Category: Running

You have been set apart. You have NOT been set aside.

Good morning, beloveds. And, it IS a GOOD morning!

I just stopped ’round to speak life to those who have been feeling like they have been dismissed and/or not counted. This is not so.

You have been set apart. You have NOT been set aside. There is a difference.

I used to feel like an outsider. I used to feel like I was on the outside of life looking in at others enjoying their lives.

I felt like a kid with their face pressed against a glass. which was separating them from some wonderful goodies..

I no longer feel that way. now I’m just waiting my turn. I may be asked to take the stage. In the meantime, I’m going to have a good time being a stagehand and helping out where I can. I will help someone else. I will be in the audience for someone else. I will give them a standing ovation for their try.

And if I never get called to the stage, I will still be grateful. I will be thankful I was part of the show in any capacity. I don’t have to be the spotlight. I don’t have to be in the spotlight. I will happily hold the life for someone else.

I love writing. I love encouraging people. I love praying for people. I no longer worry about if others are receiving my words and my care. I send them anyway. My joy is in the writing My joy is in trying to connect. My joy is in the try. The rest is merely icing on the cake.

Life has not discarded you. You have been set aside for this time. This is your time. Take the stage. Build a stage. Clean the stage. Just do something. Just be available. Life will come calling. How shall you answer?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: If you are feeling discarded about now, get ready. Life is fixing to open up to you. You have not been forgotten. You are just bring prepared. Enjoy the respite. Enjoy your day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

I forgot to be sad.

I was so focused on loving folk.

I forgot to be sad.

I was so intent on sharing my heart.

I forgot to be mad.

I was so determined to love the whole damned world.

I remembered why I was glad.

Life is short. Love someone. Starting with you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life brings all kinds of things with. It doesn’t HAVE to be sad. What are you DOING with what life has wrought you today?…lol.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You have the power.

https://www.capcut.com/view/7463264174555578885?workspaceId=7454145451684708358

I’m trying to NOT throw my laptop out the nearest window.

I have spent a frustrating evening trying to teach myself CapCut and Canva. All I have managed to do was make myself want to cut up on some Canva!!!

Alas, I had to tell my feels to quit acting a fool long enough for me to tell you to be encouraged.

We got this. In the meantime, beloveds, click on the link above and be encouraged. Let me know what you think in the comments. Please/thanks. How else will I learn unless I can use yall as my helpless victims, er, helpers as I do my best to BE a light?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 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!

Anticipate while you wait.

I have been getting up every morning and preparing like I am about to start my new job.

I am anticipating.

I am rejoicing.

I am preparing for new challenges.

While you wait, beloveds, be sure to do so with anticipation. Leave dread in the past.

The unknown does NOT have to be a frightful thing. Let’s make it a delight, eh?

This day was made for us. Let’s choose to rejoice and be glad in it. Things may happen. Things WILL happen. So be it. We shall also be happening to our day!

It feels wonderful to look at the day with joy, not dread, I’m grateful for my life. I’m thankful for what I have. I’m using all that I have to make 2025 an amazing one.

Life is going to happen, whether you wanted to or not. Enjoy your life. Look up on your moments with anticipation. Every day is a gift. Unwrap it with glee.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you looking forward to?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t allow lazy to keep you lazy in 2025.

I wanted to be lazy this morning. I told myself it was okay to sleep in.

I drug lazy out of bed in mid sentence!

I have been going to bed earlier so I can get up early and get about getting about it.

Lazy has NOT been down for this plan. Lazy so desperately wants to BE lazy. Not on my watch! Ha!

Lazy is currently complaining about washing dishes…lol.

Be sure you are not the reason your dreams are not coming true, beloveds. Wake up. Get up. Make it happen for your life.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: January is almost over. Are you squeezing out the best in every moment? You still have time. Get to it. Get a move on. We have things to do.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Heart check ♥ Wednesday.

Just checking on your heart, beloveds.

How are YOU doing? I hope your day is going well.

The cold here is melting my brain 🧠. Yep, it’s sooooooo cold my mind has numbed.🥶

I had some inspiration rattling around, but it has to thaw out. In the meantime, I just wanted to encourage someone.

Tik Tok and the internet is full of nothing but gloom. Don’t despair. Live your life. Life is more than Tik Tok. Put down the phone. Since you have the phone 📱, call someone and have an actual conversation!

Have a 🥗 salad. Follow up with chocolate 🍫…lol.

