Leap of Faith

Do you know what leap of faith means? By definition it’s about an act or an instance of believing or trusting in something intangible or incapable of being proved. But this phrase is completely applicable to human relations. 

I suppose you’ve heard about the famous experiment, which shows how much faith two people have in each other. It’s very simple. So, there are two people, standing may be two meters off between them. One of them turns his back to the other and closes his eyes, then he has to let himself fall back, hoping or knowing that the other one will catch him. That’s it. I think you’ll agree that it is very, very simple. I mean there are no hundreds of questions you should read and fill answers, there are no physical exercises etc. Despite its simplicity, the specialists have proved that it’s very efficient, because you really must have faith in each other to do it. You must trust each other very much so that you can entrust your life in other person’s hands. You may be skeptic about it, while reading this, but you can always try and see for yourself. There are couples that couldn’t go through it, because of lack of faith.

According to me there’s one more way to check how well you get along and how much you trust each other. All you have to do is answer to yourself, completely honestly, to one question. If the one you care the most comes to you and asks you: “Will you come with me?”, what would you do? How would you react without asking further questions about where, when, why etc. What would you say at this very moment? What will your reaction be? This I call a real leap of faith – to make a jump without knowing what to expect. But I can assure you it can be the easiest decision in your life, if only you completely trust this person and you know how much he cares about you; if he’s someone who has always been there and always is for you, no matter what. Some of you may say, that if you love that someone, there’ll not be hesitation. I won’t argue, because some people say, that love also is a leap of faith. So, I’ll agree with you, because real love goes with having faith in each other and being honest, so that the other one can really get to know you and see what kind of a person you actually are. But then the question will be: do you really love or you’re lying to yourself, living in a comfort zone? 

 I would like to share a favorite though of mine, that Socrates once said: “Speak, so I can see you”.  If you learn to open up and share with the people you care the most, then the question I asked wouldn’t be hard to answer at all. If you do it, you’ll allow them to see who you are. But you should also let other people come close to you; give them a chance, so that you can get to know them better. Who knows, may be magic will happen and this leap of faith will be the easiest thing for you to do. 

So, the general conclusion here is, that you should really love and be devotedly loved back to make this jump? Ask yourself is there a real love in your life, that worths taking a leap of faith for?