Having faith

Marg has me tweeting now so my blogging has slowed down a bit but i'm a bit hung up on FAITH at the moment and found this quote from Erich Fromm and it's too long for twitter.'To have faith means to dare to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible; it is the paradoxical hope to expect the "Messiah" every day, yet not to lose heart when s/he has not come at the appointed hour. This hope is not passive and it is not patient; on the contrary, it is impatient and active, looking for every possibility of action within the realm of real possibilities. Least of all it is passive as far as the growth and liberation of one's own person are concerned.'