Belief...

(HINT: Before you press play and listen to the song, you have to go down the right hand side of this page and press stop or pause on the music that automatically plays on my blog!!!)

"Would you dare to BELIEVE that you still have a reason to SING.

Because the pain you're feeling can't compare to the JOY that's coming.

Come on and wait for the light, just press on, and fight the good FIGHT.

Cause the pain you're feeling is just the hurt before the HEALING.

Cause the pain you're feeling is just the dark before the morning."

-Josh Wilson

SOME days, I am so grateful for my friends who have strong FAITH in their lives.  These friends are often the ones, who share that “little golden nugget of wisdom” through words or song that other people just can't. An old friend posted the following song excerpt on his facebook status today, which lead me to googling the song and finding the video below. I doubt when he posted those lyrics, he had any idea what a difference they would make in my day today. 

Don't get me wrong. I have FAITH. To be perfectly honest, I often have an overwhelming abundance of it. I have my own faith, my own beliefs and my own spirituality. I do BELIEVE, I just don't follow organized religion nor do I judge or persecute

those who do. I admire and respect each individual "being" for who they are and what they choose for THEIR individual life and expect and appreciate the same respect in return. I am truly fascinated that so many people believe so strongly in so many different things, but in the end they all BELIEVE and have FAITH...and that is what matters.

Even with that faith, some days you can't help but question everything and wonder WHY things happen the way they do? And the answer is simple. YOU CANNOT FULLY APPRECIATE THE GOOD WITHOUT EXPERIENCING THE BAD. It's all part of life. All

part of learning, living, growing, and developing into the human being you are meant to become.

I can only hope that we raise our daughter to have the strength, morals and conviction to BELIEVE in what she chooses and to stand up for what she believes is right for HER life.  That she never feels pressured by anybody to conform to be something or someone that is not authentic, real and true for her and her own beliefs. That she will always LOVE unconditionally and will effortlessly share herself and her strong soulful spirit with the world around her.

God Bless my beautiful little girl.