Space for Faith

I've been quoting Brene Brown for months now. Her book was one of the first books I read post my break up. It is a summation of shame and fear and vulnerability. If you haven't checked it out. Please do.  It will have you exploring pieces of yourself you never knew possible. 

This specific quote has always stuck with me. I wanted to badly to have faith in my partner and in her intentions.  I sat in pain and discomfort for many weeks while she tried to figure herself out.  I had never sat in that space before. That was the first time where I gave my energy to believing and just was present in my space, even with a future unknown.  And even though I gave my faith the space it needed, and her the space she needed. So much that she thanked me everyday for the patience and understanding I brought to us. Sitting in that space of faith was never easy. However, it did teach me a lot after she left. The beauty of being okay. Of feeling pain and discomfort and yet still believing there is a good thing just around the next bend. Having faith taught me how not to mask my hurt, my empty, or fill up my bones or holes with something or someone new. Learning to sit with yourself in that place isn't always easy. You are a machine gun of questions about your own being and choices and what really is worth it in this life. But soon enough, sitting in that space brings you to the place of "enough". Where sitting with yourself is no longer scary but beautiful. 

When was the last time you made space for your faith?