meant for us

 I think the heart’s true peace is found when it has truly accepted that not everything and everyone in this life is meant for us, and that what is meant for us, will always, eventually make their way home to us.

This means that in anything, someone could be so much better than you, or you could be seemed as the one who’s above your other competitors, but at the end of it all, it always boils down to whether or not, the thing you want is what Allah has decreed for you.

But then, it is worth noting that nothing will ever reach us without our best efforts. As Allah has said in the Quran, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of the people as long as they do not change their state themselves.” in Surah Ar Rad 13:11.

Maybe one could see it as this; there’s a bag of gold meant for you on a mountain and it has already been set for you, but then, if you never make your way there yourself, how can you ever be in possession of it? Right?

Maybe when you’re job hunting and then you think of, hmM when will I ever start working (this really happened to me in the past that whenever someone asks me for tips, I would always say, 90% of it is merely because it’s rezeki and meant for me. But God knows the efforts I had put in.) Trust that Allah already knows where and when you should start working, but until you finally get there, you gotta keep going.

Hopefully with this knowledge of how “Not everything and everyone is meant for us and that’s okay.” and that “Whatever Allah witholds from us when we have asked Him so sincerely for it, believe that He does it with limitless knowledge and mercy.”, I hope that we are able to put our worries at ease every time they get us too fazed.

Not everything and everyone in this life is meant for us and that is truly, totally, fine. :)

May we all be united with what God, with His ultimate love and mercy, decrees for us.