Ahhhhh, trust. We love it, don’t we. That elusive and vital oil in the machine of life, love and work. The perceived wisdom on trust is that it’s built over time and has the fragility to be shattered in seconds. I agree with the second point, I’m not so sure about the first, let me explain.
My default setting is trust. I trust you first, from the start. It’s your privilege to prove me wrong. Except, sometimes, life gets in the way and that sharp edge of trust is dulled. Dulled by forgetfulness, fear and failure. And so it has been with me lately. I’ve let life take the edge off my trust, and chiefly I’m grateful to Patrick Mullarkey for spotting this and making me aware of it (even though he may not yet realise it). Long story short – we met at conference last week and had a chat. At the end, Patrick observed I was tense. He was right, and my contribution to that conversation was poor. It lacked abundance, and was heavy on the negative. Sorry Patrick. On the plus side, later the same day I went out for dinner with some good friends and we laughed, a lot.
The following day I took my trusty sword of trust down to the blacksmiths and had her resharpen it. I rebooted, refocussed and reminded myself that I think trust is chiefly made up of two things.
1 – Come from a place of abundance, always.
2 – This.
And so – here I am rebooted, retrusting and coming to the end of a helluva week. I’ve experienced much fabulousness in many directions, and I know there is more to come. Much more. I’m not going to measure or manage it, I’m just going to roll with it, and I trust that you will do the same.
Love – Doug
Everything you need to know about trust in 11 seconds. Brilliant!
Cheers Broc 🙂
It never ceases to amaze me how people will say one thing and do another – how do they square that in their head? Best is people who volunteer to do something and then just melt away…..no-one asked them to do it!
But yes, come from a position of trusting people and, even though you might be let down, it’s better than living life full of mistrust, surely?
Thanks Julia – it is weird isn’t it? And I get that we sometimes make mistakes, and we forget, and that’s just how we are. But done wilfully – it sucks.