10Faith

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

A lot of people don’t quite understand what faith is and just how big it is. Many think faith has to do with religion and that if you have faith in your life’s plan, that means you go to church or mass or temple or wherever regularly and you pray to God or Jesus or Allah.

But faith is much bigger than that. Faith is belief. Faith is what makes you know that even without immediate proof, the choices you’ve made and the course you’re on are the right ones. And that’s bigger than anything that will ever happen in any church.

Why does faith matter in a book about fighting self-sabotage? It’s because faith is what pulls all your efforts together. ...

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