How to Find Faith after Disappointment
For most of us, especially now, life is not what we thought it would be. Lock downs, masks, a pandemic, fighting between politicized ideas and that is just the broad perspective.
Each of us has dreams and hopes that may seem like they are hard to obtain or even if they are showing up we don’t feel how we thought we would. Call it catastrophe fatigue or just good old “overwhelm” but many of us are feeling cloudy and removed even when things are going well.
So how do we trust the unknown? How do we trust in a spiritual guidance when it seems like chaos is the driving force of our current world?
In these moments, I remind myself that what I most want is the way I feel when things change or manifest. And I (although it seems difficult at times) can impact this.
My first step in restoring faith is calming my internal storm through self care, by finding a practice that helps to replenish me and doing it in those emotionally heavy moments.
Then, when I am calm I look at the worst case scenario or even the less desirable ones and I accept them. Most of them, people have lived through and so can I. Many of them people have thrived after. And even if it’s not something you can feel peace about you can find strength to face.
Next, I realize the reality of the worst case is usually small and that I am a powerful magnet to beliefs and experiences I focus on and that what is truly meant for me can come to me.
And then finally, I recognize that faith is a choice and one I can make with conviction or convenience. Because the truth is you don’t have to have faith. You can navigate this life anyway you choose.
And I have chosen faith in the magical spiritual powers that I believe animate my world. (Call God or the Universe or Unicorns, its up to you.) And I have chosen to believe that I am a part of that magic. So if my doubt starts to control me because I don’t like what I see, then I must find the courage of my convictions and choose faith.
It’s an exercise and a discipline and one that I often fail at but the more I realize it’s a practice that I must choose, the easier it is to override the doubt. Because at the end of the day, wouldn’t I rather be wrong in my faith in something than to not have made the experiment to trust and allow life to unfold for me.
I would rather gamble on the divine than settle for the beliefs of the world.
Because the other option is to go out and let fear guide you in to forcing and trying to manipulate life through any means possible and that I don’t want to experiment with anymore.
And when I am truly not able to move it myself, I always find a trusted friend or mentor to guide me back into faith and true surrendered power. Readings and mentorships are great for this!
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