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We Signed Up for This

by freespiritmag
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we signed up for this

Before we got here, we knew.
We knew what this was.
The lessons, the pain, the joy, the connections — all of it.

Deals were made.
We chose the people.
We chose the timing.
We chose the experiences that would crack us open and wake us up.

And then we got here.
And we forgot.


Life is not an accident.
It’s not random.
It’s a living, breathing universe, and we are part of it — not separate from it.

The hard moments?
You signed for those.
The people who challenge you?
Agreements.
The love that feels like home?
Also an agreement.


You’re not here to just survive.
You’re here to live.
To feel everything.
To learn what it means to be human.

And when it’s over, you’ll remember.
You’ll remember the laughter, the pain, the way the sunlight looked on a Tuesday morning.
You’ll remember that nothing was wasted.
You’ll remember that you asked for this — every bit of it.


So stop acting like life is happening to you.
It’s happening for you.
Because whether you believe it or not,
you signed up for this.

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