Faith lightens the load. It is the church within us. Faith points the way through this distrust, the fear and the many mountains to climb. The first major threshold on the way is self-love. Faith holds the bright candle that beckons us forward.
Faith is trust internalized.
Trust is faith externalized. Fear as a foe can shut the body down stemming the flow of energy that connects us to all aspects of ourselves-producing a very narrow corridor in which to operate. When our focus is absorbed in fear, we disappear. Separate from our self, we stand alone, essentially powerless. But as a friend, fear alerts us to danger, to the unfamiliar and vulnerable - thus creating opportunities to grow and expand, to note items that require our attention and become aware of those which have meaning for us.