What is for you will not pass you

I have a bracelet with the phrase, “what is for you will not pass you,” on it.

It’s an Alex and Ani bracelet. Remember when they were so popular? Anyways, my sister got it for me a few years back.

She gave it to me during honestly, the hardest, most difficult time in my life. A time I was questioning a lot of different things.

My family, in turn, went through it all with me and were questioning a lot too.

My sister gave me the bracelet to ensure that I knew whatever life had in store for me wouldn’t pass me by, regardless of the current moment.

But, here’s the thing about that phrase, it encompasses everything good or bad.

Even the worst things won’t pass you and you’ll have to navigate it, because if it’s meant for you, it will not pass you.

And sometimes that just sucks. No other way to say it. You’ll be left wondering at times, “why me?”

But, at times even the worst thing has it’s silver lining. Mine did. I had to find it. I had to focus on that silver lining cause that didn’t pass me either.

It’s not the easiest thing to do, to think of a tiny sliver of a silver lining in the worst moment and sometimes I think the best of us struggle with that.

But, lately, I’ve been wearing that bracelet again.

That phrase is grounding me in all aspects of my life as I think about so many different things on a day to day basis.

After everything that has happened in the last few years of my life, I truly do believe that what is for me will not pass me.

It doesn’t mean I’m just an unwilling participant in this, beautiful life, but rather, I can make the moves I feel are the best ones and what is for me, won’t pass me.

I think this phrase has a history within feng shui, I heard it in this audio book I’m listening to but the thing that the author said was that our chi has to be open to receive that which is meant for us.

So, I guess this is me telling you, and myself, to remain open to everything life has to offer so that what is meant for you, and for me, doesn’t pass either of us.

That doesn’t imply one doesn’t have to work hard for the things they want, but rather that, that which is meant for us, with hard work will come to us in due time.

Prep yourself for the good and the bad.

Remember to lean on those that you can lean on during the horrible moments and celebrate with those same folks during the best moments.

Always one foot in front of the other, one day at a time.