Showing posts with label manhattan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manhattan. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

F. A. I. T. H.

Photography by Joseph Osei-Bonsu

 "Whenever we are balancing on our limited human conditions, that's where our life starts. That's where we start living." - Philippe Petit

Faith is actually an acronym, which stands for the:
F - Fight
A - Against

I - Interim
T - Tests and
H - Hardships
caused by a decision.

Faith is a fight. A fight elicited by a decision. Faith is not a religious experience, but an everyday experience, because decisions are made everyday. E.g. You have decided to go to Manhattan today for the first time in your life. You don't have a car but you still want to do so. Then, you have to 'fight' the obstacles of your vehicle-less-ness, the uncertainty of weather, the distance of travelling, the constraints of time, the financial demands of the trip, your lack of direction to your destination and the possibility of getting lost. Even though all of these obstacles eliminate the guarantee that Manhattan will be accessible to you, you still follow through on your decision. You: