Faith is a Popsicle Stick

Crazy pill count:
AM 20 Adderall, 7.5 Zyprexa, 50 Lyrica
PM 100 Lyrica, 5 Zyprexa

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faith

I've been avoiding this request for quite some time now.
How does that saying go? Never talk politics or religion in mixed company?

But I did promise to honor your questions...

I am probably the worst person to discuss faith since I am the one who falls asleep in church.

As a child, I did have a sense of faith. I didn't go church, often, but when I did, I sure loved making those crosses out of popsicle sticks. I said my prayers tucked in bed, and thanked God for my parents and rainbows.

Want to make one? Here's how.

At some point, in preschool, I became overly concerned with the devil. I made a drawing that my teachers became overly concerned with that consisted only of the color red. I drew a little red devil, with a little red cat, and a little red dog, and a little all red rainbow. Below this picture, I drew the exact same thing.  It was the devil's devil. And below that, another identical drawing - the devil's devil's devil. Whew, that's a lot of devils for a four year old attending a preschool in a church!

As a teenager, whenever I prayed, I cried. I felt foolish, so I stopped praying.

As an adult, I married a Catholic boy, and so I occasionally go to church, but I spend that hour daydreaming, and not about God.

Often, I feel envious of people who have unshakable faith. How comforting to have a God to turn to. But I don't. I don't have a reason why, and I don't know when I lost it, but I did. If you have it, hold on tight.

However, I do realize there is a difference between religion and faith, and perhaps I'm focusing too much on religion and not enough on faith.

Let's consult our friends from the dictionary:
faith: trust, belief, confidence, conviction, optimism, hopefulness, hope

This is a faith I can get behind:

I have trust in modern medicine.
I believe in the goodness of others.
I have confidence that we all have the ability to change the world.
I have a great sense of conviction when I talk about crazy pills.
I am optimistic for the future of bipolar disorder research.
I am hopeful that we can live a beautiful life despite being crazy.
I hope you know how amazing you are.

Or wait, maybe you meant Faith?

Until next time...