How this man kept his faith alive

This is not your average blog post. This is the story of a man who decided to take charge of his life.

It's easy to go through life letting adversity get you down. What takes real hutzpah, is to engage in the contrast of life while keeping one's head up. Looking at the glass as half full is just the first part of the mix, imagining the possibilities for that sweet nectar is where the magic happens.

"In order to comprehend the true meaning and purpose of your relationships, you must begin with your most primary relationship of all. It is the one relationship that provides the greater context for all your other relationships at all levels. It is the one relationship that is your beginning and your final resting place. It is the one relationship that establishes your purpose for being in the world, the value of your growth and development and the direction and aim of all of your contributions in life. It is the relationship that is most essential to your well-being and your comprehension of yourself and the world. Yet it is the relationship to which you may give the least attention. It is the relationship that you may concern yourself with to the least degree. In fact, it may not be a relationship that you have thought of seriously at all." This relationship for me personally has been completely life changing in its development. Throughout my life, I've made many essential decisions in regard to this relationship, molding many aspects of my living situation. "The emphasis here is for you to reach that vantage point where you can see your relationship with God and with yourself clearly while you are in the world. It is from this vantage point that you will be able to see the relationship of all things. Like climbing a great mountain, you must reach a certain position where the relationship of that mountain to everything around it becomes self-evident. From this vantage point, you will see why you could not have comprehended the overall meaning of your existence before. Previously, you were consumed within a certain stage of development and all that you could see was that stage of development. Yet when you look down from the mountain and see the trail far below, you will say, “Yes, from that vantage point down below, I could only see the trail and my immediate circumstances. ” Perhaps on that trail you lost track of the mountain and its summit altogether. Yet when you reach this higher vantage point, your perspective will be more complete. Therefore, to answer the fundamental questions of life, you must reach the vantage point where the answer is self-evident."

Blessed Be. Namaste. Nasi Novare Coram.