Your thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, ALL matter.
Keep doing you. Keep BEING you. Do NOT allow this world to silence you. Your worth is NOT tied in what you do, what you have, what you will or will not do.
Your life matters because….well, because you were born. Period. Full stop.
Kick to the curb, ALL who would attempt to get you to silence the greatness called you.
See, most folks are envious of those who are not afraid to be different, unique (insert whatever you like here).
Folks are envious of those who:
Dance in the rain.
Hear voices others can’t hear.
Dare things most refuse to think on let alone do.
Sing where others are afraid to lift their voice.
Write what most are afraid to read.
They want to silence you as you are a reminder, to them, if what they are not doing.
Keep turning aside, and acknowledging the burning bush inside you. God and Life have it burning for a reason.
YOUR burning bush, the fire going inside you, to do better, to BE better. Keep on listening to it.
Your life matters.
Your greatness is not in the number of folks you impact. The fact that you woke up this morning, put on your try hat, put on your I am going to shoes, donned your I got this cape has ALREADY had an impact on the world around you.
Your life matters. It matters to me. It matters to God. It matters to Life. It matters to those around you.
Your life is:
Seen.
Heard.
Loved.
Valuded.
Esteemed.
Cherished.
Respected.
You are an HONOR to know. NEVER doubt this, beloved.
And, if you don’t believe me, just ask Dad, Your Heavenly Father. He will let you know the awesomeness called you.
Have spent a lovely afternoon hanging out with my adopted son yakking about everything and nothing.
After a tough week of tearing things up, it is sooooooooo important to unplug and just get some do you time in there!
Read a book. Take a drive. Watch a show.
Enough of saving the world. The world can wait.
Time to get some you time in there.
You be important!
I LOVE being grammatically incorrect. Drives the writer in me mad breaking rules and not adding commas or doing what writers do in making thing coherent.
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE FOUR SOME DOORS DESERVE TO STAY CLOSED. Beloveds, I know what this series is called. It’s Never Time to Quit. And now I need to complicate my own title. Because sometimes? You absolutely need to quit. 👀 Quit going back to the place that keeps hurting you. … Continue reading →
WHAT IF YOUR PREFERENCE IS REALLY A RULER? LOVE IN ACTION. IN REAL TIME. Beloveds, I watched something this morning that reached underneath several conversations I have been having lately. It was an episode of the Dear Future Wifey Podcast called “God Delivered Us From Our Preferences,” featuring Joshua and Courtney Washington. You can watch … Continue reading WHAT IF. →
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE THREE COLUMBO DIDN’T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING. Beloveds, I have apparently become Columbo. 🤣🕵🏿♀️ Not intentionally. Nobody issued me the trench coat. I did not apply for the position. But after spending an absolutely ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out why my posts suddenly would … Continue reading →
Just stopped by, beloveds, to ask… How are you—really? Not the answer you give because somebody is waiting, somebody needs something, or you do not feel like unpacking the whole suitcase today. I mean you. Have you eaten something? Had some water? Taken your medicine? Rested before your body had to submit a written complaint … Continue reading Just stopped by to ask…→
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE TWO WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE ANOTHER TRY IN ME TODAY? Beloveds, Yesterday I told you that sometimes the way you refuse to quit is by refusing to keep going the same way. Today I want to talk to the person who read that and thought: Cassandra, … Continue reading ITS NEVER TIME TO QUIT→
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SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME! 📖 SUNDAY GRATITUDE JOURNAL WITH CASSANDRA 🪑🔑 Beloveds, Come sit with me.Yesterday, I invited you to the movies. Today, I’m inviting you somewhere quieter. Pull up your chair. 🪑Bring your coffee.Bring your tea.Bring your questions.Bring your faith.Bring your doubts.Bring your laughter.Bring your grief.Bring the parts of this week that made … Continue reading SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME!→
MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA Beloveds, Pull up a chair. I have something new for us. Every Saturday, we’re going to the movies together. Well… Sort of.You don’t have to buy a ticket.You don’t have to get dressed.You don’t have to leave your house. And you certainly don’t have to pay movie-theater prices for popcorn. Every … Continue reading MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA🌎🎬👩🏿🦼🍿🌎→
🎬 COMING ATTRACTIONS… Beloveds, Tomorrow… 🕵🏿♀️🔎 THE ADVENTURES OF LIEUTENANT CASSANDRA COLUMBO. One woman. One phone. One mysterious formatting problem. Approximately 9,742 attempts to figure out why something that looked perfectly normal over HERE suddenly became: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?! over THERE. 😭🤣 Just one more thing… 👀 Tomorrow morning, we are going … Continue reading →
Exodus 3:14 – 14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
Moses was tending sheep, minding his own, when he happened along the burning bush. Curious, he went to go and see ‘what’s up with that?’.
