Category: Running

Killin’ It.

I’m killin’ it!

I’m handling business. I’m STANDING ten toes down on FAITH and not fear.

I am dealing with my fears, head on. Without apology.

Celebrate your try. All you can do is all you can do. Let that be enough. You are enough.

I hope your day is going well. If it’s not, you can always start over. Do something special for yourself today. I hope great things for you today.

I wonder what life has in store for us today. Let’s find out.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Rejoice. Have some fun today.

I can’t believe how much time I spent in fear and dread and hopelessness last year. Never again. I’m going to enjoy my life no matter what happens within it. I have learned to find an awfully lot of good in some terribly tough circumstances. Keep going, and you shall find out the same lessons.

Daily, headlines have been blaring about how hopeless things are and shall be for folk who look like me. Particularly for women who look like me. And, daily, I have to tell myself that everything WILL be alright. Some kind of way.

Stay encouraged, beloveds. We got this.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Stay consistent.

I am consistent.

I am persistent.

I am magnificent!

I strive.

Consistently.

I pursue.

Consistently.

I thrive.

Consistently.

I am relentless in my consistency.

Excellence lives within my consistency.

Haters can’t keep up with my consistency.

I am constantly consistent.

I rinse and repeat, consistently.

Why?

Ask that 🗻 mountain over there. What pile of rocks? Oh, those tiny rocks used to be a big bully 🗻 that was trying to 💪 flex its largeness on me. My supposed “tiny” consistency wore it down.

consistently/patiently turning mountains into molehills,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Stay consistent. See how many 🗻 mountains you can turn back into molehills!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It is what it is, but it doesn’t have to stay that way!

Life ain’t easy. So what? It’s doable.

I have been encouraging as many peeps as I can to be encouraged.

Life IS hard. It is what it is, but it doesn’t have to remain that way.

WE can change our lives by doing nothing more than changing our outlook.

I have been fine until I start focusing on frightful things such as an especially tough labor market, my age, and all the other realities that demand to be heard.

I tell those things to shut up. Then, I do what I can. Then, I wait. Simple as that.

Waiting is never simple. Waiting brings out soooooooooo much anxiety and whatifs. I’m learning what to do with the anxiety and whatifs. I’m learning what to do with ME during these uncertain times.

It’s easy to feel helpless. I’m choosing to do the hard thing. I’m choosing to have faith no matter what things look like. I’m choosing to try when everyone else stops. I’m taking the chance on taking chances.

I hope your day is going on fantastically. Make it so. I hear another cup of coffee calling. Take care.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Just because it is what it is doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. Reality yells for me to give up. Hope whispers for me to try again. My heart cries…I’ll try. Ah, God. Where You at? Asking for many friends.

Be encouraged. Hard won’t be hard always. I think…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are history in the making.

Beloveds,  you are making history.

In fact, you are:

History in the making.

A legacy being fulfilled.

A promise kept by The Universe.

Your life has done so much more than you will ever comprehend.

You see where you have not yet gotten. The Universe sees where you are headed.

Be encouraged. Your best days are in front of you!

What kind of history are you making? Make it a positive one. make it a game changing one. Make it one where people are in awe of your integrity, your faith and your joy.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I can’t wait to see what ye shall create. I root for you everyday. I pray for you every single day. Be encouraged. Your dream shall come true. Enjoy your today. It’s the only one you’ll get. I love you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hold On!

Hold on!

The struggle was real, beloveds. Disappointment had reared its ugly head. 56 was annoyed being in the SAME place 55 had been.

My old was feeling old. My get up and go had told me earlier to go on ahead and kick rocks.

Then, good habits rode to my rescue!

Hope joined the 🎉 party, and we decided to put discouragement and disappointment to work by making us some chili!

Up, I got. On with it, I did. Backatcha, I told fear! Ha! Kick dem rocks!

Hold on, beloveds! We fight on!

We can NOT afford to give up on our dreams!

Success is our ONLY option!

Get up! Yea, it’s tough. Yes, it’s hard. So what?! Let’s go!!!

If you are disappointed, keep at it. If you are discouraged, stick with it. Until we win.

Your dreams mean too much to turn your back on them! Ah, beloveds. Keep going. You CAN. YOU WILL!!

hanging in there with you,



Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Failure is NOT an option for us. I wanted so badly to listen to discouragement today. Seemed like it would be easier to give in, you know?

Then, beloveds, I reminded myself of how many times I told myself that awful lie! Giving up had done nothing but make life ten times harder/frustrating/disappointing!

I REFUSE to allow quit to occupy 2025!

I’m going to keep trying. I’m going to run towards my dreams. I’m going to encourage as many folk as I can. What are YOU going to do, beloveds? Asking for A Friend…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Get up and write(fight)!

My nerves are bad today.

I’m kinda, sorta, just a tiny bit focusing on the 🌊 waves, on the hard. They seem sooooooo large. What if I can’t/don’t/won’t make it to the other side?!

