What’s for me cannot be taken away

I’m sure I heard from overly-religious Black girl or woman who uses the church as a replacement for a man-woman relationship. But just now I heard it again: “What’s for me cannot be taken away.” It made me tear up. It made me have a catch in my throat. It made stop and think. Why should chase money? Why I should I chase that certain man? Why should I chase a particular job? What the Almighty has planned for me is there. It is already written. I have use my talents, my intelligence, my wit, my charm, my humor, my love, my compassion to live the life I have been blessed with. I don’t have to despair. I don’t have to worry. I don’t have to be hopeless. What is mine cannot be taken away. It is for me. The man that will be my husband is for me alone. The children on the otherside yet to be born are for me to bring into the world. The well paying fulfilling job is waiting for me to sit in the comfy executive chair. All the love in the world from all the people who will love me is there not to be taken away by anyone or anything. I will be relaxed. I will be calm. I will be still. I will continue to do my best. I will continue to improve. I will continue to move through life with vigor, intelligence, and honesty.

Because what is mine cannot be taken away. It belongs to me.

(Oh my, I may becoming spiritual or something.)