Category: Song

Give yourself away.

Give yourself away.

Your smile.

Your style.

Your laughter.

Your love.

Give yourself away.

Your heart.

Your heartaches.

Your heart breaks.

Give yourself away.

Your tenacity.

Your truth.

Your never-ending youth.

Give yourself away.

You are priceless.

You are precious.

You are infinitely loved.

Give yourself away.

This world needs the unique gift called YOU.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are more special than you know, beloveds. Life is short. Give yourself away.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Pressure is a privilege.

Don’t fret.

Don’t stress.

Don’t fear pressure.

Pressure is a privilege.

Pressure only visits the worthy.

Pressure will only reveal itself to the humble.

Pressure reveals.

Pressure works with only those few souls who are undaunted by fear and failure.

Pressure accompanies greatness.

Pressure precedes the victory.

Pressure manifests magnificence.

Pressure unleashes the before untapped essence.

Embrace the pressure.

Welcome this sign that you HAVE arrived.

You have made it to THE final stages.

Ah, pressure.

What shall you reveal about me?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: The pressure you feel, beloveds, is simply bringing out the diamond in you!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Make them take the long, hard road.

Fear.

Make it take the long hard road. Don’t make it easy for fear to scare you from your path.

Doubt.

Make them take the long, hard road. Don’t make it easy for them to wreak havoc in your mind.

Apathy.

Make it take the long, hard road. Don’t make it easy for it to discourage and dissuade you.

Do the hard thing. Work through the difficult thing. Make hay with the impossible thing.

Dreams are miracles WE make happen in real time!

Go on ahead, beloveds, and create your miracle. While so doing, remember YOU are a miracle.

believing in and with you,


Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You got this. Go make it happen.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Doubt came to visit me. I made it do the laundry.

Doubt came to visit me. I made it do the laundry.

I no longer entertain doubt, beloveds.

As soon as doubt stops by, I give it something to do. I don’t waste time wondering if I can. I get to doing something.

Doubt will always come calling when you endeavour to do something with your life.

When doubt stops round, beloveds, give it something to do.

Work on your dream.

Exercise.

Read.

Write.

Sing.

Visit someone who could use some company.

Do the neighbor’s yard.

Phone a friend.

Do NOT entertain doubt/fear. All that does is multiply them and imprisons you.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t let your percieved limitations limit you. Find a way. Make a way. Show us the way. You know more than you give yourself credit for. We all NEED your you! As only YOU can be. Come on out of hiding and allow the world to experience the great like known as you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You have been preparing for these moments your whole life.

You are here, beloveds.

You have arrived. This is your time.

It’s time. Time for you to reveal your greatness for all the world to see.

You have been preparing for THESE moments your whole life.

Fear not. If so, take fear with you! These are the moments you have been waiting for.

Enjoy them. Do your best. Try. Then, let the chips fall where they may.

You may win. You may lose. Whatever the result, you gave your all.

There is beauty in your try. YOU did. YOU loved. YOU gave. YOU strove. YOU endured.

In spite of. Despite. Through it all.

Be proud of you. NOW. Don’t wait for the outcome to decide if you are satisfied.

Be filled with joy. NOW. These are awesome moments. ALL of them. The building of. The making of. The success of. The defeat in.

In ALL of your moments, beloveds, take in the wonder of YOU. You tried. You gave it all you got.

You have been preparing for these moments your whole life. Enjoy them. Enjoy YOU!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things takes time. I tell myself this EVERY day. Don’t allow these moments to pass by without your squeezing every drop of life and knowledge and joy and fun that you can find in them.

You CAN. You WILL!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are ready for THIS.

I don’t know if I am ready for THIS promotion.

You are. The Universe would not have promoted you otherwise.

I don’t know if THIS will fit me.

It might. Try it out and see.

I’m not sure if I will like THIS.

You’ll never know until you try. See if it fits.

Ah, beloveds, The Universe is asking for you to have FAITH. In YOU. In your try. Keep going. The game is not finished. You are not finished. You are just getting started.

Rest as needed. Then get back in the arena and give it your all. Leave it ALL on the field. If you must lose, lose knowing you did all you knew to do. You can live with the outcome after that. Let’s go!!!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You ARE ready. Now, get out there and make it happen.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are well able to overcome THIS.

