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Having Faith
Everything will be okay in the end. And if it's not okay, it's not the end.
Faith and religion are two very different things. I’m not always sure that I would consider myself religious – to me, the word religion conjures up images of awe-inspiring cathedrals, rituals rooted in tradition, formal clothes, and the sound of many different voices coming together in song. Though I appreciate the idea of religion, enjoy it from time to time in the company of loved ones, and understand the comfort that it brings to people, it’s not the right thing for me.
But faith is a different matter entirely.
It’s strange. I struggle to see how anyone lives their life without any sense of faith. We enter every day blindly. We may have some expectations or an idea of what may come our way, but we’re all experiencing our lives with an element of faith. Faith that we’ll get through the day more or less in one piece. Faith that the sun will rise and set, that the Earth will keep spinning, that we’ll all get another day older together.
And it even seems that people will put their faith in having a bad day. They have faith that the world will throw them a dozen curveballs, that they’ll have to dodge falling pianos and black cats crossing their paths. It’s cool. We are all entitled to believe what we want!
I wish we could all find great comfort in believing that we’re living the best life for ourselves. In that way, the choices we make will take us further in that direction, and the things that are beyond our control will simply be somehow contributing to a brighter future.
I have several friends under extreme stress – from financial worries, to unsupportive job conditions, to a general discontentment in life. And I want to write this to them, to let them know that even though it seems like one disappointment after another keeps coming, the fact that they keep getting up each morning and doing their best will make them stronger in the long run. That though it’s impossible to know for certain, I want them to have faith that the world will get better, that their lives will get better, that their situations will improve.
Often, life doesn’t go as planned. But if we look at what we have, and find a way to celebrate whatever joys we can find – then that makes the darkest days brighter, and can help us learn to trust in something bigger than us.
As my friend Lisa likes to remind me: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”
I have faith in that.
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Community and Blessings
And all those moments, they add up in our lives. They make us richer than we could ever hope to be.
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Democratic Rights at a Credit Union
“Human service really is the only reason for the existence of our credit unions.” -Charles F. Eikel, Jr.
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The Protests
"Show me what democracy looks like," a voice calls out among demonstrators.
"This is what democracy looks like!" the crowd responds.
The key to changing the world lies in cooperation, I believe this.
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Seattle Children's
“While we try to teach our children about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt
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In a Decade
In remembering the events of September 11th, ten years ago, the emotions I experienced, I find I want to give voice to the way it changed me.
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Participating in a Miracle
We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. -Mother Teresa
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End of Summer Reflection
"Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." -Ella Fitzgerald
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Budgeting and Emerging Adulthood
The hardest thing about breaking a pattern is recognizing that you’re still repeating it, though it may look a little different.
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Independent Thought
We are all a part of so many communities, and the ones that give us the greatest sense of belonging are the ones that we are willing to fight for.
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A quest for questions
Maybe credit card billing cycles have always been a little mystifying to you. Maybe APR, APY, ARM make you want to cry “SOS!” and find a BankerSpeak-English dictionary. Whatever your questions… I’m confident that others have had them too, and I'd like to help.
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The Pursuit of Perfection
Recent events in pop culture have reminded me how the pursuit of perfection manifest itself across many endeavors.
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