Faith, and some changes to the morning meditation

Robin Cangie
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

It’s 12 weeks exactly since I started my practice of morning meditations. They began as a way to develop a daily writing habit and I’ve been touched to hear that some of you are enjoying them as well.

As I sat down to write this morning, I felt a strange resistance. Not the usual sort of “I don’t feel like writing” resistance, no, this feeling came from my gut. I glanced over at the pen and purple journal sitting on my desk, and I felt it calling to me. Put pen to paper today, I thought to myself. Some things within you are asking to be explored without an audience.

I did, and I realized this is what I need. There is something sacred about forming words with my own hand.

So from here on out, I shall be writing morning pages in my journal rather than morning meditations on Medium. These meditations have served me so well, and I thank you for coming on the journey with me.

I will continue to publish more polished articles every week or so on LinkedIn and my own blog, and I hope you’ll find me there.

Lastly, because I believe raw words are sometimes the words that most need sharing, I will use this space to offer up snippets from my morning pages whenever I believe they may be helpful.

Today, I had these thoughts on faith in the face of the unknown:

Faith. I have been thinking a lot about faith, how hard it is to have it when everything is so new and uncertain.

Is “have” the right verb? I don’t know that one can have or hold or grasp at faith. I don’t know that it works that way. So what does one do with faith? Seek it? No, that doesn’t feel quite right, either. Find it. Maybe. Maybe that. Find faith within doubt. Maybe doubt isn’t an element of faith [as Paul Tillich once wrote]. Maybe faith is an element of doubt.

About me:
I coach leaders, dreamers, ambitious professionals, and other brilliant people on leadership, career transitions and personal branding. Learn more about my coaching philosophy and get in touch at robincangie.me.

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