Tag: dailyprompt

The outcome of the game does NOT define you. The score doesn’t make you a loser.

The outcome of the game does NOT define you. The score doesn’t make you a loser.

Nuff said.
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Too often, beloveds, we judge ourselves by the score. If the numbers don’t add up, we MUST be losers, right?

Of course not. Life is a series of tests. Some, we pass. Many others, we fail. Does that make US failures? Course not.

We are much too hard on ourselves, aren’t we? When will we learn to cut ourselves just the tiniest bit of slack?

We are doing the best we can. I am doing my utmost to let my try be enough. It has to be. It’s all I have. All I can do, is all I can do. It’s ALL I’ve got. I can live with that.

Let your best effort be your best effort. Then, let the outcome play out as it will. It’s going to, anywho. Why spend your life all twisted up about what did happen, what didn’t happen, what should have happened? The happened has already happened. Keep it moving.

That’s what I am telling myself. It’s true. No need in wasting time on happenings that have ALREADY happened. I have done much too much of THAT. Smh. Don’t judge me…lol.

Be encouraged. You ARE doing your best, aren’t you? If not, make corrections and keep it moving. Asking for A Friend…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When the world calls you a winner…

When the world calls you a winner…

Smile, and keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Beloveds, don’t set yourself up to need the validation of the world. The world uses your need, for validation, to take as much FROM you as it can.

The world is not here to give to you. The world is out to feed itself. This is why God cautions us to not concern ourselves with chasing money and other things that do not last.

Now, I’m not saying not to pursue prosperity where you can find it. Just saying life is much too short, much too important to put all your efforts into trying to please a world that cares very little, if at all, about you and yours.

Still, life is what we make it. I am doing my best to put as much love, into the world, as I can. I am hopeful my love will touch some.

Remember: You are worthy. You are worth it. You are worthwhile.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When the world calls you a loser…

When the world calls you a loser…

Laugh and keep it moving.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Beloveds, no one knows your efforts. No one knows what you have gone through, just to make it THIS far. Getting THIS far has been a miracle, hasn’t it, beloveds?

Don’t concern yourself with what the world thinks and says about your effort. As  long as you have done your best, let your best effort be enough. The outcome is never on you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Try anyway, hard said to me.

Me: You’ve been much too hard on me.

Hard: I know. Try anyway.

Me: I’m tired.

Hard: I know. Try anyway.

Me: I’m sick of taking the high road.

Hard: I know. Try anyway.

Me: What good is it doing, fighting with you?

Hard: Look around you…

*Cassandra turns around and see how far she has come whilst fighting with all this hard*

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep trying. You don’t know what’s around the next corner.

In the meantime, stay positive. Stay hopeful. Stay joyful. I still have my hope. It sure is stubborn!🤗🥰🤨

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

When you SHOULD be resting, tell should to shut up.

When you SHOULD be resting, tell should to shut up.

Should ALWAYS has something to say.

Should, however, is forever getting you to do things you never wanted to, did not intend to do, wasn’t even considering doing.

Should brings nothing but guilt, shame, and ultimately fatigue with it.

If you have decided to rest, rest. If you have chosen to be still, be still. If you have considered and believe it’s time to let it go, let it go.

Should oft times comes from the expectations of others. Yet, they have not considered. Don’t let THEIR judgements and expectations force you into a corner of shoulds.

Do as you please. Do when you are ready. I can’t tell you how many lectures I have gotten on how I should grieve the loss of my twin.

Only another twin can understand what being a twin is like. Only another twin can truly speak to where I am. Sure wish I had one to talk to. I think I may reach out on Tiktok or somewhere to find one who understands.

Be encouraged.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You can do so much more than you give yourself credit for.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

God knew THIS would happen way back then. So, I can do THIS now.

I’m watching Rocky Balboa.

As usual, he gets beat up most of the time and then comes back at the end.

I feel like Rocky, I have been getting pounded lately.

Ow!

Still, I fight on.

Why? Because, God whispered something to me the other day. He said that He knew THIS would happen way back then. So, I can do THIS now.

Ah.

Aha!

I don’t want to do THIS, beloveds. I don’t want to live through THIS. THIS is just too damned hard. Crapola. Heckamiah Jeremiah!

I’m giving it my all. Still, beloveds, I don’t know HOW to get over THIS mountain. I don’t know HOW to do THIS, without mom, without sis.

Beloveds, how in the fresh hell do I DO my THIS?

How?

I can’t even use anger to get through THIS. Life won’t allow it. God reminds me trying to get through THIS using anger, will do nothing but allow anger to choke off all the love, joy, peace, laughter and life still waiting for me.

Holy Toledo.

Ah, God, how do I get through THIS.

The ONE thing that gives me hope is the knowledge that God KNEW THIS time was waiting for me. He has been waiting for me. Right HERE. Right NOW. Waiting, right here, when I thought He had ran off and left me. He had simply ran up ahead to lay down as many pillows as He could get His Hands on.

All around I see nothing but hard. Yet, in the midst of the hard, I see His Hand Made Pillows. Stitched with His Love. Sewn, carefully, by His Shaky Hands. Bathed, with His Tears.