It was only THEN, when Moses decided to turn and see what was up, that God spoke to Him, told Moses to go tell Pharoah to let His Peeps go.
This makes me think of many things:
Would God have called Moses, if Moses had not turned and noticed that burning bush?
If Moses had minded his own business, and NOT turned aside, would God have left Moses, to mind his own, and choose someone else to tell Pharoah let My Homies and Homettes go?
Was the burning bush a test for Moses, to see if he would turn aside? Was the burning bush just for Moses, or for anyone who would care enough, to ‘turn aside and see?’
I wonder. I wonder…
In wondering, I now wonder:
Why would God have chosen some seemingly unimportant sheep looker after to look after His Flock, to select this unknown man, to let His Many Chillun go?
As far as the world was concerned, Moses was a big fat zero. This man, Moses, was no hero. Perhaps, had Moses stayed up in Pharoah’s mighty home he could have been chosen. He was a prince, back then. He had stature, back then. When the world viewed him as a SOMEBODY. He was considered a son of Pharoah.
Yet, God waited until Life had put the smack down to Moses, leaving him destitute, enslaved, without hope, without help. Tending to sheep, not ruling over men. Dressed in rags, not fine garments.
One would think, God would have called Moses when Moses had the stature of men, the stage of all, to use his voice. Back then, when Moses had it all, I am sure he had the confidence to go with it, the position to go with it, the favor of the Pharoah.
Yet, He waited. And, waited. And, waited.
40 years later, God reached out to Moses. When Moses seemingly had nothing to offer. Moses wandered and wondered around for 40 years, thinking his best days behind him, I am sure.
Then, the bush, the call ‘Go roll up on Pharoah and let him know it is time to let My People go. Tell Pharoah I AM has sent you.
Of course, Moses presented ALL the reasons why he was not the one for the task. Listed all he could not do, all he did not have. Am sure he went over all the lost prestige, favor and honor he had ‘back in the day’.
Just as Moses saw the burning bush, God saw Moses heart. God cared what was IN Moses. God cared not one whit about what Moses had or did not have, what he wore or did not wear. God gave not two hoots about who Moses knew or did not know.
ALL God required of Moses was his willingness to go, to try, to do as asked. He knew, on the front end, Pharoah would not listen. He knew, on the front end, Moses would need for God to work wonders, on his behalf.
He just needed a willing vessel.
These days, God and Life have burning bushes going off every which way. Waiting, waiting, waiting, for willing hearts to ‘turn aside and see’.
See, God and Life, can’t take care of things without us. They need our:
Heart.
Hands.
Shoulders.
Hugs.
Feet.
Love.
Relentlessness.
Care.
Hope.
Light.
Life.
Yet, don’t we tend to want to shy away asking,
Who am I?
What can I do to make a bit of difference?
What do I have worth while to give?
What weight will my words evey carry?
We make a bargain with God and Life. We will turn aside when we obtain:
Wealth.
Knowledge.
Stature.
Education.
Health.
Looks.
Community.
