Where I usually find my strength...

Not many people would find me particularly religious. They would see me as more of a person who obsesses about doing the right thing whether that's due to religious beliefs or due to values or due to my upbringing doesnt really matter. I actually see it as I am religious more in the sense that the way my values were built, from my parents, follow the core religious teachings...or at least I am assuming so. Recently I discovered that actually a big part of what keeps me optimistic and keeps me trying my best not to feel totally hopeless is through God somehow. I just totally believe that whatever happens in life was meant to be and since God is the reason it is meant to be then whatever life brings is good even if that goodness is not evident right away. That is what keeps me going...knowing that even the worst thing in the world was meant to happen and since it was meant to happen it is the right direction to go because it will eventually lead to something good. I basically believe that God knows what he's doing! And that all I am asked to do is trust Him...trust that He knows what's good for me in the long run, trust that the bad is just a shadow that hides the good that I will later see...all I have to do is trust him...