Smarturday – 092025

steadfast vs. treachery

steadfast (adjective) – fixed in direction; steadily directed; firm in purpose, resolution, faith; unwavering, as resolution or faith

treachery (noun) – violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason

Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

-Lucille Ball

Wherein lies your faith?

In God or perhaps a wraith?

Do you feel your soul?

Do you connect with it?

How full is your bowl?

Does it protect a bit?

Faith is a light amidst the dark.

Illuminating a path to embark.

Will you take the first steps

without as many preps?

Will you begin to explore?

Can you trust even more?

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith is a partner on the dance floor.

They will show you what is in store.

Faith is a wave to ride to shore.

They will prove the truth in lore.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

-Dalai Lama

Can you begin to stand tall and steadfast?

Will you patiently persevere at long last?

We will sadly see treachery far and wide.

No need to feel anger. No need to chide.

Faith shows us our way so we do not sway

or get drowned by others or washed away.

Treachery earns its own just deserts.

They will learn just how much it hurts.

We can stay steadfast, our eye on the prize.

Living a full and faithful life, free of any lies.

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.

-Bishop Thomas Dexter Jakes

Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.