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Student @ Redeemers University
If It’s Meant to Be, It Will Be — But You Still Have to Show Up
<p>"I was feeling a bit pushed by emotions of love and uncertainty and this is what came up"</p><p style="text-align: center; ">People say, “If it’s meant to be, it will be,”</p><p style="text-align: center; ">and sometimes we take that as a reason to sit back and do nothing.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Other times, we hear it and still try to force everything into place,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">afraid that if we loosen our grip, we’ll lose it all.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">But the truth lives somewhere in the middle.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Some things aren’t meant to be forced —</p><p style="text-align: center; ">love, timing, growth, healing.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">You can’t beg the universe to align faster,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">and you can’t twist people into becoming what they’re not.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">At the same time, meant to be doesn’t mean effortless.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">You still have to show up.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">You still have to try.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">You still have to put in the work that’s within your control.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Plant the seed.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Water it.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Give it sunlight.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">But don’t yank it out of the soil every day</p><p style="text-align: center; ">to check if it’s growing.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">That’s where balance comes in.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Do your part —</p><p style="text-align: center; ">study, apply, communicate, improve, apologize, practice, heal.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Put in the right amount of effort,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">not obsession,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">not desperation,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">not self-neglect.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Because forcing things only creates resistance.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">It drains you.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">It makes you lose yourself chasing outcomes</p><p style="text-align: center; ">that were never yours to control.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">What’s truly meant for you</p><p style="text-align: center; ">won’t require you to abandon your peace</p><p style="text-align: center; ">or your self-respect.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">It will meet you halfway.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">So breathe.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Do what you can.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Let go of what you can’t.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Trust that effort without force</p><p style="text-align: center; ">is still effort — and it counts.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">If it’s meant to be, it will be.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Not because you forced it,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">but because you showed up,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">did your part,</p><p style="text-align: center; ">and let the rest unfold naturally.</p><p style="text-align: center; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: center; ">The End.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">Credit: Confidential 🙂</p>
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