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Daily Question, October 3

When was the last time I took a leap of faith?

  • Javier Visionquest
    Our entry to the Great Housing Swindle of 2008 (fixed 3.9% APR) and the choice to divest in 2012 where each a leap of faith. Leaving my job of fifteen years with hospice after my T1D diagnosis and moving back into my family’s home in N. Va was a leap of faith. I’ve discovered that everything is a leap of faith. To have a child, to buy a house or a car, to change careers. . . or, simply to have eggs & toast for breakfast instead of cereal and coffee again is also a leap of faith. It’s ...

    Our entry to the Great Housing Swindle of 2008 (fixed 3.9% APR) and the choice to divest in 2012 where each a leap of faith. Leaving my job of fifteen years with hospice after my T1D diagnosis and moving back into my family’s home in N. Va was a leap of faith.

    I’ve discovered that everything is a leap of faith. To have a child, to buy a house or a car, to change careers. . . or, simply to have eggs & toast for breakfast instead of cereal and coffee again is also a leap of faith. It’s only a matter of how much of a gap that “leap” has to cover in order to move us from where we are to where we expect to be upon landing. At the end it is we who have to deal with the consequences of our choices and decisions.

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    • Rita

      I am very moved by your post. Your last two sentences in particular are very impactful to me. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and wisdom!

  • Patricia

    I took a really big leap nearly 20 years ago that led to my current life and it confirmed for me that I can trust moving into the unknown when I just *feel* that God is moving me, body heart & soul, in that direction. So, since then, lots of littler leaps — but I find that just getting up in the morning and receiving the day as gift can also be a leap.

  • Michele

    The last time I took a leap of faith was when I quit my job before finding a new one. I took a huge gamble and, for me, it 100% worked out. I found my dream job and am very very happy.

  • devy

    For me, I often wake up with an active mind which tries to bring out what if scenarios or contemplate on my past struggles. I get out of bed, I start off every morning as a leap of faith by means of meditation, reflection and reading the posts on gratefulness.org. This brings faith to myself that my day will be grand and that whatever happens I will be able to deal with it.

  • Pam

    I am exhibiting my photography in March in a local library . Getting the photos together now . Nature through the pandemic is its title . Picking a photo for each month they I was furloughed . June 17th I started teaching again outdoor swimming in peoples homes .

    • Michele

      Is it possible for us to view these photos? Any links once they are up at your local library? Congrats!

      • Pam

        Let me k or if you can’t open the link . Where do you live Michele

      • Pam

        https://pamzicca.crotonarts.org/
        I hope this is ok to put here .

    • Pilgrim

      Bravo to you for your photo exhibit, Pam!

  • Ed Schulte

    Every morning, right after internal light contemplation/meditation and cleansing …. I venture forth ( aka “leap”) into…….. ‘Word of the day’ essential question…….. ……” what still pulls on your soul”?…….​ and begin my journey without doubt ( aka “faith” ) and the reply will be very rewarding.

    That “what” has been described as “the Bride Groom in a marriage called “the union of Spirit and Soul”.

  • Antoinette
    The last four years has been on faith. Getting a divorce, getting sick with migraines and going on disability, getting a new home- being a single mom! ( long list probably a lot like many others have) Now my leap of faith is growing stronger because I’m seeing that resiliency building. Right now I have faith that change isn’t something to fear all the time. I think our reptilian brains have us hardwired to flight/ fights mode and now we are awakening to our resilience is in trusting a...

    The last four years has been on faith. Getting a divorce, getting sick with migraines and going on disability, getting a new home- being a single mom! ( long list probably a lot like many others have)
    Now my leap of faith is growing stronger because I’m seeing that resiliency building.
    Right now I have faith that change isn’t something to fear all the time.
    I think our reptilian brains have us hardwired to flight/ fights mode and now we are awakening to our resilience is in trusting and caring for each other.
    Everywhere I look I see amazing people helping others.
    I have faith in the goodness in everyone.

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  • sunnypatti
    Last April, when I signed the deed to my new home and land alongside my fiance. This was a really big deal for me, as I had convinced myself over the years that there was no reason to ever buy a home. I came to realize that there was no reason to buy a home with my ex-husband, and I'm grateful to this day for not doing that. As my path changed, when the thought of purchasing a home came up, I was excited. There was still some fear, but nothing I couldn't face and move past. We moved into our hom...

    Last April, when I signed the deed to my new home and land alongside my fiance. This was a really big deal for me, as I had convinced myself over the years that there was no reason to ever buy a home. I came to realize that there was no reason to buy a home with my ex-husband, and I’m grateful to this day for not doing that. As my path changed, when the thought of purchasing a home came up, I was excited. There was still some fear, but nothing I couldn’t face and move past. We moved into our home at the end of last June, and I cannot imagine life any other way or anywhere else.

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  • Kevin

    Oh gosh, just recently, in fact. As a Quaker minister, our traditions and call to ministry are both similar, and, quite different than other types of denominations. But a call to ministry has the same “tug” on the soul, as Rumi’s translated quote mentions in today’s Word of the Day, regardless of what religious tradition that “call” blossoms within. Recently, after laboring within for several months on beginning some new spiritual work, I said, “Yes,” and have begun that leap.

  • Howie Geib
    I come from a tribe of rhetorical cliff jumpers. So at some point it stops being scary and abnormal to take inprudent risks. Scanning back there isn’t something looming as a great leap of faith per se. I guess taking out a car loan whilst unemployed and without a clear sense of how I was going to meet this added obligation. It was calculated and not too much of a stretch. But perhaps the component of filling out the application was…I had very little certainty that I would be approved (I was)...

    I come from a tribe of rhetorical cliff jumpers. So at some point it stops being scary and abnormal to take inprudent risks. Scanning back there isn’t something looming as a great leap of faith per se. I guess taking out a car loan whilst unemployed and without a clear sense of how I was going to meet this added obligation. It was calculated and not too much of a stretch. But perhaps the component of filling out the application was…I had very little certainty that I would be approved (I was) and in the end it has all worked out. More pirate than accountant I get a keen sense of vitality when leaning into the unknown and Trying Something New. Hypothetically though, I can say that my heart is very timid. Paradoxically if I were to find myself smitten it would be difficult to act on that.

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    • Rita

      Good luck! I know what it is to be smitten and not to act on that. Be bold and you never know where it might lead you. Not acting is a certain outcome but not the one you wanted:).

  • Lioness

    Last year! With the support and drive from my coach I made choices that I would have previously procrastinated over. That means that I begin this year with a purpose and motivation for the future, which with all the negativity around gives me something positive to focus on. The fact my choice will be good for me is lovely, but the fact it will benefit others too is simply amazing.

    • Kevin

      Congratulations, Lioness! I am happy for you in this new year!

  • Carla

    There’ve been several in last few years. Today I recall attending a potluck supper early Jan 2015, that led to a spontaneous dinner date later that month. That began a healing & intimate spiritual relationship of about 2 years. Though we’ve parted, the balm remains, as does the healing of a childhood scar.

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