You've Got to Have Faith

I cannot imagine living without faith. Faith makes all things, good and bad more tolerable. Faith in one’s self, mankind, friends, family, nature, physics, and religious faith (Or believing in God.) are all a necessity, a requirement for life. Yes, I agree that you could live without them but what kind of life would that be? That is a rhetorical question obviously and a question that I do not want to know the answer to. I believe that a life without faith would be tragic as well as hopeless and based on that belief it would also be very, very sad.

Yes, I believe in God but I do not try to force others to believe or put them down in any way if they do not. I am entitled to my belief system just as you are entitled to yours. I do believe that my beliefs have made me stronger. They have made me more accepting of my own faults and of the faults of others as well. More importantly, they have given me strength in times when I did not think I would have it, not from a lack of faith in myself but because I never thought that I would have to face many of the things I have faced and was not in my opinion prepared. My faith in others has always been reinforced by the positive influence that family, friends, and strangers have had in my life. My faith in God has been reinforced multiple times by overcoming trials and painful events that I knew I would never be able to face alone. I have faith. I hope you do too. If you do not, then I believe you will. I also believe it will be reinforced by those around you and your fellow man. I would also like to add that I believe in you: I know that if you face your problems head on and trust in God and those around you, that even if you are not successful in all of your endeavors and do not overcome all of your problems you will be better for having faced them and trusting in your own faith.