It's almost 10 months since I came to Quebec. And almost 18 months since walking the Camino now. During this time, I am learning to live every moment as fully as I can. It's been an amazing journey.
As I look back, one thing that marks the change in me is the amount of faith I have in life now. At one stage and several points, I felt that it was a plunge into the unknown. It was unfamiliar and scary. That plunge was really a leap of faith.
Faith is a mysterious thing. Either we have it, or we don't. We can at times be filled with convictions, and at times be on the verge of betraying our ideals and best intentions. Our faith will always be tested, and the outcome will determine whether we continue on the road, or abandon.
Faith, I believe, is a trust in life - in a certain inexplicable mystery that takes care of us. This is a trust, believing without seeing, that everything will be ok at the end of the day. Faith is like the air we breathe and the energy that passes through our body - invisible but life-sustaining.
Faith takes practice. Life presents opportunities for us to choose to have faith, over worry. When I was mired in my own habits of anxiety and worry, a good friend wrote, "Know without a doubt that there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of." It was very hard to understand at first, but now that I am experiencing the many little miracles of life and simple wonder, I am growing to trust the universe.
It's a wonderful feeling to carry this faith within, because we can then expand and reach out, instead of contracting in fear.
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