Beloveds, I just stopped by to encouraged someone. Starting with me. I’m not telling you to pretend your hard is not breaking you. It is. It is revealing the diamond, the gold, the precious resilience buried deep within you.

Now, I don’t know, beloveds, why the hard has to be THIS hard. I DO know the hard can be overcome.

Keep going. Keep moving FORWARD. You are NOT alone. You never have been. I love me some you. As does He.

praying for us all,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There is so much more for us, beloveds. How do I know? Cuz, we still here!

I know it feels as though you have lost too much to continue. You have not. You won’t find out this is true if you quit now.
One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

What do you have to lose, Life asked me.

Life: What do you have to lose?

Me:

Everything.

Nothing.

All of it.

Some of it.

None of it.

Reputation.

Objectivity.

Friends.

Family.

Preconceived notions.

Excuses.

Pride.

Fear.

Life: Knowing this, what are you WILLING to lose?

Me:

Everything.

Nothing.

All of it.

Some of it.

None of it.

Reputation.

Objectivity.

Friends.

Family.

Preconceived notions.

Excuses.

Pride.

Fear.

*Cassandra turns from the mirror and continues to bet on her try*…

willing to lose,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This may seem odd to some…

I’m no longer afraid to lose. I spent ALL of 2024 and half of 2025 terrified of losing. Afraid of losing the little I had. Petrified of losing the small bit of comfort I had.

Fighting THROUGH grief has, at least, taught me to SEE loss for what it truly is: A loss. Simple as that.

Losing does NOT mean that I am lost. I’ve just lost my breath. I’ve just lost my footing. Those things CAN be regained.

The main reason I share my struggles is in the hope that someone, somewhere can see that they are NOT alone. That they CAN get out of bed. That they CAN find joy in the midst of trials.

Be encouraged. 2026 has just started. Let’s make it a good one.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

X marks the spot: Why am I HERE?

Why am I HERE?

WHY, am I here?

Right here?

Doing this? Whatever the hell THIS currently is.

I get up. I wander around. I gather the scrapings left from the bus that ran over my face late last year.

I look at this life called me and laugh. What in the fresh hell is THIS? What, in the name of all that is holy, did God leave me HERE, at this time, at this spot, at this moment?

Crapola. God knows I enjoy a good mystery. Now, I have to stick around and find out. You got jokes, God. But, nothing is funny, at the moment. What do I DO with me now?

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I want to tell the whole world to kick rocks. I want to hide, in this pain, forever. I want this hurt to punish me for not being there, at the end, for my twin. Her last hours were spent without me there. Just like mom.

I don’t understand why life has me HERE when everything happened over THERE!

I made a promise to myself that I would encourage others at my toughest moments. Why? Because, I could not imagine how folks, with little or no hope, made it through tough times.

I see glimpses of me, mixed in with all this grief. I see smudges of sunlight and hope. I’m trying to figure out HOW to get there.

In the meantime, beloveds, I turn on the light. I make a cup of coffee. I get out of bed.

Beloveds, if you are struggling just now, get out of bed.  DO something. Anything. Take out the trash.

Whatever you do, do NOT allow yourself to stay in a dark and unproductive place.

See, loss is just testing you. Loss wants to show you, well, YOU. Loss brings out the REAL us.

Loss speaks to the heart of us. Loss asks us who/what we think we are:

Loss: How much are you worth? Who is going to love you now that I have taken everything? Has any of your efforts meant anything apart from what you can and have given?

Beloveds, we are here to provide more than a paycheck to the world. We are more than a paycheck.

At my lowest moments, sis ALWAYS encouraged me to keep trying. Sis let me know how much I meant to her and others.

I just stopped by to encourage someone who was wondering WHY they are HERE.

I don’t know your HERE. I’m sure it’s being a pain. I DO know we SHALL get past HERE. How do I know? Cuz, God has sent us over THERE. We can’t get THERE til we finish up HERE.😎🧱🎯

Be encouraged. Hang in there.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Anger said to push them(love) away. Love said no and showed up anyway.

 I keep wanting to push everyone away.

I tell myself that nobody understands. I tell myself all kinds of dumb things. I tell myself….

I think I need to tell myself to shut up, beloveds.

I refuse to allow my pride to keep love away. I have done that more than I would care to admit. Dummy me. I am trying not to be quite so dumb. I have failed. Spectacularly. It’s a good thing failure is not fatal. I think….hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I’m trying to laugh. I have to. I ran out of Kleenex….hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

I really did run out of Kleenex. Four boxes. Smh.

I just stopped ’round to encourage folk to NOT push love away. Us humans do some silly stuff from time to time.

I wanted to give a bit of love, today. I needed some, for myself, but didn’t want to sit around waiting for love to come and find me. I am doing my best to love as many folks as will stop by. I appreciate your stopping by today.

Be encouraged. Make today amazing. Love someone. Starting with YOU.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love me some you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

My heart still wants.

My heart still wants.

My heart still dreams.

My heart still hopes.

Crap.

wanting/hoping/dreaming still,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep going, beloveds. I have been up for hours. Hoping. Dreaming. Believing. Ah, wombie, help me through these next moments. What do I DO with all this hope when ALL seems lost? Asking for many friends.

Don’t give up, beloveds. Not just yet. We have thangs to do, remember?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!