I had to snatch my try from the jowls of despair

I told my act right to keep acting right. I told my ♥ heart to keep standing on FAITH!

I got up. I got moving. I got a grip!

Then, I got back to work. I got thangs to do.

It’s okay to get nervous during the hard. During those shaky times, remember to speak LIFE over your circumstances.

We SHALL make it to the other side. In the meantime,  cut yourself a bit more slack. I have been feeling like an old, useless hag these last few days. Doesn’t mean I AM one.

I am going to treat myself with an old movie and perhaps some 🍿 popcorn. Who wants in?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t spend all day fretting. Do what you can. Pray. Wait. Rinse. Repeat. Enjoy your day. Hard gonna hard whether we want it to or not.



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s okay.

It’s okay.

To be afraid.

Everything WILL be alright.

It’s okay.

To have doubts.

Everything will work itself out in the wash.

It’s okay to feel.

Everyone has doubts and fears. That’s okay.

STOP beating yourself up for being human, beloveds. We ALL experience times where we doubt ourselves. It really IS okay.

I am sooooooooo thankful a job has not fallen from the job tree yet. I have needed this time off to heal and to grow. I have been working most of my life without a real break.

Before the jobs, I helped raise siblings and nieces and nephews.

Growing up, all we knew was hard. My life, up t now, has been viewed through the lens of hard.

Yet, God has been teaching me to see the beauty I EVERYTHING. Hard has not been a punishment. That’s what I used to think. I now know hard is just…hard.

Life can be hard. Life can be harsh. So what? We can still do our thangs, beloveds.

56 is growing up me. This morning, she sat me down and showed me a treasure trove of experience she has gathered through the years.

56 also showed me all my tears. She showed me how many times I have tried. She showed me ALL of my failures and commended me for still trying. There was a LOT of failure.

Finally, beloveds, she showed me every footstep that I had ever taken had brought me to THIS day.

The Bible says THIS is the day that the Lord has made. We are to REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.

I am learning, in this hard, how to rejoice in EVERY day.

Be encouraged. It really is okay. Plus, it’s perfectly okay to not be okay until we become okay again.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Everything will be alright. in the meantime, continue being good to yourself. Be encouraged. Those two words uplift my spirit every time I see them or say them.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Do both: Make a decision already!

I was driving myself up ten walls over my chili or tacos debate.

I was hankering for tacos.

I was remembering how delish the last pot of chili turned out.

Chili? Tacos?

Tacos? Chili?

Suddenly, a brilliant idea proffered the greatest solution of all time: Do both!

Ah.

Aha!

I had two pounds of ground  beef. I used one for tacos. I made chili with the others…*slaps self upside the head*.

I wasted days on something that had a simple solution.

I have spent the week enjoying tacos and chili.

Sometimes the only thing to do is just to make a decision. Do something. Or decide not to do the thing. Get out of the middle of the road. You may get run over!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am making the changes in 2025 that I needed to have made in 2024. I allowed the fear of the unknown to keep me from making a decision. Never again. The unknown does not have to be scary. I am embracing the unknown and living in the meantime.

Make it happen in 2025. don’t worry about failing. You will. When failure happens, get up and try again. We are not our failures. We are not failures. We are magnificent human beings. Let’s BE magnificent. Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I feel inadequate. Today.

I feel inadequate.

Today.

I feel helpless.

Just this minute.

I feel restless.

For tomorrow.

I feel lonely.

Right now.

I feel hopeful.

All the time.

I feel…

I feel!

Ah.

Aha!

feeling everything at once,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. If you are feeling a tad inadequate, join the bazillion others who have felt the same.

I am feeling like such an idiot. I spent forever yesterday trying to make a motivational video. I finished said video. I posted said video. Nobody seemed to have given two damns. I wanted to say “never again” and kick the 🌎 world to the curb. I can’t. I promised to care no matter what. I care on…*😳 embarrassed sigh*.

Be encouraged. Keep on doing you. As for me, I feel inadequate. Today. Ah, God. Yikes…



One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are not responsible.

You are not responsible.

For my happiness.

Then again, I am not responsible for yours.

You are not responsible.

For my choices.

Then again, I am not responsible for yours.

You are not responsible.

To right my wrong(s).

Then again, I am not responsible for yours.

You are not responsible.

For my feelings.

Then again, I am not responsible for yours!

taking ownership of me,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are not responsible for others, beloveds. We love, yes. Yet, we must allow others to do and to be themselves.

We can’t control love. All we can do is to give love. We ought not handle care carelessly. All we can do is care. We can not control what others do. All we can do is respond with thoughtfulness, care, and love.

Even if we have to walk away from those who choose to treat our love and care in a reckless manner.

Life is short. Cut the strings for/from those you love. If you feel as though you must tie someone down, to “earn/have” their love, let them go. Your strings are your answer and their prison. You want partners, not hostages, eh?

Have an amazing weekend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!