Losing Faith
Denise Jaden is celebrating the release of her young adult novel, Losing Faith. It is available TODAY! I can’t wait to get my hands on this book! She’s been hosting a spectacular blog tour in celebration and today she asked the question, “What message would you want to hear if you were feeling down and lacking in hope for our future?”
What an awesome blog topic! I could get very philosophical over this, but the truth is I’ve already faced this in my personal life and I’ve already answered this question. Fortunately, I answered it correctly, because it is what kept me going through some really tough, tough times.
My life had changed completely from what I had been used to. I tried ignoring it and hoping it would go away, but it just kept getting worse. When I took the blinders off and really looked at the situation I was in, I didn’t recognize anything around me. I was angry, I was scared, and I was looking for someone to blame. The worst thing was I had no idea how to fix any of it and that scared me most of all. I really, really wanted to walk away and pretend it was all someone else’s fault. Start a new life somewhere else under the guise that I had been a victim in the situation and I’d escaped just in time.
But in reality, I was just as responsible for the situation I found myself in. Inactivity can cause as much fallout as choosing the wrong course can. So the first thing I realized is that running away wouldn’t fix a thing, it would just make it worse.
So what did I do? I thought back to when things were fresh and new and heading uphill. I dug around in the rock and excavated the skeleton of success. The reason things worked in the first place. I fortified myself, my relationships and my confidence and I started over again. The whole time I focused on the WHY; my family. Because that never changed, even as the world crumbled around us, we were still the same family we had been when times were fat.
What message would I want to hear if I’m faced with that situation again?
You can. You always can.