Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next.

Belief functions as a structure you can cross on rather than a proof you can hold. What it offers is not certainty about what comes after but a way of standing in relation to it, which changes how you carry the present. People with something like this are often steadier, and people without it find other ways to build the same span.

Whatever you believe or not, it is worth knowing what you rest on when things go badly. Name it plainly rather than leaving it vague. Then spend time this week on the practice that keeps it in repair, whether that is prayer, quiet, or reading something old.