Category: Writing

You have not failed.

If you have given your all…

You have not failed.

If the other side refuses to meet you halfway…

You have not failed.

If you have given your heart and love was not returnd…

You have not failed.

YOU have not failed.

You have not FAILED!

You tried.

YOU tried.

You TRIED!

It’s not on you, beloveds, when the other side chooses not your side.

Keep moving forward.

You have done all you know. Let this be enough. You ARE enough.

Your worth is NOT tied up in other’s perspective, perception or preconceived notions of who you are or who you should have been!

Keep on being…YOU!

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Be encouraged. Be at peace. You have NOT failed.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s hard living in the meantime. That time between reality and our hopeful dreaming. You CAN. You WILL.

Don’t you dare give up on you. I mean it! Tell fear and doubt to cram it! Take hard by the hand and keep loving folk. Your turn shall come. In the meantime, help someone else get through their in the meantime.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

I love me some you. He does too.😂♥️🥰

Content, but not satisfied.

I find myself…

Content, but not satisfied.

I found myself.

Ah!

Aha!

There are things, I want to do. There are things, I want to try. There are places, I would like to go.

Yet, I am content. Here. Right, here. Right, NOW.

Yet, I am NOT content simply with simply being here. I want to be able to do more. I want to be able to be more.

Why?

Because this world is full of folk who have determined it’s easier and preferable to be doing less.

Life is short, beloveds. I began this blog to be a safe space. A place where folk can be. A place where folk can be honest. A place where folk can do nothing and still know he/she/they are loved and NOT alone.

Beloveds, this is your time. It is. Don’t be afraid to be afraid. The unknown can be scary. I’m no longer afraid to FEEL afraid be cause I KNOW God loves me and cares for my life.

I KNOW my life matters no matter what.

I KNOW all things work together for my good.

I KNOW…

I KNOW!!

Ah, beloveds, the ONLY way to grow, is to grow. The ONLY way to know love, is to get to know love. The ONLY way to be free, is to come from behind your walls.

Come out, come out wherever you are. Keep pursuing your dreams. Keep posting. Keep submitting. Keep writing. Keep singing. Keep dancing.

Whatever your dream is, your calling, your leading, your yearning, your direction…

Do.

Go.

Be.

You.

You shall find that YOU are more than enough. The only way to find out is to find out.

finding out with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Wow! How on earth are you STILL here after THAT rousing piece?!😳😂

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

The Low Road told me to get some act right.

Low Road: Um, what are you doing HERE?

Me: I come bearing justifiable anger and reasons.

Low Road: Didn’t God and The Universe tell you to take the High Road?

Me: Yes, but They do NOT understand that I have every right to be angry.

Low Road: DO you? Had you taken the High Road, you may have come up with the same conclusion as me. Don’t get ME caught up in your drama!

High Road: Yea!

God: Yea!

The Universe: Yea!

Me: Yea, well, um, hhhmmm…*Cassandra consults with Yikes! and Egads! to see if she had ANY leg to stand on.

Legs: Don’t get us mixed up in your failure to act right!😳🚪

Soooooooo, I HAVE to tell on myself, beloveds. I have been super weary, these past days. The new year appears to have brought old situations!

I’m tired of the same old, same old!

*stamps foot*

I’m tires of taking the high road EVERY STUPID DAY!

EVERY day, God? Really?!

Can’t YOU DO SOMETHING ALREADY, UNIVERSE?!

How about lifting a finger, Life?!!!!

Life: Okay, really?

The Universe: You serious, Ms. C?😳

God: 😳

*Cassandra takes the temperature of the room and heads for the high road…*

You will have to scuze me, beloveds, I am getting my act right to get some act right.

There is nothing wrong with being frustrated when life is being lifery. The trick is to keep taking the high road. Every day.

Keep going. Every day. Keep trying. Every day. Keep it moving. Every day. Keep your act right acting right. Every day.

Don’t make the low road have to tell you to get some act right. Embarrassing when they happens.

acting right on the high road,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

🗒: One step at a time. All that is needed. Stop trying to take a short cut. Short cuts lead to long falls.

Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

I told myself no.

No.

NO.

NO!!

I will NOT:

Quit.

Stop.

Run.

No.

NO.

NO!!

I can NOT:

Give up.

On me.

On love.

On my dreams.

I shall NOT:

Move.

Bend.

Bow.

To fear.

To doubt.

To age.

No.

NO.

NO!!

I say yes.

To the hard.

To the experience.

To the high road.

Whew!

betting on me still,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. When life seems especially hard, keep going. Keep believing. You build your faith muscles when you do.