We have to pay rent, you see, to the world. We have to earn the right to:
Speak.
Love.
Hope.
Receive.
Give.
Yet, God and Life have NEVER asked, demanded, forced, required any of us to earn love, peace, hope, joy, freedom. These things are FREELY given. By God. By Life. Just waiting for US to RECEIVE THEM!
Sadly, this world has conned us, ALL of us, in thinking we have to strive, buy, earn, kill, take, steal love, prosperity, happiness, joy, (add your own words here), where ever and whenever we can.
The world mocks our efforts, admonishes us for dreaming, thinking, hoping, believing we can and will be loved. Just for us. Just because we matter.
We allow the world’s laughter to get us to jump on the eternal hamster wheel of effort, effort, effort, more effort, indefatigable effort of earning our place in the world.
The harder we work, the more effort we give, the farther we get from said love, worth, prosperity, (add your own words here). The farther away these things get, the harder we work, the more effort we get, the farther peace/joy/hope is removed from us.
Despairing, we give up, internally mostly. Give up on ever ‘getting there’. We find ourselves locked in a prison of hopeless, wondering if we will EVER have that which we seek.
What’s worse, we have toiled and striven so long, we have forgotten what the world we were striving to/for.
Until…
UNTIL!
One day, God and Life will set a burning bush, inside of us, and wait. And, wait. And, wait.
They wait and whisper ‘This is NOT the life meant for you. You were NEVER meant to toil, to strive, for love, to BE loved. You are loved. Your life matters. YOU matter’.
They whisper, to each of us, and wonder, who will turn aside. They hope. They pray. They encourage. They wait.
I am thankful, grateful even, for the Relentless Love of God. For me. God loved me enough to keep waiting, to keep whispering, to keep encouraging me. Until I was ready to turn aside and see the burning bush inside of me.
There is nothing more humbling, amazing, awesome, unbelieving knowing that I AM, He who created everything with His Word, loves me!
ME!
GOD LOVES ME!!!
Amazing! Amazes me, still.
When you know that you know that you KNOW, you are loved….wow…..changes EVERYTHING!
KNOWING you are loved changes you, completely.
KNOWING you don’t have to strive for love, that you ARE loved…..whew….hard to fathom.
KNOWING you don’t have to earn a thing, do a thing, be a thing and God loves you, STILL!??
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
It is so awesome being warmed by the Fire of God’s Deep and Abiding Love for me.
Makes me want to help God, help Life, free others from the knowledge they have to earn their keep, that they have to DO something or BE something to be loved.
I want to rush out, shouting, hollering, letting folks know…..hmm….who am I, though?
What do I have?
What stature am I?
What do I have to give that is of any worth?
What the world do MY words mean to this world?
I rushed to God, My Father, I AM and asked Him:
Who am I?
This is what I AM said to me:
Jeremiah 31:3 – The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Isaiah 41:8-10 –8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Romans 8:38-39 – For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
*hugs self*
I am:
His.
Loved.
Cherished.
Protected.
Seen.
Heard.
Valued.
Respected.
There is NOTHING I need to add, to do, to give, to be, to do, to be loved. Just am. Yes, I do, give, love, and be BECAUSE I am loved. Not to receive it. Awesome!
Now, I wait. With God. With Life.
Wait for you, to also turn aside, to look inside, to see the burning bush. So, you might be warmed by His Love, by the knowledge that you are loved, you DESERVE to be loved. Just because. Just because you are you.
I wait. And wonder. How many will turn aside. How many will ask…..who am I?
