~keep the faith~

An email from old teacher really hit me emotionally this morning, it opened up my eyes to something that I have really missed lately. He is a teacher that I considered to be an amazing mentor and a man that I have tremendous respect for and in the last line of his email, he told me to "always work hard and to keep the faith..."... and what that means is different to every person that may read it. But honestly to me, it hit me as I read that, "always keep the faith," don't leave what your heart longs for, don't give up on that faith that has gotten you through everything. For me, my faith has always been a priority, it has always been a main part of who I am and has gotten me through so much. I don't ever want to lose that faith, I want to keep it a part of me, I want to hold on to it forever... for it has carried me when I have fallen and through my darkest moments, it was my faith I could hold on to, nothing and no one else was there. So here I am sitting here, thinking so deeply about three tiny little words but somehow they hit me harder than anything has for a while. So I will never give up on that faith that has saved me from so much, that faith that has gotten me through the most trying times of my life and suddenly, I can only resort to pray that I never give it up....