😌 TREE 513: Faith

For me,
faith is confidence that

• I will get where I need to go and do what I need to do

• Others will get where they need to go and do what they need to do

It’s not magic. I’m not expecting a superbeing to come bail me out. I have a sign above my desk that says, ‘Do the work’. It’s not exactly science either. I fully expect help to show up when I need it. (Although science has something to say about that.)

It’s big enough and stretchy enough to remain intact when things go badly wrong. I’ve lived through enough shit – in 2022, never mind the 48 previous years! – to know that sometimes things will go badly wrong. And I’ve lived long enough to know that at some point things will go goodly right again. In the meantime, there are important things to learn.

For me,
faith is the opposite of anxiety.
(Not the attack kind. The opposite of attacking anxiety is not being attacked by anxiety.) It’s living without the base-level fretting about my life and their lives and all the things that could go to hell any minute because faith keeps insisting that I will get where I need to go and do what I need to do what I need to do, and so will the others. So it’s okay to live life to the full, to throw myself all the way in and enjoy the ride.

A knitted minidress with psychedelic tights is a bold fashion move, but Carla has the confidence to make it work. (Carla’s not sure if she’s a dog or a horse or a dinosaur. She just knows she’s fabulous.)

Never let a concern for good grammar get in the way of enjoying a moody pop song. (Spotify).

If you are in the mood for more faith, you might enjoy the five faith posts from September 2021. They start with TREE 251

Grow slowly
Jeff