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE FOUR SOME DOORS DESERVE TO STAY CLOSED. Beloveds, I know what this series is called. It’s Never Time to Quit. And now I need to complicate my own title. Because sometimes? You absolutely need to quit. 👀 Quit going back to the place that keeps hurting you. … Continue reading →
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Just stopped by, beloveds, to ask… How are you—really? Not the answer you give because somebody is waiting, somebody needs something, or you do not feel like unpacking the whole suitcase today. I mean you. Have you eaten something? Had some water? Taken your medicine? Rested before your body had to submit a written complaint … Continue reading Just stopped by to ask…→
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SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME! 📖 SUNDAY GRATITUDE JOURNAL WITH CASSANDRA 🪑🔑 Beloveds, Come sit with me.Yesterday, I invited you to the movies. Today, I’m inviting you somewhere quieter. Pull up your chair. 🪑Bring your coffee.Bring your tea.Bring your questions.Bring your faith.Bring your doubts.Bring your laughter.Bring your grief.Bring the parts of this week that made … Continue reading SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME!→
MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA Beloveds, Pull up a chair. I have something new for us. Every Saturday, we’re going to the movies together. Well… Sort of.You don’t have to buy a ticket.You don’t have to get dressed.You don’t have to leave your house. And you certainly don’t have to pay movie-theater prices for popcorn. Every … Continue reading MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA🌎🎬👩🏿🦼🍿🌎→
Growing can be hard. Good yikes, growing HAS been hard, this last year or so, hasn’t it?
So many things to get discouraged by:
Covid.
Racial Unrest.
Division.
Seems like darkness is everywhere. It is not. Just seems this way.
And, trying to grow, in the midst of all this seeming hell, has been especially hard. Feels like EVERY day is hard, every day has some kind of pain waiting around a corner. Easy to want to just give up, in silence, wondering if my voice, if your voice really matters.
It does. Mine does. Yours does, as well.
We HAVE to keep shouting into this void. LIGHT WILL beat out this darkness. It will.
We can’t allow the growing pains, though, to silence our voices.
Keep growing. Keep going. We got this. We truly do.
It will take time to bring us all together, as ONE nation, as ONE people, as ONE heart.
We ALL have work to do. On ourselves. On each other.
I do my part. You do yours. We will leave the rest up to the rest. Ok?
Keep on believing. Keep on shining. Keep on running towards your hopes, dreams and goals.
YOU WILL GET THERE.
We shall get there, together.
We only get ONE shot at this thing called life.
LIVE, beloved. Don’t survive this life.
Do you. As I will keep doing me.
Keep sharing.
Keep caring.
Keep loving folks. Yes, they be blockheads….smh….we ALL be blockheads, at times.
This, YOUR day, has many miracles, moments, blessings, choices, awesomeness, testings, trials, thanksgivings, ALL waiting. For you. To make the choice to select and use as you please.
CHOOSE to make this day, YOUR day. God and Life took the time to prepare this, YOUR day, especially for you.
Do NOT allow a rough start, an unkind word, a restless night, circumstances, situations, issues, people, egads people!, to stop you from rejoicing, in this, YOUR day.
You got this. Seize these moments. We know not, beloveds, how many more moments we have.
You got this day. Don’t let this day get you. Get it?….. 🙂
Real talk. We care. Sometimes, too much, it seems.
Nah, not too much. That’s just a lie, from the enemy, to stop us from caring for one another.
Yet, we CAN allow our care, our compassion, to want to get in God’s way, in Life’s way, when they are dealing with those we care for.
We have seen one too many hero movies, I think….lol. We want to swoop in, to save, to keep folk from hurt.
Real talk. Life hurts, at times. Life hurts, due to well…..life just being life.
Time we all stop trying to avoid life’s pain. Growth comes with growing pains. Full stop.
At times, those growing pains comes from things caused by our hands, by the hands of others, by situations, by circumstances.
As we grow, as we know, we do better, we become better, we ARE better. It’s in the WAITING, in the meantime, of life, where we can falter, stumble, fall if not careful.
We see folks we care for faltering, stumbling, falling and want to swoop in, to stop life’s pain for them. We can’t. We have to allow others to stand, for themselves. He/she/they must KNOW, for themselves, that they CAN bear up, they MUST bear up, they MUST stand, endure, fight, scratch, claw and LIVE.
