Not fate nor chance

Isn’t this what you asked for?

You asked for discipline, and now distractions keep coming your way.
You asked for peace, so you’re tested with chaos.
You asked for love, so now you’re forced to stand strong on your own.
You asked for strength, so you’re tested with hardship.
You asked for patience, and now you’re facing delays.
You asked for wisdom, so you’re tested with difficult choices.

This is how you become the person you’re meant to be. Everything you’re going through is preparing you for what you prayed for.

You’re closer than you think. Keep going.

– @projectmeliora_

Tl;dr – If you wanted something and you’re going through a hard time getting it, know that you’re being given opportunities for growth to become that person who can attain it.

Is that really true though??

It all sounds very nice and reasonable. Very inspiring, aspiring.

I feel like we cannot help but want to bring meaning when we’re being tested. Because how else will we get through it? We’re meaning-making machines.

Objectively speaking, it could very well be… nothing. No prescribed meaning by the universe whatsoever. Just random happenings by chances and chaos.

It’s tempting to say, it will all work out in the end. We could be cheating ourselves in the end, with nothing to show for. It could very well happen, yes. There’s no guarantees in this indie hacking game.

Or maybe there’s simply no need to make grandiose claims about the nature of reality and Life. Maybe I’m still struggling now because I’m just not there yet, skills wise. Not yet the entrepreneur who will hit $10k MRR. So I have opportunities now to launch and fail and fail again, to learn and learn again.

I think I like that.

Not fate, nor chance. Somewhere in the middle.

Just tiny gains, each day. Try something. Try again. Build skill. Get some luck. Get profit. And then over years, I hit the goal. No grand entrance, no grand exit.

Just quiet, calm—boring—progress.