Echo

I've always heard that faith is something that everyone needs to be fully happy, and in a way I suppose that saying is right. My whole life I've had religious issues, for some reason I just can't seem to trust and believe in the thought of God. To most people this probably makes me an Athiest, but I have never claimed to be an Athiest and never will, simply because I know that a higher power exists, I just don't know who or what that higher power is and how to believe in it. That is exactly why I have turned to Self Discovery.

I have a great life and all the material things I need, but I think for me to be truly satisfied with my life I need something more, maybe I am wrong, but I think faith would help me out alot in life.

Everyone I have talked to tells me to "just have faith".
I guess they don't understand that it's not that easy, if I could just have faith then I would have claimed a religion a long time ago.

My main questions are: how do you acquire faith and how do you keep it when you do obtain it? Can one person be more faithful than another? Do you really need faith to be happy?

Hopefully I can get some answers from some of you great people here on AO ^-^

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