Category: walking

You decide.

Win or lose?

You decide.

YOU decide.

You DECIDE!

Love or hate?

Empathy or apathy?

Faith or unbelief?

YOU DECIDE!

Choose.

There are NO victims, beloveds. Only those who have DECIDED to not decide. Even this, IS a choice.

Here lately, I have seen more and more channels, podcasts, blogs, etc, who appear to have chosen to peddle in hate, division, crude, rude, and all of their friends.

As for me and my house, I choose to love, uplift, and encourage.

I love you, beloveds. I pray great blessings and joy over your life. I ask for protection from all that would harm you. Be encouraged.

choosing love,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep being a light…

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

You can overcome tough losses.

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

What are you waiting for?!

What are you waiting for?!

Life is short.

I could scream.

Ack!!!!!!!!!

I am soooooooooo tired of watching folk hide their hearts because they have been hurt by others who were too hurt to see or love them.

Or, folk who are too afraid of being hurt to try.

Or, folk who have gotten with folk they KNOW don’t love them simply to be in a relationship.

Enough!

It is enough!

YOU are enough!

You ARE enough!!

You ARE!!

So, just BE, darn it!

Life is short.

You may get hurt.

So what?

Love, beloveds.

Let folk love you.

Rinse.

Repeat.

loving this stupidly stupid world,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: *sigh*. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Heart ♥ Check Friday.

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com

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.

Happy Fri-yay!

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

Keep getting up.

Keep getting up.

I know. You are tired. So am I.

Keep getting up.

I know. Your heart isn’t in it. Neither is mine.

Keep getting up.

I know. You are tired of fighting alone. You preaching to the choir!

Keep getting up.

Why?

Your:

Breakthrough.

Miracle.

Dream.

Is waiting!

Keep getting up.

getting up with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Whew! Hard sure is being a big meanie, eh? Geeez.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Don’t be the reason.

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.

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

Repeat after me.

Repeat after me:

I choose.

I will.

I won’t.

I care.

I try.

Now, get out there, beloveds, and happen to your day!

happening to my day,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It seems like the popular way to make money now is to scare the hooey out of folk and convincing them love is unattainable, being civil is unnecessary, being hateful is preferred, being ridiculous is acceptable. It’s not.

Keep being a light. Yours may be the only light around. So what? Even a tiny light WILL dismiss the darkness around it.

Live. Love. Laugh. Care. Empathize. Above all, keep your act right acting right.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU