Have Faith in Yourself

You - yes, you, the individual reading this...

Especially if you are an individual who is struggling,

tired and worn down,

at this point in time and life on the face of the Earth

as a result of your circumstance...

 Have faith in yourself.  You deserve no less.

It what you endeavor to do with the life that you have

is from a place of heart that desires what must be,

it will be entirely worth it ultimately, in the end,

For you to continue to persevere with such a faith in yourself more than you know.

Please, trust yourself, and trust in your ability to exceed what you would commonly expect of yourself, as you view yourself as 'just another ordinary human being.'

Yes, I am aware...

Our cultures, our societies, our broken communities

across the vast expanse of this world

are struggling...

The worsening of our lives is a reality that we will have to face,

sooner rather than later...

And, those who are born beyond our lives need to be able to survive - and thrive -

rather than endure the pain we have had to endure...

Yes, I am aware,

of the hollow, hopelessness-breeding feeling within so many, many people,

that challenges many, too many, of us at every turn in our efforts to keep ourselves alive

and suggests that we leave behind our perseverance and discard our efforts as being in vain...

Yes, I know,

In multitudinous, horrendous forms,

the weight, the burden of living

in a world that struggles with the awareness

of how much humans have done

and, how little they seem to be doing...

This is hard to realize.  However, in spite of all this, remember:

Every joy that you have felt is human.

every happiness, every feeling from every benevolent laugh and chuckle and tremor,

every single taste of grace, every moment of happily-shed tears,

every place of peace, every sincerely worthwhile surprise,

every sigh of relief as you let go of any heavy burden, tangible or not,

and, every empathetic emotion that you have felt

is an echo of what it means to be human.

And, 'perhaps,' every one of these things is transcendent of being human, in a way, too - 

A hint at what we have not done, yet, but can do,

if we put our absolute best to it,
putting aside our individualistic, self-focused trappings and troubles with persistence
enough so as to help manifest greater things, better reality, and more meaningful experiences
into existence.

You have really no idea just how much you are capable of doing, of being, of achieving, of defying, and of changing.

And if you can do great things, so, too others can, too.

Just remember that you need to have faith in yourself in order do them --

-- and that the greatest you is always bigger, more, and greater than your individual self.

You can do great things;
things that are worthwhile,
things that can change more than you are aware of,
things that can reach in their scope further than any one person knows...

With all of these,
these valuable, important, good, great, helpful, kind, compassionate, brave, courageous actions of
yours...
Have faith in yourself --
-- and one day, as a result of the work you have done,
realize that it is grounded in the experiences of others who have been impacted by you.

...And, then,
when it strikes you how much of an impact you have had,
and the realization of how much of a difference you make is clear through others' testimony...

Have faith in their words, so as to empower and transform your self-faith
into Self-Confidence.