When It Never Goes "Well" And Why That’s Okay

“If all goes well, our paths will never cross again.”

Funny how people say that like life follows a script.

But here’s the punchline:
It never goes well.

Not the way we plan, not the way we rehearse in our heads, not the way we hope during those quiet moments of wishful thinking.

Life reroutes. People circle back. Mistakes we thought we buried knock on the door again in a new outfit. And just when we think we’re in the clear, we find ourselves facing the very thing we thought we’d left behind.

At first, it feels unfair—like you’re stuck in some cosmic loop where “moving on” is just a myth. But here’s what I’ve come to understand:

Maybe it’s not about avoiding the same path.
Maybe it’s about walking it differently.

Because when that old challenge reappears, you’re not the same person you were the first time. You’re a little wiser. A little more scarred, yes—but also more seasoned. You know where you stumbled before. You remember what hurt and what helped. You don’t freeze—you face it.

So no, things may not go “well.”
But maybe, just maybe, they go real.

And real has its own kind of power.
Paths cross again. Doors reopen. Lessons repeat until they’re learned.

It’s not a glitch—it’s growth.

And if our paths are crossing again now, maybe it’s not a setback.
Maybe it’s the next step.