Lately, I have been paying attention to the outcomes of prayers in my life and giving more credit where it is due. I can actually see God (or Good) working in my life, so it only makes sense to send a little THANK YOU out into the Universe.

One thing I have had to admit and accept as I have experimented with finding faith - and I mean deeply accept - is the simple and disturbing fact that I don’t know what’s going to happen next. 

There may be some cynics out there that are thinking well, this sounds a little too easy or isn’t that convenient? That is exactly the point. This entire blog is about the path of least resistance to connect people to some semblance of faith. Starting simple, starting easy, starting generously is the name of the game. Don’t ask me how it works. It just does.

My only ask is: Don’t knock it ’til you try it. 

If you’re going to pray for an enemy, pray for the enemy within first. Pray to God (or Good) for peace, comfort, compassion for yourself, and see what happens.

The first war to win is the war within. 

My faith has made me feel safer, more self-compassionate, more loving, and allowed me to aspire to more. I feel like my dreams are within my reach if I keep the faith and keep working, which is not a hope I allowed myself when it was all up to me all the time. 

The next time you catch yourself bailing out a sinking ship with a teaspoon or trying to put out a fire that you accidentally (or intentionally) started, maybe just step away from the problem entirely to see what God (or Good) does with it.

I realized as I started enriching my prayers that I was coming last in the list, and that’s kind of BULLBLEEP. 

What a relief to frame every BLEEPup as an opportunity to strengthen our faith, rather than just another BLEEPup. 

Experimenting with faith has all kinds of positive repercussions and unanticipated, positive outcomes. 

Five stars, highly recommend. 

Now, I genuinely feel like I can weather any storm, that I am due all good things in the human experience, and that I am worthy of and can experience love in all the ways it is offered.

I’m not sure what to make of it other than to say God is Good.

Faithless people find calm, quiet, or contentment deeply unsettling, which is why we are always starting BLEEP.

All the gurus of spirituality or self-help say this about the spiritual plane:

Do less, get more.

Pray more, do less, get more.

Have faith, let go, get more.

These are simple equations that none of us seem to trust.

We just have to.

Only the ego asks why. Only the ego wants more or better or different.

We can believe in Good (or God) and still be in a lot of pain…. Like, A LOT. 

Life, it turns out, doesn’t have to be that hard. Who knew? 

A weighty topic, to be sure.

The one thing about seekers, such as ourselves, is that sometimes we don’t even know what we’re looking for. Sometimes, it becomes about the search, rather than the finding.

I realized actual faith is about surrender, just as all the sages warn us. It’s about trust, genuine love, and commitment. I can’t keep asking for things and disliking them. I just want to love what I am given and trust in the path completely. 

Get out your popcorn, boys and girls (and everyone in between), because life becomes a lot more interesting when we humor God (or Good) enough to just pay attention and do whatever we’re told.