Course correction?

This is a test. It is only a test....

Every so often it seems like you make a proclamation to the Universe about your intentions, and the response is something like "yes, but do you really mean that?" You can tell this is the response, because every attachment you have regarding the subject in question will then be tugged on to see if it actually comes loose, or if you're holding on tightly. Sometimes, of course, the holding-on part is what you're looking for. That's discipline, right? Sticking to your course despite questions, challenges, obligations, and so forth, that can derail you and send you off in a different direction.

Sometimes, it's the letting-go that's the hard part.

Learning to trust that everything you need will be there can be difficult. Especially when you see the intended outcome so clearly that it's doubly frustrating when you can't see the path that gets you there. At those times, the "yes, but do you really mean that?" test can be a doozy--every fear you ever had about the goal, not to mention every fear you have about trusting anyone, least of all the amorphous force we call Spirit, reaches up and smacks you on the forehead, proclaiming you an idiot for going down this path.

It's not faith to step out onto a path you're certain of. Faith is taking the step and trusting the fog to lift.