Faith

Hey guys,

Something new and interesting for today. Atleast for me.

Faith...

Following are the definitions I was able to find on the web about faith..

# religion: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
# complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
# religion: an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
# loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"

I would like to explore the various versions of the word today, because it has somehow come to haunt me..

Its a bit of a difficult time right now, I've been working my ass off, looking, screening and applying for internships and this is the first time in my life that I have felt a pressure of not having a job in my hand. Pressure which could be a lack of faith, that I may not find what I want or anything at all.. Well, its only the second time in my life that I have been without a job and the first time, I already had an offer from an IT company which I proudly rejected and the confidence that I can ace any interview and there were enough and more opportunities to go around in India, and there was no real pressure if I didn't have a job either, I could always stay at home for a while and look for a job and it was going to be ok eventually.. I had faith..

Why? because I had faith in my abilities? Or, I had faith in the opportunities that would come by? I had faith in my trade/expertise(or the lack thereof)?

Perhaps it was a combination of all the above. I have always been a confident mechanical engineer, and still am. I don't say I know everything, but I know my physics right and you can always use an analytical brain to figure the rest out.. Next, I had confidence that if I ever get upto the interview room, I will collect the offer.. However, I think, most of all, I had confidence because most people who were exactly like me were able to secure employment quite easily and wish their troubles away..

Snap back to the present, reality check.... re-examining the above mentioned factors that could lead to a person to have faith in his abilities and therefore be confident(or in my case now, not)..
- Can't find enough people in the trade, not sure of what I know.. I mean I know stuff, I just don't know if I know enough.. Means more load on analytical skills..

- I don't have the confidence of walking out the interview room with an offer.. Why? because I'm in Europe my beloveds and I don't really have bright ideas about what to and not to do at an interview here.. I will learn, I am sure.. but there is always a learning cost.. Mine could be the potential offers!!

- People like me? Who's that? Where are they? and you can't really compare us because here in Europe, I'm rare... So, finding people whose success, strategies and tactics I can learn and perhaps emulate, is hard if not impossible..

So, there's where faith comes in...

I could use the religious definition and trust in god or the physical one and have faith in myself and my abilities or use Adhvaita and say that since God and I are one, having faith in one is as good as having faith in the other, or both !!

Er, The reason I'm being all philosophical and anal and stuff is partly due to the number of rejected by computer screening type letters(for offers that partially balded you, applying) I've been getting and partly because I'm getting a bit sick of being anal about the money I spend(or actually not, spend), having to think continuously and endlessly about the future and usually more on the problem than on the solution..

OK, that said, I should be working on my strategies and tactics for my upcoming cover letters, CVs and Interviews(faith in god, for this one) to Ace for the future. I have faith in myself that this future is near and bright..

I want to explore this topic further, but I'm hoping for some comments from you guys..

In the mean time - Keep the faith