what's meant for you will never miss you; what missed you was never meant for you.

found this in my drafts from months ago / I decided to just post it even if I can't really remember now, how I originally planned on finishing it. 

Indeed, we all had the most wonderful week spanning all the way from the Independence Day long weekend, all the way 'til just a couple of days ago. 

We've had guests coming in and out of our home and in all of those times, I was beaming with joy, I could just explode. There's just something about being with the right crowd that energises and recharges me in ways I can't even begin to explain. 

And to think some of them are actually friends that I made in just a span of a year - the time we were in the UK, who seem to have all become like family. 

We met, dined, sang, reminisced and still managed to talk about all the serious things in life. We still make fun of each other and though we don't meet as often as we'd like, not like how we did back then, it really does feel like we all got on right where we left off, as cliched as that sounds. 

This weekend made me think about all the serendipities and chance meeting and even missed opportunities that we've had to go through in life. 

As humans, it's only natural to sometimes wonder, even question, why life turned out the way it did. And much as we question, we too move on despite the questions -- only to gain knowledge, enlightenment or closure at some point in our lives, that things are the way they are because that's just how it is -- and for good reason.

And much as we sometimes feel that we should get along with everyone and that there is absolutely no harm in being warm and kind towards everyone, there should be absolutely no pressure for us to force friendships or pretend chemistry in relationships where there is none. Because perhaps we were not meant to be everyone's cup of tea, and by that logic, we too should not feel obligated to favour all cups of tea.

I guess I'm writing this right now because we just recently discovered a saying --

"what's meant for you will never miss you; and that what missed you was never meant for you.". 

I guess I've always known, but the timing at which I (re)discovered the saying above enhanced my belief that nothing in this life is accidental - and that you really don't know beyond what you know - if that makes any sense at all.