Faith

Faith, beliefs, religion…These are things that keep us grounded, sane..something we can cling on to when all else fails. A ‘constant’ that does not change unlike everything else in our lives. How strange that we are lucky enough to have something like that and yet we turn to it only when we’re in trouble or when we’re down on our luck. We do all the crap this world has to offer and when it gets outta hand its God we turn to for help..for relief… for hope. It’s our only escape. Ironically if we had just trusted in god in the first place we wouldn’t have needed to be rescued. Its then that we pray….we beg…we promise that we’ll try to not go back to how we were…just grant me this and I’ll give it all up. and lo and behold things most of the time fall into place..or they just don’t seem that big of a deal anymore. Its life back to normal…back to how it used to be..all promises forgotten. We think, God has bigger problems to worry about anyway. Till the next time of course when ur problem is the biggest one that anyone can possibly have..then of course god had better sit up and pay attention.

But we are only human..we falter, we fail, we stumble back and forth. When things are great we don’t want to think about anything else. At the same time when things are bad..we can’t see beyond that..its like all hope is lost..no faith in the future . Faith..thats the key. Its not religion its not going to church 50 times a month, its not trying ‘not’ to do stuff that is branded as sinful. We so often think that being religious is going to church 5 times a week..not drinking..not smoking…being responsible..being a holy joe. That’s all secondary..its not what having faith is about..all those things would fall into place ultimately….that is not what you need to fix first..thats not what is important..if the other things are straight in ur head those things will come automatically.

And its not like bad things don’t happen to faithful or good people - that's the plan? - Its ironic I know and I think ppl who do have faith on a certain level are the ones to whom bad things happen the most..maybe tests and trials..i don’t know.. We will always need rescuing..thats why there is a god I guess. Ultimately its believing that there is a plan for your life right from the day u came into this world and it is revealed to u some way or the other.

Someone told me that it’s like someone is watching out for me….wow…..isn’t that an awesome feeling? Who wouldn’t want that? Maybe its just that ultimately the plan that god has for you is always fulfilled…that is, if u let it in some way or the other…if you somehow manage to find ur way home even if u are lost in the darkest forest. Maybe even if you at least ‘try’ to find your way out. I guess that’s what it means when they say that if you take one step towards god he’ll take a thousand towards you. its funny how these things that u hear all your life only make real sense when you’re looking for that way home.

What do you have at the end of the day if you don’t have faith? Your friends? Your family? Your work? yeah sure all those things are there and we are lucky to have good friends and a family that loves us but how often are they your source of complete comfort in times of need…consciously or unconsciously we do turn to the unseen..a power.. cos we need to believe that there has to be something or someone who can change the course of your life..who can make everything better..you know noone else can…who can give you that inner peace about decisions that u make.

Why is it then so damn difficult for us to have faith? Cos we think all the fun in life is over then? Cos we have to become holy nerds? What are we? 16? Yeah we wish.

Bigger picture….peace of mind…..hope…FAITH.