So, this is what faith is? I have been proven that faith is necessary plenty of times and every time, I was proven correct. To allow the universe to guide my steps while being blind to where those steps are leading has taken care of me thus far. This is the real definition of faith, this is not what is taught to us. We are taught faith in God through religion, however, I have never witnessed a person let go of complete control in the name of faith. There are many claims that people make to practice faith, but as I have said many times before, faith and control cannot co-exist, so I have yet to witness a person practice the real definition of faith. I have no examples to follow, I am following my own guidance via my intuition and it can be scary at times. Ill have a week where everything aligns perfectly proving to me that my intuition is correct, then that week will be followed by one where nothing comes easily or goes as planned. There’s the word, ‘planned,’ I am still practicing letting go of control by not setting plans in stone and not creating expectations of my day to day situation. Now I see that this is how life is meant to be lived when living this way, every day is a new surprise and it's up to me and my perception of the details that unravel to make every experience a great one. This week leading up to the release of my book, I have been in between control and faith, and it feels like a hard place to excel. I had to keep some form of control in the sense of putting in the work necessary to make this happen and get my book published so that it could be released on 1.21.19 as ‘planned.’ Well, things weren’t flowing as easily as I thought they should and this began to allow doubt to find a comfortable place in my mind. I was still keeping the faith and reminding myself that I haven’t come this far, only to come this far. I had to keep reminding myself that everything happens for a reason and that eventually I always learn the lesson that shows me the reason why things happen as they do. Two friends of mine and I worked on formatting my book to the requirements for the paperback release and we couldn’t quite figure it out. The next morning, I tried to continue on my own and knew that I needed help, I knew that if someone couldn’t help me with this, it was not going to release. This realization brought me down to a level of questioning if this book should even be released or not. I felt like, if it is meant to happen, it should happen effortlessly, right? Wrong, as I type this, I am learning the lesson that is being presented to me. The lesson is, yes, when walking your path and succumbing to the universe and its control, you will be favored. However, you must also put in the necessary work and not expect everything to just fall into your lap effortlessly simply out of being in alignment with our source. The other lesson is, my faith was not being tested, I was creating my own illusion of how things should unfold, so when they weren’t happening the way I planned, I was losing faith. The universe didn’t take anything away from me or lead me down a path that will be bad for me, the universe simply times things perfectly to save you trouble in the future. Even if this timing is to save you from yourself in the future, the universe will provide blocks where necessary until you have learned the lessons you need to elevate. We are not allowed to continue moving to the next level until we thoroughly understand our mistakes and how to fix them on the current level. That would be like giving someone $100 to save after they already spent the first $100, they were supposed to save. If you keep giving them $100 and they never actually save it, they are never learning how to save it. Use the same thinking, why would we be blessed with more when we have yet to learn how to work with what we already have. If we went through life having everything handed to us, we would experience no growth because there is no room for growth in ease. Every new level has a new lesson and although I already know this, it still takes me a couple of days to realize when there’s a lesson for me to learn. When I learn the lesson, things start flowing smoothly again. You must have blind faith in order to evolve, you must be able to follow the direction you're given through your intuition without knowing for certain where you will end up. Learning to do this is scary, but what always eases my mind and pushes me through is knowing that everything works out the way it does for my best good. The universe knows the plan for my life, I do not, so why would I lean on my own direction and control? Do not lose faith, take those steps that you’ve been guided to take with no fear. Get up and put in the work that will assist the universe in providing you with the life you are here to live. Don’t give up right before the miracles.