Daily Contemplation
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.” –Khalil Gibran
Faith & Doubt.
Doubt is a weight wrapped tightly around our ankles, causing us to sink beneath the despair of unrealized dreams. Faith is the hand that reaches into the depths of our despair, and brings us back to a place of possibility and potentiality. Today, contemplate the aspects of your life where doubt drowns your dreams.
“Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there.” –Author Unknown
Faith & Fear.
The angel and the devil that sit on our shoulders, prodding us to shine our light, or diminish it. When in faith, I am alive, creative, enthusiastic and a magnet for all that I need. In fear, I am anxious and doubtful. I lack energy and drive. I repel not only that which will help me live a life I love, I repel myself! Today, become clear about what are you afraid of. How does fear feel? How does it diminish your light?
“If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?” –Robert Brault
Faith & Hope.
Hope gives wing to your dreams and desires. Hopelessness lays them to rest. Hope is that tiny voice of encouragement that reminds you that you are not alone. There is something, someone, rooting for you in the unseen, whispering in your ear to keep you moving in the direction of your joy. Listen to that voice. Act upon it. Contemplate today when you have you nearly given up, until that voice of hope, that unseen cheerleader, came to remind you of your power and potential.
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” –Blaise Pascal
Faith & Choice.
Faith is essentially believing in the unknown and acting upon that belief. Earlier this week we contemplated doubt and fear. Why is it those two things seem so persistent, so eager to show themselves? When they do, faith is choice that must be consciously made. It is flexing our spiritual muscle, so to speak, to chose to believe in things that we cannot see. Today, contemplate what you believe but cannot see. What uncertainties have you surrendered to faith?
“Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a shovel.” –Author Unknown
Faith & Action
People are often “trying” to have faith, or “trying” to believe, or “trying” to be hopeful. They sit around waiting for proof that what they are “trying” for deserves their faith. All they need to do to realize that their dream or goal is worth their faith is to act on it. Faith can move mountains, and according to the Bible, even as little as a mustard seed. Life is riddled with uncertainties. Act anyways. Life is full of obstacles. Act anyways. Listen to the guidance from within your heart. Follow your bliss. Act upon your dreams, and take the steps to fulfill your desires. Faith is an action verb; pick up that shovel and move that mountain, one act at a time.
“Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us.” –W. Ralph Ward
Faith & Patience.
You can plant a mustard seed, patiently water that seed with faith and inspired action, and watch it grow and blossom. Or you can poke at it and berate it, wondering why it hasn’t sprouted yet, and then complain that it never even broke ground before withering and dying. Have faith in your dreams. Nurture and tend to them. Keep the faith and allow them to unfold in divine time. What dreams and desires of your own need a bit of tending, or inspired action? Where in your life can you uproot fear and plant faith? In what aspects of your life would practicing patience help you realize the fruit of your faith?
“Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is.” –Colette Baron-Reid
Faith & Surrender.
Finally, let it go. True faith is demonstrated in letting go, rather than trying to control, the outcomes. Sure, hope and dream for a particular outcome. Decide what you want. Set your intentions for manifesting it. Get into inspired action. Trust that you are worthy and capable of it. Then let go of the outcome with faith that the best one will present itself. Sometimes the outcomes that materialize don’t seem like the best ones for us, yet they are. And, yes, that statement requires faith.
P.S. Yesterday we started a new weekly affirmation check it out here! Look back on the monthly mediation too!