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By Caprice Coleman
I remember leaving the gym years ago accompanied by my son, who was around 4 years old. We were getting ready to cross the huge parking lot and we held hands as usual.
While walking, my son started laughing. At one point he jumped a little and held on a little tighter, all while giggling. I figured he was burning off sugar from a snack or something, so I consciously held on to him a little tighter just to make sure we didn’t lose our grip.
When we got to our car, I asked him what was so funny. He looked at me proudly and said, “I had my eyes closed the whole time!”
I said: “That was very dangerous. You could have gotten hit by a car or something.”
He replied: “But Dad, I was holding your hand.”
This was a literal example of blind faith. My son trusted me enough to get us to our car safely.
Faith is the ability to believe something will happen even when you don’t see it. Without this, we’d be walking around with our eyes wide open trying to handle every situation we see, and we can’t do that. Having faith in whatever you believe in can free you from many things that would normally cause concern.
I often wonder how my son would have responded if he had his eyes open. I’m sure he would have done just fine as long as he’d held on. Crossing the street hasn’t been a problem for him for years now, which is an example of faith getting stronger.
After having him walk with me, his father, for a while, I trust him to do most things on own. However, he knows if he needs me, I’m there. That’s the type of relationship we have.
How strong is your faith?
Just something to think about. I call it a dose of Colemanism.
Caprice Coleman is ROH’s color analyst and has been wrestling for more than 20 years. He also is an ordained minister and motivational speaker. A Dose of Colemanism appears every Thursday.
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