March 21, 2011 11:32 P.M.

We seem to run in circles. When we can't see a clear finish line, we tend to retrace our steps so as to make sure we hit all the checkpoints.

But with anything in life, the paths we run may be dark, blind, covered with potholes, and the ending may not be in clear view. So should we retrace our steps, try to find what we did wrong? Or should we keep moving forward, unknowingly, into a world that may, or may not be sufficient to our likings?

I say run. Run into the thickness, run into the dark future; because is there any other way in which to live than to run? Are we not programmed to run? Scientists have discovered humans are the way they are so they can run. So run! I don't care if you can't see the finish line. Because when you deal with the unknown, you deal with faith. You deal with everything that seems wrong, off, different; and you make it your own. And in this faith, we find the beautiful and all-knowing hope; for there is no hope without faith. Faith is what breeds, cares for, and matures hope; it's the milk that builds up everything we hope for.

So when asked to take a chance, take a leap of faith, I urge you to run, to leap into a pool of darkness, as long as you do it in faith.

Run away from normal, from basic, from safe, and dive headfirst into a world that has no clear ending, but is run solely on the fumes of faith. For when you have faith, you have hope, and when you have hope, you have all.

To love always,

Hope