"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved." ~George Macdonald
You can love someone and still not trust them in the complete sense that is necessary for love and respect to grow to the fullest capability possible. When you finally and fully trust that person though you are giving more than your love, you are giving yourself to an extent not possible otherwise.
What is trust though?
Trust
- noun
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence
2. confident expectation of something; hope
3. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust
-verb
4. to believe
5. to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on
I have recently realized that while I trust certain qualities or actions of people, I completely trust almost no one. My fear of them leaving, deliberately deceiving, misunderstanding, or only having half their heart in it is a road block that prevents me from jumping off the diving board and into the water.
So I argue, if I love a person I should believe in them, be able to rely on them, have hope for that relationship, thus trust. This can be applied to any relationship, if there is no trust there is no building blocks, no relationship.
My challenge to myself the next few months is to learn to trust completely. Even if it means leaving me feeling vulnerable. At the end of the day the only thing that has me vulnerable is the fears that I allow to take over my mind and heart.
Sounds to me like you are on the right track there, sis.
ReplyDeleteI understand fully about how trusting has a high possibility of backfiring on us and that is a hard thing to open up yourself up to. But the fact that you are willing to try is a great sign, and shows strength in your own way.
Stay strong. And do what you know you need to do.