Be encouraged. Things will be okay.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We fight on…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When haters try to give you their love, show them the door.🚪

When haters try to give you their love, show them the door.🚪

Nuff said. Stop wasting your life on what clowns have to say.

We have much toooooooooooo much to do, beloveds. Don’t waste a second of 2025 on the haters. They have nothing better to do because they have nothing to do. We got thangs to do, remember?

doing thangs with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There will ALWAYS be folk who will tell you what you can never have, where you can and can not go, what you can or can not do. Let them talk. You are much too busy to listen.

Above all, beloveds, don’t EVER add your voice to those of the naysayers. We are often our biggest critics, aren’t we?

Champion yourself. Celebrate your try. Don’t worry about the outcome. Enjoy playing in the game. Salute the winner. Even if it’s not you!

We only get this ONE life. LIVE. I love me some you. Am sure some may wonder why I tell complete strangers that I love them. You are NOT strangers to me. You are my brothers. You are my sisters. I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Take your focus off what you fear so you can see.

I can see!

I can hear!

I can receive!

For so long, beloveds, I couldn’t see straight. I couldn’t think clearly. Why? Because ALL I had been focusing on were my fears.

I focused on what I had lost.

I focused on what I had still to lose.

I focused on all the what if I nevers.

It took months of fighting, of standing, of refusing to give way to fear, to teach me how to stand on FAITH.

In so doing, I found SURE footing.

Be encouraged. Stop worrying about those pesky waves. Stay in the boat. You SHALL make it to the other side.

Let’s embrace the journey, eh?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: 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!

Your audience is listening. What do YOU have to say?

The Universe is waiting.

Waiting for YOU to speak.

Heaven is awaiting YOUR decree.

What do YOU have to say?

What would you like to say?

What will give you the courage to say?

Speak, beloveds.

Your voice matters.

YOU matter.

Don’t wait til courage finds you. It may never come for you. Speak anyway. Just speak. Your words may be the very thing I need, that others need, to make it through a tough day.

Be encouraged.

You got this.

Speak to us.

We ARE listening.

Whether folk will heed your message is not on you. Speak…

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This is a big world, and it’s easy to feel lost or small in it. Use your voice to be the fulcrum the world needs. Use your voice as the lever that can change everything. A tiny lever can shift mighty things.

The words you have been seeking, to change your life may well be your own. You’ll never know unless you speak. Neither will I.

Speak. Your audience is listening. What do YOU have to say?

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!

I’m changing the narrative.

Someone is forever trying to write my story. They are forever trying to choose the hero and the villain.

They tell me where I can not go. They let me know what things I will never accomplish.

I’m changing the narrative. I’m choosing to be the one to tell my own story. that no longer allow fear or anger or doubt to tell my story for me. I no longer allow my finances or my age or my race or my gender to tell my story. These things are but characters for me to use at my discretion.

I decide who gets on stage. I decide who gets to speak and when. I get to determine the path of my story. I can change the story anytime I choose to. I can begin a new tale. Or I can revamp the one I am currently telling. It’s up to me.

I have been enjoying the NFL playoffs. It has been really sad how some players are being talked about. Some are being called heroes. Others are being called goats and not in a good way. The word failure has been tossed about liberally.

It makes me sad the way the world now views people’s efforts. Folk are viewed as failures or successes. The try is of no consequence. The effort appears to be of no consequence.

I’m praying that we can all get back to caring about one another and embracing each other’s try. I’m tired of this cancer culture which wants to throw out someone because of mistakes. What happened to empathy, compassion and understanding? None of us are perfect. We all are doing the best we know how.

You can change your narrative. You don’t have to accept the narrative that is being placed upon your life. Speak life over your circumstances. Speak joy over your situations. Tell the naysayers to shut up.

Be sure to encourage one another. and to encourage them to change their narrative if they need to. We got this. I really do believe that people are good at heart. They’re just too many people who are giving into false narratives, into divisive rhetorics, and to chasing clicks and being part of clickbait. I choose not to be one of those.

I’m not trying to be an influencer. I’m just choosing to use my influence for good. However, much influence I have, I choose to use that to love the world as best as I can. Speaking of which, I love you.

Have an amazing day. Make 2025 amazing.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you telling yourself about your dreams? Make sure you are watering your dreams with positivity. Leave the hate to the haters. You have much too much to do. Be encouraged. You should have the things you’re striving for. You may also receive much more than you had initially hoped for. You’ll never know unless you try. Get going. The day grows short.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!