People use the word believe alot, but as the man says in Princess Bride, I don't think that word means what they think it means. Maybe it is because so many equate faith with a "perfect" god of one style or another, faith lately has taken on an air of passing an audit, first. Once I have determined that you have passed all of my tests, then I will "believe" in you. But, is that faith or evidence? The Bible calls faith the "evidence" of "things not seen" or to put it in the terms of the Santa Claus movie, "Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing."
And, therein lies the problem. When people demand evidence for believing, you can never actually get to the evidence. Because, it is when people believe in us at our low points that we can believe in ourselves and begin to rise. It is the faith of the crowds that help teams to win games. It is the faith in the poor that helps them to have the self esteem and self love to begin to take pride in their steps and go forward.
I have had faith in many at many times and have voiced that faith to them. I've told people that I believe they are perfect for different jobs or will do well at them and stood with them, even when I did not get the same faith in me. I have had faith in my children, even when they could not have faith in themselves and was not showing any evidence that would suggest they are improving. I have had faith in myself, even when I faced trial after trial and condemnation and gossip by others that would choose to NOT have faith in me, and I would rise in that faith, not in spite of them but because it was always in my nature to do so.
As George Michael says, I gotta have faith, and I have faith in my future. I believe that the things that I want will make its way into my life at the hands of others that have faith in me. And, I believe the path to that end will not come by trying to prove to others that I have met their tests of evidence. I never required that of them.
So, as we celebrate St Patrick's Day, look to your future, down a green beer, and look for the light to rise on your path, ahead. I believe in you, and I believe you are able to meet and prosper the journey ahead.
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