Day 32: If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here.-- Fairy Godmother

"If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here."-- Fairy Godmother, Cinderella

After her grand entrance in front of a distraught Cinderella, a simple hello wouldn't do for Fairy Godmother. So she opted to go for the explaination route.

Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of faith to make things happen, even if/when things seem entirely hopeless. For instance, when it looked like Cinderella wouldn't be able to go to the ball, she still had a tiny bit of faith and hope deep inside her that she could still go, even though her words said otherwise. That small seed of hope and faith was just enough to let Fairy Godmother to appear. 

Everyone has those times where they may feel the same. It could be a relationship, school related, getting a job promotion, or something else. Let's say you're a new blogger or YouTuber trying to get your blog or channel off the ground and profitable like the bigger blogs and channels. You've done the research, made your plans for the future (some big, some impossible, and others not so big), and keep putting up new content for your viewers. You have all the hope and faith in the world you will get there and can't wait to do some of your more loftier plans. You've got everything setup, and calender marks to remind you of when to post. You're like the Kindergartener sitting on the first rung of a jungle gym who wants to join the bigger third-grade kids who are sitting at the top and doing tricks, like hanging upside-down from the higher rungs.

  Then let's say life gets in the way for whatever reason, preventing you from putting up new content and doing what you truly love to do most, knocking you off that rung every time you try to climb up to the top. You become very sad and start to lose hope you may never get there because it seems like life keeps trying to stop you from doing something that makes you truly happy. Yet something deep inside you says to keep trying to get new content out even though it is not by the schedule you have set, because some content is better than none, and keep trying because you will get there one day, you just have some minor roadblocks redirecting you to the right path to greatness. That tiny voice of faith keeps popping up every time you say it's hopeless and you want to give up. Then you add new content or do something behind the scenes, like hand-write a new blog post, record new YouTube content, make a purchase that upgrades a behind-the-scenes component, or go back to view your old content. That simple act reminds you how much you truly love to do it and that you're still on your way, making your own brand of magic happen through baby steps. After all, it is best to have a good solid foundation made one step at a time so you have a good base to fall on if you lose your grip than to quickly shoot up to the top with no base to fall back on. Think of it this way: it's better to be a Kindergartener who takes his/her time climbing up the jungle gym, securing their footing the entire way so they are less likely to fall, than to be the one who races to the top and loses their footing when they get there because they didn't plan on ever falling in the first place.

Until next time: keep the faith and Keep Cooking With Character!