Stop focusing on the hard. Stop wasting your moments fussing about how unfair life is being. These times pass. The point is how you will be AFTERWARDS. Ah. Aha! Get it, beloveds?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Necessary tears.

I’m not sure who needs these words, this morning. Maybe it’s me?

I find myself, in tears, in the dark.

Finally, my tears say.

Finally!

These tears needed to be set free, you see.

By, me.

For, me.

Me!

Ah, tears, I have been keeping you at bay. I have been fighting for the world.

This morning, my heart quietly asked:

Who fights for YOU?

Tears came to my rescue and said:

We are here. For you. Let us free.

I did.

Ah, tears. Who fights for me? Who cries with me?

“I do”

“I do”

“I do”

*Cassandra sat with God/Life/The Universe and had a good/necessary cry*

To be continued…

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Someone needs to know he/she/they are loved and not alone. Perhaps that someone is me today? Be encouraged. You are loved and you are not alone. Keep on being you.

This morning, I cried.

This morning, I cried.

I missed mom.

This morning, I rejoiced.

I loved her, in a new way.

This morning, I sing.

I love you, mom.

thankful,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s okay to cry. It’s necessary to rejoice. It’s wondrous to sing. Be encouraged. You are loved this day.

Get out of bed, beloved.

This has been a really tough week. A truly tough year.

I did not feel like getting out of bed today. I didn’t get out of bed for a while. I wallow for a little bit in self-pity. Just a little bit.

I have to fight with my feels for quite a while. Feels were winning, for a time, because I was tired and a bit discouraged and a bit sad and a bit mad.

I told myself to get out of bed. I got out of bed. I told myself to get on with my day. I got on with my day.

I got out for a walk. I could only do one lap around. It wasn’t about the lap. It wasn’t about how long I could walk. The important thing was just to try. The important thing was just to walk. If only but a lap.

One step.

One lap.

One moment.

One try.

One.

Just one, beloveds.

I know. I KNOW the way has been hard. It has.

God KNOWS your way has been hard. No getting around that. It has.

The Universe KNOWS the way has been hard. True that.

So what?

Boo hoo.

Life ain’t always fair.

Now, pity party over we can get after it!

Get out of bed, beloveds. There will be time to rest AFTER.

After what?

Great question!

Keep asking.

Keep going.

growing/going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get out of bed. Go on now. You have a life to live. Enough chastising yourself over all you have not done. Do it now…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Celebrate how far you have come.

I have been a bit discouraged, beloveds, thinking of how far I have NOT yet gone.

Then, I got to thinking how far I have actually come.

I have come quite the ways!

I am growing.

I am living.

I am trying.

I am learning.

I am.

I am?

I am!

Ah.

Aha!

Celebrate how far you have come. You may be surprised at how far you HAVE come.

celebrating with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Stop being so hard on your yourself 🛑.

Me: 🤯

Life: Stop being so hard on yourself.

Me: 🤕

The Universe: Stop being so hard on yourself.

Me: 😬

God: 🥸 Stop being so hard on yourself.

Me: 🥰😂🤗😁

hanging in there,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged, beloveds.

It’s okay to struggle when things are tough and taking ffffoooorrrrreeeevvveeerr to work out.

It’s NOT okay to allow your feels to take over and make your temporary situation worse or permanent due to random acts of dumbness you have allowed yourself to do due to your act right not acting right. Whew!

Stop being so hard on yourself. Continue being extremely hard on lazy, apathy, acting a foolness and all the other things we tend to use as excuses when we are tired.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Keep your act right acting right.

I put myself on punishment.

Yea, beloveds, I was acting ten kinds of fools, this morning.

I was cold.

I was tired.

I was cold AND tired.

I did NOT want to get from beneath my mountain of comforter.

What did I do?

I got out of bed, grumbling, snatched up my coffee mug, grumpily, splashed coffee in said cup, annoyedly, drank, loudly.

Short story long, I whined and carried on for quite a while.

So, I put myself on punishment and told myself I would NOT go to bed early, as I have been hankering. But, I would have to stay up, after work, and work on some extra pieces.

*pout*

A good thing for you as you are, I am sure, all ensconced in a nice comfy bed or sumpin, whilst I am sitting here all tired and cold and blogging and….

Huh?

*Cassandra shuts up after seeing her arms shoot up and fingers point towards the bathroom to scrub the toilet*

(Whispers)…see you later, beloveds. I have to get back to my homework. Sheesh.

being about being about it,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep on keeping on. It’s easy to want to give in to our feels when it is winter and cold is being super cold. Tell feels to put on some extra clothes and keep things moving!

Life is short. Laugh. Love someone. Start with you.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!