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Look at this tree casting a shadow as if from the future.
(Dark pebbles scattered around the seedling making it look as if casting a shadow).
If it were a man, it would grow higher than all the tallest sequoias, because it believes that it is already great. And unless this faith destroys it (rests on its laurels, pride and laziness), it will grow to the measure of its faith.
And you are (made out) of faith, and you are faith. Faith in your senses, in yourself and in me, and in what I tell you, and in what I believe through faith and pass on to you.
You are faith in my eyes, because I believe that you are what you are, and you are what you believe that you are.
Truly, he who believes that he is great will become great by the virtue of his faith, and by his faith he will make others believe that he is great. But this power can be destructive, for man is full of flaws that fill in the gaps in imperfect faith. Therefore, one must not only believe, but combine faith with action, so that faith may become truth, and not truth as if it were faith.
There can be no more basic and important act of cultivation of fellow spirit, than a good word (of praise) said in precise moment of its need. Nothing grows a man more than cultivation of its faith. Henceforth be kind to those older and peers, and especially younger, for they are the most fertile ground of all, and strenghten their being by your faith in them - for they are faith and that is what you can give them.
TL;DR - help others believe in themself and stuff will work out fine (usually, there's a lot more elements to it, but that is the foundation)
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