a hug.
Give someone else a hug.
Laugh.
Love.
Receive love.
Rinse.
Repeat.
enjoying today,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I love you.
Be encouraged.
It’s only a matter of time.
Be steadfast.
It’s only a matter of time.
Be hopeful.
It’s only a matter of time.
Time for what?
Ah.
Aha!
Great question.
Keep asking.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Things take time. Everything worth having takes time. We live in a world that wants things NOW with little to no effort. It appears folk want things handed to them all day. Hooey on that, beloveds!
The joy in the having is based, in part, on the doing to achieve the thing.
Gratification is often delayed. Sometimes, denied. So what? This is part of life. Simple as that. The world says strive to go viral doing something super stupid then don’t worry about working or caring for the remainder of your life. Hooey on that, beloveds!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
Happy Fri-yay!
Whew!
We made it!
Our haters hated.
So what?
Life did that.
So what?
Our try was hating on us but still tried.
So what?
We failed. Many times.
So what?
We loved and nothing seemed to happen for us.
So what?
We gave all we had and received no return on our investment.
So what?
We lived.
We loved.
We tried.
We laughed at our failure many times.
Ah.
Aha!
Keep living and embracing your life and all that happens within it. Life is not about who can collect the most toys.
What is life REALLY about and for? Great question! Keep asking…
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
I REFUSE to be the reason:
My dreams don’t come true.
Love does not come my way.
The Universe does not hear from me.
My family is not supported/loved.
My job does not receive the best of me.
Things may not turn out as I thought they might.
Life may not go the way I figured it would.
God may not give me what I feel He ought.
So what?
I fight on.
I love still.
I carry on.
I move forward.
I look upward.
I absolutely REFUSE to be the reason. Ha!
being about it no matter how I feel,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I have been telling my feels ALL day to shut up! You have NO idea, beloveds, how badly I want to pull out a can 🥫 of woe is me and how comes!
I fight on. Why? I got thangs to do. Those thangs don’t seem like they are in a hurry to get here but ALL that is required is my try. Simple as that.
Keep going. These last steps are hardest because you are at the heart of the fight/journey. Keep going. Rest. Rinse. Repeat.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
😳
Nuff said.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: It has been one of those days when I told my try to kick rocks. My try told me to sit up and take out the trash!
To my great surprise, I DID feel better just by taking out the trash. Making myself get out of bed. Making myself have a cup of coffee. Making myself get outside. Making myself talk to sis. Making myself make this piece.
Be encouraged, beloveds. Keep trying. Even when you don’t wannu. Especially when you don’t want to keep wanting to.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU
Stay with it.
When things are hard…
Stay with it.
When you are tired…
Stay with it.
When you are discouraged.
Stay with it.
When you are hard, tired and discouraged…
Stay with it.
staying with it,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep going. Stay with it. Even when the last thing you want to do is stay with it. I hear you. It gets old and tiring fighting for dreams which stay maddeningly just out of reach. Be encouraged. I encourage myself every day. I must admit, I would dearly love to pop my try upside the head about now.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
Fear: Look at me. You will NEVA have the things you want. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Doubt: Trust me. You will NEVER be able to do that. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Anger: Listen to me: You will NEVER get where you want, so don’t try. Believe me.
Me: Yea, no.
Hell: Trust this: You will…
*Cassandra interrupts and 😂 laughs and laughs*
Yea, no.
God: *clearing His Throat to speak*
Me: Yea. You had me at hello…
believing in Him,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I believe. I hope. I trust. I try. I choose…
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being… YOU
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