God and Life appreciates our care. Want us to care. To care enough to stay out of THEIR WAY!
And, as you refuse to allow other folk’s burdens, to become yours, also REFUSE to allow someone else’s dark place, to become yours. Continue to rejoice. Continue to dance. Continue to sing. Yes, pray for them. Yes, be a support, as he/she/they will allow. And, if they won’t/can’t care, at a distance, and keep it moving.
Life is short. Be encouraged. NOTHING and NO ONE are too far away from the reach, the love, the care, the compassion, of God and Life. Leave ALL with Him.
At times, we fight and kick against the uniqueness called us.
It seems, as if we don’t quite ‘fit’ into this mold or into that thing.
So, we tend to wonder, to wander, to ponder, what to DO with this person called me.
Sadly, people, circumstances, situations know/knew we would have these questions, these ponderings, these musings. And, have tried to convince us to…well, to not BE us.
Outside forces are continually trying to convince us, each of us, to dismiss this awesome, unique, different, amazing, complicated, compelling person, called you, called me.
Too often, we have bent to their will, we have stood on their loud/wrong voices and allowed them to shame us. Shame us to be:
Quiet.
Still.
Unmoving.
Surviving.
Unchanging.
Unforgiving.
Unbending.
God and Life, created us to be WHO WE ARE for a reason.
We are each:
A piece of the puzzle.
An answer.
The answer.
This world can’t function without my me. We won’t make it without your you!
I say all that to again ask this of you, of myself…
Since you can’t do anything about it, what are you going to DO with it?
What are you going to do with the uniqueness called you?
You here now, beloved. What you fixing to DO with the rest of your life?
I DARE you to tell fear to kick some rocks and BE you: No matter what. No matter where. No matter who!
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE FOUR SOME DOORS DESERVE TO STAY CLOSED. Beloveds, I know what this series is called. It’s Never Time to Quit. And now I need to complicate my own title. Because sometimes? You absolutely need to quit. 👀 Quit going back to the place that keeps hurting you. … Continue reading →
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Just stopped by, beloveds, to ask… How are you—really? Not the answer you give because somebody is waiting, somebody needs something, or you do not feel like unpacking the whole suitcase today. I mean you. Have you eaten something? Had some water? Taken your medicine? Rested before your body had to submit a written complaint … Continue reading Just stopped by to ask…→
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SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME! 📖 SUNDAY GRATITUDE JOURNAL WITH CASSANDRA 🪑🔑 Beloveds, Come sit with me.Yesterday, I invited you to the movies. Today, I’m inviting you somewhere quieter. Pull up your chair. 🪑Bring your coffee.Bring your tea.Bring your questions.Bring your faith.Bring your doubts.Bring your laughter.Bring your grief.Bring the parts of this week that made … Continue reading SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME!→
MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA Beloveds, Pull up a chair. I have something new for us. Every Saturday, we’re going to the movies together. Well… Sort of.You don’t have to buy a ticket.You don’t have to get dressed.You don’t have to leave your house. And you certainly don’t have to pay movie-theater prices for popcorn. Every … Continue reading MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA🌎🎬👩🏿🦼🍿🌎→
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Just stopped by, beloveds, to ask… How are you—really? Not the answer you give because somebody is waiting, somebody needs something, or you do not feel like unpacking the whole suitcase today. I mean you. Have you eaten something? Had some water? Taken your medicine? Rested before your body had to submit a written complaint … Continue reading Just stopped by to ask…→
🔑 IT’S NEVER TIME TO QUIT — PIECE TWO WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE ANOTHER TRY IN ME TODAY? Beloveds, Yesterday I told you that sometimes the way you refuse to quit is by refusing to keep going the same way. Today I want to talk to the person who read that and thought: Cassandra, … Continue reading ITS NEVER TIME TO QUIT→
