The Subtle Sway

People will rally behind you when they feel it is in their best interest to do so. When they want to curb your motions, they will silently say so. It’s the absence of support, it’s the lack of commentary. And they will cheer you on again when your path aligns with theirs. This is what I see as the subtle sway.

We all do this to some degree, it’s our opinions on life, it is our beliefs about others, situations and our cues that either we approve or don’t. And depending on the person, they will fall in line or they will break off.

We need to be steadfast in our pursuits especially when the difference between me and you is belief.

Beliefs are ideas that have driven themselves into our hearts in the form of convictions. Which, quite honestly, may be wrong. How are we to discern truth? Although we have those convictions, we need humility for the simple fact that we have a poverty of knowledge. The more our eyes see, the more we realize the world extends beyond our visual line of sight. That alone should give us pause.

So how do you move forward with belief and humility? Ultimately hope is what lights our way. Hope is the inspiration to take a sea voyage when we have no idea if the ocean spills off the edge of the world. Hope is how we are able to fly. Hope is what optimistically pushes us forward.

I have taken many different paths that inherently oppose the belief systems of those around me, and I could very well be wrong to take them, but hope is what I hold onto, to realize that even if that is true I will find my way.