Have Faith – During Thanksgiving and All Year Through

We have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow morning and set in the evening. We have faith that the food we eat will digest and turn into all the necessary ingredients we need to keep our bodies alive.

In essence, faith is a “knowing” or a “given” or a “belief beyond doubt.” It is a natural feeling of trust. It is the kind of trust, knowing, belief, or faith, that we need to have in our ability to parent. We must know that the time and effort we are putting into our kids today will bear its fruit tomorrow. We must believe beyond doubt that the decisions we make are always in their favor. We must take it as a given that every mistake that we, or they, have made along the way propels us in the forward direction.

Life is designed to move forward and carry us with it. Along the way, we assume several roles; we become children to our parents, friends to our friends, neighbors to our neighbors, student to our teachers, spouses to our partners, and then parents to our children. We truly do get a lot of practice before we assume the role of parent, and yet it is the only role that breeds the most self doubt. Why? Because we’re afraid. We are afraid to make the wrong decisions; we are afraid of hurting our children; we are afraid that they might not turn out okay, and so on. We let fear taint our natural confidence of parenting.

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” In parenting, that first step is having faith in yourself.

Trust yourself; believe in yourself. Have faith that your children will turn out to be just as beautiful, compassionate, and loving as you are.

This holiday season, the best way to celebrate your gifts, your children, is by having faith in yourself and your natural ability as a parent.

You are equipped. Know it, live it, breathe it.

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