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SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME! 📖 SUNDAY GRATITUDE JOURNAL WITH CASSANDRA 🪑🔑 Beloveds, Come sit with me.Yesterday, I invited you to the movies. Today, I’m inviting you somewhere quieter. Pull up your chair. 🪑Bring your coffee.Bring your tea.Bring your questions.Bring your faith.Bring your doubts.Bring your laughter.Bring your grief.Bring the parts of this week that made … Continue reading SUNDAY WITH CASSANDRA. IT ME!→
MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA Beloveds, Pull up a chair. I have something new for us. Every Saturday, we’re going to the movies together. Well… Sort of.You don’t have to buy a ticket.You don’t have to get dressed.You don’t have to leave your house. And you certainly don’t have to pay movie-theater prices for popcorn. Every … Continue reading MOVIE SATURDAY WITH CASSANDRA🌎🎬👩🏿🦼🍿🌎→
🎬 COMING ATTRACTIONS… Beloveds, Tomorrow… 🕵🏿♀️🔎 THE ADVENTURES OF LIEUTENANT CASSANDRA COLUMBO. One woman. One phone. One mysterious formatting problem. Approximately 9,742 attempts to figure out why something that looked perfectly normal over HERE suddenly became: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?! over THERE. 😭🤣 Just one more thing… 👀 Tomorrow morning, we are going … Continue reading →
So often, we can get started off on the wrong foot. Crabby, from not enough sleep. Hungry, from not getting in breakfast. Annoyed,….*shrug*….just cuz it seems at times.
It’s important to get started on the right foot. Can’t help what the day may bring. We CAN do something about the attitude we bring to the day.
I remind myself of this as have to kick my own hind end for standing on the wrong things, at time.
For instance, the day had been hard. Rightly so. Tough things going on. So, I had ALREADY convinced myself the next day would be impossible and had myself half talked out of showing up, at all, the next day….smh…*sigh*.
Got myself some act right. Stood on solid foundation.
This life is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo worth LIVING. Keep going. This hard patch will ease up, a bit.
In the meantime, enjoy the hard. Embrace the suck. Take Yikes! and Egads! with you as you learn new things about Life, yourself, others.
I had been fretting about being tired of fighting things alone. Today, I am thankful for having the space to grow and do as I need to. May come a time when I have a house full and wishing I was alone!
Today, we begin again. And, if you make a mis step, begin AGAIN. And, again. Can restart the day as many times as it takes.
Keep going. You got this.
Cassandra TRIUMPHANT TIL SHE TEARS UP SOMETHING OR OTHER….*shrug*….
Circumstances. Situations. People. Man, those things can get you to looking down, can’t they?
Looking down, though, may get you whacked upside the head. Best to keep looking UP. Your future is UP. Your dreams are UP. Your circumstances are UP. Your situations are UP.
Only thing looking down gets you is ran over!
Keep looking up. YOU GOT THIS!
No matter what. No matter who. No matter where.
The ONLY way you lose is if you give up. Don’t. NOT QUITE YET.
Try. Just a little longer.
Refuse to give up on you, today. REFUSE to allow Life to let you go without blessing you. REFUSE to let yourself stay silent.
Your life matters. YOU matter. Don’t dismiss your:
Thoughts.
Hopess.
Dreams.
Aspirations.
Daydreams.
Goals.
Plans.
Words.
Desires.
Meanderings.
Wonderings.
This world needs YOU. We need what you have to offer. I can’t do you. You can’t do me. We need each other.
Don’t look at what you have as a small thing. There is only one YOU. How awesome is that?? No substitute for you. No copying you.
Keep your head high. You are doing the best you can. It is ALL that is required. You don’t owe folks, any more than that. You don’t owe yourself, any more than that. You don’t owe loved ones,more than that. You don’t owe God and Life, more than that.
Rest, tonight, knowing you have done your all and your all is ALL that is required.
You got this. Keep doing you. God and Life are proud of you. Be proud of YOU.
Why Can't I Be Loud?! 