When You’re in the Middle of Figuring out Life

Jackie Bell
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)
3 min readNov 24, 2020

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Hold on to Faith and Hope — the Vision will Come

Jackie Bell, 2020- personal photo

I’m in the middle of figuring life out. How about you?

Some say you must first have a vision- you need to see yourself where you want to be. You need to speak as though those things are manifesting in your life. Powerful, right?

Sometimes you can’t see the vision but you have the hope things will work out.

Have Hope and Be Still

So, you can’t envision the upside of the situation but you have hope and you have faith that things will improve and possibly, be greater than what you could have ever imagined.

What is hope? According to Google, hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. The archaic meaning says it’s the feeling of trust.

What is faith? Google states it’s a complete trust or confidence in someone or something or a strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

Recently, I told my son to “hold on to hope.” His response was, “I’d rather hold on to faith!”

But, these two ideologies are not mutually exclusive.

Without hope, there is no faith. Without faith, no hope will hold…

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Jackie Bell
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Intermediate blogger, a certified/licensed school psychologist, who loves all things- joy, fun, faith, & authenticity. IG @joyfulschoolpsych