faith is a journey

just thought i'd share...


Faith is a journey, not a guilt trip.

That's the little saying on my new bumper sticker. I think it's the truest thing that I have ever read. A few months ago I wouldn't have been able to tell you that this, is a fact of life. I would have made mention that faith is just that, faith, not a trip of any kind, because I (sadly) was narrow minded to think that only my religion was best, and crazy enough to believe that there wasn't anything out there other than that. Now, on the other hand, I have to say that, I was wrong, there are so many many more things out there that faith is what you believe in, yes, but a journey nontheless because you learn and grow in faith by every situation that presents itsself to you, and anyone who disagrees with you shouldn't be giving you a hard time, but instead respect the decision you have made to follow whatever that is that you have chosen, and not guilt you into something that isn't you, that you don't want to do. I've come a long way from who i was, and every step has made me stronger, more determined than ever, and glad. Glad for those people who helped open my eyes to the possiblities that there can be more out there than you were taught, that just because you flow the opposite way of everyone else, you don't have to be ashamed. That sometimes being different is a good thing, that differences make us who we are and who we will become, help us fullfill our destiny. And even though i'm not sure what mine is yet, I know that I will beleive what I will, and no one, will make me feel bad for honoring and believing in everything good in life.