You are well able to overcome THIS.

Nuff said. Now, get out there and overcome.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep fighting. For you. For your dreams. You are well able to overcome THIS. The Universe has your back as you pursue, relentlessly, your dreams. You can do this. You CAN. You WILL.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

You are more than your less.

I feel helpless.

I feel hopeless.

I feel joyless.

I feel powerless.

I have spent ALL day, beloveds, pulling the less out of my feels.

Feelings are just that: Feelings.

Feelings do NOT dictate who we are or where we are going. At least, they are not supposed to be the leader.

We are so much more than we give ourselves credit for.

I am:

Helpful.

Hopeful.

Joyful.

Powerful.

Tough times are not here to end us. Tough times forces us to choose US. Tough times make us make a decision to believe or give up.

I CHOOSE to:

Move FORWARD.

Look UP.

Stand ten toes down on FAITH, not fear.

Believe in me.

Trust God.

Laugh.

Love.

Live.

When things grow tough, beloveds, keep peeling the less off your feels. Remember that you are mighty. You are magnificent. You are loved.

Never forget that.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. There is no getting around these tough times. We shall get through them. In the meantime, enjoy your day. Find some joy and peace, in the middle of the chaos, all around.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: There will ALWAYS be a THIS.

Real talk, beloveds. There will ALWAYS be a THIS.

There will always be something to overcome. It’s called life being life.

The older I grow, the more I realize that lamenting THIS. THAT and the OTHER THING, really is a huge waste of life and time.

Best to just deal with them. Head on. With integrity. Then, keep it moving.

Does it really matter whose fault it was? Not really. He messed up. You messed up. They messed up. We messed up.

Let’s fix our messes and decide to stop being so messy. We all have opinions about everything, it seems. In my opinion, I think we should all take a seat, shut up, and listen to someone.

Whatever you are currently fighting/struggling/dealing with, beloveds, remember you are much more than your struggles.

Your struggles do not define you. Your struggles do not signal how things shall be. Your struggles are just that: Struggles. Period.

Your struggles do not mean you will always struggle. You will have another THIS to decide what to do with after you have dealt with THAT…lol.

Trying to figure out why THIS or THAT happened is like trying to figure out why Cassandra can not figure out how to make a decent pan of brownies(more on THAT saga soon…smh).

I was sooooooooo angry 😡 with life after the tornado 🌪.

HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN TO ME FOR NO REASON?! I’M A GOOD PERSON! I WORK HARD. I CARE ABOUT THE WORLD. HOW COULD YOU HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME?!!!

I’m no longer angry. I don’t have time to be. I still have some sad days. I can’t be 💯 with my friends and family and admit how terribly hurt I was and am to have to go through this alone and at my age.

I don’t want to have to deal with THIS. Not now. I would have rather kept dealing with THAT other thing I thought was so terribly hard.

I’m trying to find some uplifting words in here. Somewhere. Maybe that’s the whole point: There will ALWAYS be a THIS. And, THIS may never make sense or be pleasant.

That said, we CAN make it through THIS. Whatever THIS may be.

Be encouraged. You got this. As do I.

hanging in there with you,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This too shall pass. No matter what you are facing, KNOW you shall get through THIS.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God said to me: I got this.

Me: I’m afraid of this illness. It’s bad. I may not make it through THIS.

God: I got this.

God had that. I’m here. STILL.

Me: I’m afraid of this storm. It’s bad. I may not make it through THIS.

God: I got this.

God had that. I’m here. STILL.

Me: I’m afraid of this job situation. It’s bad. I may not make it through THIS.

God: I got this.

God has that. I’m here. STILL.

Life happens, beloveds. There will ALWAYS be a THIS that will pop up. The true test and secret to life is learning what and how to do with THIS when it shows up.

Will you give THIS to God to help you take care of?

Will you look at THIS as nothing but the test/trial that it is?

Will you understand that you WILL get through THIS?

Will you ALLOW YOURSELF to feel what you feel, but NOT allow your feels to rule you, as you make your way through THIS?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There will ALWAYS be a THIS in your life. There will ALWAYS be something to move past. To wrestle with. To make our way through.

The point is how we are going to be AFTER this has been dealt with.

What shall you be, beloveds, after your this? Who shall you be? Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!