If We Believe in Each Other
I have a secret that some of you soon will know. When I talk in front of a group I need to be sure someone, at least some one, has a little faith in me.
So, before I being, I’ve learned to just ask. I pick a person I met that morning, or someone I don’t know very well, Let’s say it’s a man named, Fred.
I’ll take a sip of water. Then I’ll ask, “Fred, before I start, do you have faith in me?”
That Fred always says something like, “Why yes, Liz, I do.”
That affirmation makes a difference. This shy girl is ready to go when someone has a little faith in me.
Things get better when we have faith in each other. Not blind faith, but faith we earn and faith we invest. Faith is a cornerstone to a relationship. Faith is believing what we can’t see yet.
When my day is about to meltdown, when I’m flying in the dark, I put my faith in a friend who comes by with a candle and faith in me.
Have Little Faith in Me
When the road gets dark
and you can no longer see
just let my love throw a spark
and have a little faith in me.When your secret heart
cannot speak so easily
come here . . . from a whispering start
have a little faith in mewhen your back’s against the wall
just turn around and you will see
I’ll be there to catch your fall
have a little faith in meI will hold you up
because your love gives me strength
The Best Of John Hiatt, Have a Little Faith in Me
Being there when the world makes it inconvenient or downright difficult. Knowing that we have a friend we can trust faithfully opens doors for us to be brave and vulnerable. We can spread our wings, stand up tall, take that leap.
We need faith, that we’ll hold each other up and catch each other if we fall. Imagine the power of knowing that’s how life is.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Liz, thank you for your vulnerable honesty. It makes you very real and believable.
We hear a lot of “fake it ’til you make it”. I think there is a place for that, hanging in there, but I think deeper still is the kind of honesty you are showing. It is my experience that this honesty invites emotional honesty and empathy in return, which help settle and expand you. Then you are more prepared to put your heart out there in your presentation, which snowballs into more connection. It is a never-ending circle.
And, I think all of this reflects the urge to have deep connection, warts and all.
Thank you for sharing this.
Stuart Baker
http://www.consciouscooperation.com
Hi Stuart,
Welcome and thank you for hearing what I was saying. I need that one connection to get me in to action. I want my head and heart both there when I am talking the people who came to hear.
Warts and all. I like that.
Thank you so much Stuart.
Liz
Hey Liz – this is such a gem. I stop at the asking. I just held someone in my heart. I really appreciate the power of really asking.
I think we need mirrors in our life to remind us of who we are, what our gifts are and the differnce we make in the lives of others.
And if they aren’t there, we have to create them.
Thank you for the gift my friend.
Hi Dave,
Mirrors in our lives, like our children. Every day, I would tell my son that I had faith in him. He learned to ask “Do you have faith in me?” That was so cool.
The expression “Keep the Faith” should say “Share the Faith”. Liz that is what you are doing. 🙂
Ah Carma,
What a nice, dear thought!
“Your the wind beneath my wings” came straight to my mind reading this, Liz.
Having faith that out there someone has faith in us, tills you up way high.
Hi Karin!!
Your faith and your genie have moved forward the plans. . . . you are some girl. 🙂
We’re soaring now. 🙂
Oops, double Dutch English again: lifts you up it should be
(But I have faith enough to know you’d understand it anyway ;-))
Yes, definitely soaring
Hi Karin!
Of course, we knew what you meant. You talk with your head and your heart together so you’re very easy to understand. 🙂
😉 Nice one Liz
(you just mean I speak with my heart on the tongue, not? or is that another double Dutch English construction I manage to ‘strangle’?)
But then you always ‘read between the lines’ 😉
Just so I’ve said it out loud…I have a lot of faith (and trust) in you.
Just so I’ve said it out loud . . . I put all of the same packed in my heart back to you. 🙂