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No longer.

I’m no longer:

Looking for a way out. I’m pressing my way through.

Trying to remain comfortable. I’m stretching my boundaries.

Hiding from life. I’m living my life with intention.

I’m no longer settling for less than my best.

No longer do I hold back. I’m moving forward. I’m stretching towards something special.

I no longer look for the exit door. I embrace whatever I find in the room.

I no longer see lack as an excuse.

I no longer allow myself to remain unchallenged.

No longer do I hang my head in despair.

I no longer hold myself back.

No longer will I allow Lazy to run my life.

I’m no longer willing to give myself excuse not to try.

No longer will I get out of the fight. I would take the fight to everything that is getting in my way.

I’m no longer willing to allow disappointment, frustration and all its friends to keep me from pressing through.

No longer…

determined,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: It’s important to challenge yourself from time to time. It’s crucial to demand the best from yourself. It’s imperative that you not allow your life to be tossed to and fro. Life is what you make it. Make it an amazing one.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Receive: Your life is trying to give you something.

Your life is trying to give you something. It’s up to you to receive what life you’re trying to give you.

What is it? That’s up to you!

We spend so much time being distracted by noise of our own making. We are afraid to be still. We are afraid to listen to the silence life is trying to speak to us through.

Whenever life puts up a stop sign, we see it as something bad, so we try to blow past the stop sign. We try to rush to put something in the quiet.

Stop.

Listen.

Be willing to learn.

Be willing to change course.

Be willing to do something completely different.

Be willing to change your mind.

Be willing to open your heart.

Be willing.

This is what life has been asking me. I have been willing. I’ve been willing to be made willing…..hahahahaha!

Are you willing?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Its time for you to receive. Stop listening to the lies that you have to give your entire life away and to put yourself last. We only get this one life. I learn how to live mine to the fullest.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Your mistakes are trying to tell you something.

I have made many mistakes in my life.

I have felt like a mistake many times in my life.

I have refused to forgive myself for mistakes made many times in my life.

It has only been going through this last tough, hard year that I realized that I was not a mistake. These hard days has taught me that mistakes simply happen.

I have learned, through every painful, tearful step, that all I can do is try. To do the best I can, and life is going to do what life is going to do. Period and end of story.

As I wait this next chapter in my life. I am encouraged. I am pardoned. I enlightened. I am grateful. For every mistake. For every misstep. For every mishap.

Each one brought me closer to my dreams. Each one told me about myself. Each one revealed the miracle called hope.

I’m learning how to listen to my mistakes. I turned them inside and out now. I take out all the gifts now. I make sure to get out all the laughter now.

We all make mistakes. We will continue to make them. This is how we learn.

I just stopped by it and encouraged someone to stop berating themselves for the mistakes they have made. Your mistakes are talking to you. Are you willing to listen?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Society doesn’t level best to want to get rid of us when we make mistakes. The world wants to cancel us when we are not perfect. That’s why I love God so much. He loves me. All of me. Warts and all Mistakes and all. How great is that?!

Stop giving yourself such a hard time for your mistakes. They are revealing the diamond in you!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Listen: Your hard is trying to tell you something.

I cannot believe how hard life has been the last 5 years.

Yet I am grateful for the hard of the last two years. I’ve learnt so much about life. I have learned so much about me.

I’m ready now. Because of the hard. Not in spite of the hard. But because of the hard.

Hard has been trying to show me the way. Hard has been trying to teach me how to fight. Hard has taught me how to fight. And to win.

I have won my independence. I am free from fear. I am free from catastrophizing. I am free from a hopeless outlook.

I am free now to do some ridiculously stupid things…lol.

Don’t get down on yourself when you are going through hard times. Hard times can be a friend. Our times will give me the key to so many blessings, if you’re willing to accept and receive them.

Your hard times are not here to punish you. Stop punishing yourself. Stop blaming yourself. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Yes, she may have done some dumb things to get you into this corner. Yet God, Life, and The Universe knew you were going to do those dumb things. They have prepared a way of escape for you!

It’s not too late for you. Get back in the game. Dig out your dreams from where you hid them. Move forward. Look up. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Before the tornado, whenever life used to be hard on me, I used to fuss and complain to God. I used to think life was picking on me. I used to lament and cry out that life was just not being fair. Life was just lifing.

Life is short. Get out there and live. Get out there and love. Get out there and try. What do you have to lose? Better still, what do you have to gain?!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Try.

Every single day.

Dream.

Every single day.

Laugh.

Every single day.

Love.

Every single day.

Every single one of them.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Have an amazing day.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Hard really is NOT hard.

Hard really is NOT hard.

Making the decision to DO, can look hard.

Taking the first step, seems hard.

Keeping on, when you are ready to quit, feels hard.

Do, beloveds.

Take the first step.

Then, keep on keeping on.

Simple, huh?😳🤣🤗

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be sure to laugh today. Make the most of the hard. I’m growing from mine! How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards.

When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards!

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I was feeling a bit picked on. I was having a tiny bit of a pity party. Then I remembered everything is up to me. I told myself my attitude is everything. I kept speaking life to my situation. I kept telling myself that it takes just one.

Keep speaking life over your situation. The glass is half full. You shall overcome. Just starting is a win. You will accept the results. Be encouraged. You hold all the cards.

Your attitude is everything. Your attitude will get your altitude where it needs to be.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Just because you lost, doesn’t mean you are lost.

You are exactly where you are meant to be, beloveds.

Do not despair. If you have suffered a setback, a loss, doesn’t mean you are lost.

This is but one part of the journey. That’s all.

The more I go, the more I grow. I feel like a winner today. I don’t feel like the loser my bank account says I must be.

Today might be the day I win. I’m going to try my best. We shall see what this day holds.

Lift up your head. You can do this. You will get there. Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this, people!


One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

No does not mean no.

No does not mean no.

Not when it comes to your dreams. You can never take no for an answer.

The world will laugh at you and tell you no. Fear will mock you and tell you no. Doubt will roll its eyes at you and tell you no.

Keep weeding your way through all the nos.

I did not feel like reading through nos today. I’ve made myself get up and apply yet again.

I’ll be glad when this part of the journey is over. I’m tired of treading down this particular road….lol.

I’ll be glad when I have another boring topic to talk about.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep working your way from all of the nos. If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you will know that my yes came! Yay!! I wrote this piece before I got confirmation on the job…lol

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What are you focused on?

What are you focused on?

The past?

The present?

The future?

Past mistakes?

Possible future mishaps?

Present frustrations?

Ah, beloveds, through all this hard, I have learned that life truly is not picking on us.

Life is not taunting us with what could have been.

Life is not trying to trip us up. Life is just lifing.

What we DO, whilst life is tripping, is the key.

Too often, we judge ourselves by what we think our circumstances are telling us.

We are poor because we don’t live in the “right” neighborhood.

We don’t measure up because we don’t have the “right” heritage, upbringing, skillsets, and a million other barometers the “right” people advise we must live by and under.

Let me ask you a question: Who gets to decide what is “right”? What gives THEM the right? Who elected these apparent special people to run our lives?😳

It’s time, beloveds, to focus.

What are you focused on? Your focus can and will change your perspective. Changing your perspective WILL change your environment.

What environment are you creating?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Due to system issues, I have had to start my project over and over. I have been struggling through this process for the past four days. No end in sight either.

The old me would have quit in despair. The new me simply takes breaks, in the midst of the hard, and keep it moving.

FORWARD. Looking UP.

Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP.  Asking for A Friend.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!