to-trust-is-to-stake-your-weight-on-the-real

# To trust is to stake your weight on the real Faith is not the strength of a belief but the placing of a weight. To trust is to lean the whole of yourself on something and let it bear you, which is why you cannot truly trust what is not real: it gives way. So faith is not opposed to knowing reality, it is the act of resting on it. The surest sign of what you hold most real is simply what you have already leaned your life upon. Related: [[degree-of-reality-is-degree-of-holding]], [[god-underwrites-relational-risk]], [[you-cannot-believe-your-way-back-to-the-sacred]] Rests on: [[degree-of-reality-is-degree-of-holding]]