😵‍💫 This Saturday started with paperwork, preparing tax payments, and taking care of responsibilities I’ve put off for far too long! Then breakfast with my husband, Will. And a conversation with my granddaughter in Chicago, who needed a little encouragement about something she couldn’t resolve until Monday. I reminded her that Monday would come soon enough! 😇 So I told her: “Calm your butt down! Exercise that faith muscle! Trust God and walk by faith without trying to see around the corners before you get there!” 😂❤️ ✅ Then I gave her something to repeat until she could settle her spirit: 👉 “I TRUST GOD!” And wouldn’t you know it? I needed that reminder myself! I’m learning that trusting God doesn’t mean avoiding responsibilities or pretending challenges don’t exist. It means doing what I CAN do, trusting God with what I CANNOT control, and refusing to borrow tomorrow’s worries today! ‼️ Faith isn’t just something we talk about. It’s something we PRACTICE! And sometimes the person giving the lesson needs it just as much as the person receiving it! STILL STANDING! STILL BUILDING! STILL LEARNING TO TRUST! 💜 Your turn: What’s one situation where you need to exercise your faith muscle instead of worrying about what comes next? 👇👇👇YourExperienceStillMatters @Cynthia M.

Tell your sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, grandchildren—every young person you know: 💻 Take a computer class. Learn how to use technology to create, work, and solve problems—not just scroll. 💵 Take a financial literacy class. Learn about budgeting, saving, credit, debt, and protecting the money you work for. 🤩 And those of us 40, 50, 60 and beyond? There is still something for US to learn, too! Faith and preparation belong together. We can pray for our families AND help them find opportunities to build these skills. Your experience still matters. Pass along your wisdom—and keep adding to it! Who could you encourage to take one of these classes—and would you take it with them? @Cynthia M. #Yourvoicestillmatters Https://yourexperiencestillmatters.com Watch the message that prompted this post. >>> https://fb.watch/KTIu-wM0XM/?mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e

🥴 Understanding how advertisers use age, interests, and online behavior to target consumers is an important part of protecting our privacy, finances, and independence. 🤯 One more thought: Your age may make you a marketing target, but it doesn’t make you an easy target. You’re questioning the message instead of accepting its claims. That’s digital confidence in action! There are some typical ways you can be bamboozled and loose money that I have seen: 🥴Beware‼️ 👉 1. Text messages with a promise to solve a problem like memory loss can be targeted to our age group! Nothing you searched for…just a random message with a link! 👉 2. A random text offering remote work with large amounts of pay may sound like an opportunity, however they will always offer you a WhatsApp number to contact for instructions and promise you can work your own hours. (What the text won’t tell you is that you will have to pay in order to receive cryptocurrency payments! 3. Banks are tightening their rules because so many people are being scammed by people pretending to represent trusted federal agencies ! 4. ‼️In real time. This just showed up in my text today! Mary, you deserve to feel amazing when you look in mirror. This new approach makes it easier for me to delete and mark as scam …Ask AI scam? https://go.biovynt.com/f0wS5 ‼️ 5. 🚨 REAL-TIME SCAM WATCH: ARE YOU BEING TARGETED? 1. Today I received another unsolicited text: 2. “Mary, you deserve to feel amazing when you look in mirror. This new approach makes it easier.” 3. First problem: My name isn’t Mary! 😎 4. I asked ChatGPT to investigate before clicking anything. 5. Here’s what we discovered: ☑ The message uses emotional language about appearance. ☑ The link redirects to another website with affiliate tracking. ☑ The actual product could not be verified. ☑ I never requested the information. 1. VERDICT: SUSPICIOUS MARKETING — NOT A CONFIRMED SCAM. 2. Here’s the bigger lesson: Advertisers may use our age, interests, and personal concerns to get our attention. But receiving a message doesn’t mean they actually know us.

🔥 Sometimes the very thing holding us back isn't a lack of experience, wisdom, or ability. It's waiting until we feel READY! I attended a webinar this week, connected with another community leader whose vision aligns with Freedom By Faith™, and even received a shout-out! And it reminded me of something. You cannot build meaningful relationships if you keep hiding while waiting for everything to be perfect! So I've made a decision. 🔥 I'm going to show up more. Turn on my camera. Share my voice. Build relationships. And keep learning along the way! At this stage of life, I've learned that faith doesn't require perfection. It requires a willingness to take that next step. ✅ And sometimes that step is simply SHOWING UP! Maybe you've been waiting to start a business, write a book, record a video, share your testimony, or pursue something God placed on your heart. Here's your reminder: You don't have to be perfect to begin. ❤️ LET'S TALK! What's ONE thing you've been putting off because you didn't feel ready? Drop it in the comments. Let's encourage one another to MOVE FORWARD! Still Standing! Still Building! 🔑 Your Experience Still Matters™! @Cynthia M. YES

✅ My son, Reginald Mitchell, shared something on Facebook today that made me stop and think. Some people aren't just afraid of FAILURE. They're afraid of SUCCESS! Now THAT will preach! 🙌🏾 How many times have we prayed for an opportunity, asked God for direction, or dreamed about doing something meaningful, only to hesitate when the opportunity finally appeared? 🤩 Sometimes we're afraid we'll fail. But sometimes we're afraid we'll actually SUCCEED! Because success may require us to change, become visible, accept new responsibilities, or step outside what feels comfortable. And for those of us building our next chapter at 40, 50, 60, 70, and BEYOND, that fear can be very real. But here's what I believe: God did not bring us this far for us to allow FEAR to make our decisions! 2 Timothy 1:7 reminds us: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 👉 You don't have to know everything. You don't have to have everything figured out. And you certainly don't have to be fearless before you take your next faithful step. ✅ Remember, YOUR EXPERIENCE STILL MATTERS™! What you've lived through, learned, survived, and overcome may be exactly what someone else needs. So here's my question for our Freedom By Faith™ family: What's ONE thing you would pursue if you stopped worrying about failing OR succeeding? A business? A book? A ministry? A new opportunity? Or something you've been putting off for years? 👇🏾 Share your ONE THING in the comments. Let's encourage one another to move forward in FAITH! STILL STANDING! STILL BUILDING! @Cynthia M. YES Founder, Freedom By Faith™ ❤️ Inspired by a Facebook post from my son, Reginald Mitchell.