This is an awesome post! I've been looking at the exact issue of faith and hope in my own life recently. I agree with what you said...many people can have faith in God, but few are willing to have faith in themselves. Once we realise the God-force within us, and merge that inner and outer faith, we become unstoppable, beautiful beings. Write on!
RE: "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." Sir Edmund Hillary