There’s an old Buddhist saying that faith is the confidence born out of realizing the fruits of practice. “It is like the confidence a farmer has in his way of growing crops,” writes the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. “This kind of faith is not blind. It is not some belief in a set of ideas or dogmas.”15 This is the kind of faith that is required to quit your job, or move across the country, or go back to school to fully pursue your passion.
