“An unwavering faith.”

H,

The way the world operates is set in stone. It will not be moved by our wailing at it. There is a way to be in it and a way to be taken seriously. There is a premium placed on output and this no matter that the input was before that. There is a story told over and over again, full of sound and fury, that means nothing and goes nowhere.

We cannot play those lines. We have tried and we are not that good at it. Well, perhaps, we could learn them better, but they are not for us. The real tragedy is that they are not for anyone but that is another story entirely. Anyway, the parts of it that we are good at we do not need to encourage. We have to step out of the rat race, the dark emblem of futility and the idea that we must prove ourselves worthy of a love we did not create and cannot control or return outside the light. There is nothing for us in this world and it takes an unwavering faith to know this and live accordingly.

Unwavering not in the sense of undoubting or unfailing but in the sense of persistence. And persistence not in the sense of our own strength but in allowing the grace already in us, carry us there. The energy we usually spend is in resisting the light. The act of faith we do most effectively is when we give in to the holy call to be our true selves.