One of the most empowering civil rights activist once said, “Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” (Martin Luther King Jr.) To some, faith is tied to the belief of Jesus Christ, or any higher power for that matter. Where their faith is based off a religious bond that they share with something they believe to be much bigger than themselves. To me, it is all of that, but it’s so much more at the same time. I have never needed anything more in my life than I have needed my faith. It was vital for me in my life to push to find it when my grandmother was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, when my father passed away, and when I moved 1,384 miles away from everything and everyone I knew, just over a month ago.
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Someone to admire, idolize and one day hopefully become a spitting image of. That person to me, was my father. My father passed away when I was in elementary school, and still to this day, that has been the most agonizing pain I have had to overcome in my lifetime. I think this was the first point in my life where I actually was forced to understand what having faith meant. I remember feeling so numb, bitter and grief-stricken. My mom would tell my brother and I to pray, even if we didn’t know why we were praying at that point. Through months of grieving and mourning, I found out that faith was nothing but a choice. For me, faith was choosing to be optimistic and finding my strength to see into tomorrow’s beauty. The toughest thing about faith, is there’s usually no physical evidence as to why you should have it. There’s no proof of who you're putting your actual faith into, and I think that can be the most intimidating thing about having faith. At the same time though, that’s the most incredible thing about it. There is beauty in sometimes not being 100% certain and still having everything turn out for the
Someone to admire, idolize and one day hopefully become a spitting image of. That person to me, was my father. My father passed away when I was in elementary school, and still to this day, that has been the most agonizing pain I have had to overcome in my lifetime. I think this was the first point in my life where I actually was forced to understand what having faith meant. I remember feeling so numb, bitter and grief-stricken. My mom would tell my brother and I to pray, even if we didn’t know why we were praying at that point. Through months of grieving and mourning, I found out that faith was nothing but a choice. For me, faith was choosing to be optimistic and finding my strength to see into tomorrow’s beauty. The toughest thing about faith, is there’s usually no physical evidence as to why you should have it. There’s no proof of who you're putting your actual faith into, and I think that can be the most intimidating thing about having faith. At the same time though, that’s the most incredible thing about it. There is beauty in sometimes not being 100% certain and still having everything turn out for the