What is Trust?
A note that sparked a thought
This note from Tabitha Grace stuck with me. I couldn’t shake it from my mind because what is it we are…I am trusting. Who do I trust? What do I truly know about trust? Growing up like myself, I’m sure we all heard phrases like “people have to earn your trust” or “I trust that fool as far as I can throw em.” I can’t recall a time being told what to look for or what it is I’m supposed to be giving my trust to. With trust, like love, maybe we don’t fully grasp what it means. So, at 1:30 in the morning my heart did it’s best to translate what it is I’m trusting when I say, “I trust you.”
What is Trust?
Trust is to be held
Not in a container void of movement
but in the space of bravery and honesty
It’s a dance between never knowing what is
right or wrong while allowing the feelings of
intuition’s compass guide you to answers
To trust is to be sure of your self
The strength of boundaries not keeping you
shut in or others out but a barrier so your
values can’t be crossed without warning
And acceptance of difference and change
isn’t scary but an invitation to evolve
or remain steadfast in your self resolve
To trust is to be aligned with someone
A mutual understanding of how to care for
each other through transparent lens and
knowing sometimes our vision can get foggy
Even still communication allows for sight
and realignment to return
To trust is to know that safety is not a guarantee
And still, you choose to be vulnerable
with an assuredness that every effort
will be made for safe to be shared
between the spaces of the unspoken,
the shared embraces, and the moments
that make connection worth it
To trust someone is to feel and be felt.
To say I see you and I accept you
knowing the possibility of disappointment,
heartbreak, and separation.
To say I trust you is to say you are worth the risk.
How many people do you trust? Did you give it or did they “earn” it?
Do you think trust is necessary to make structural and social change?
I really wanna know.
As always,
With Love, Sage
I feel like I just give it. Unearned. But once it’s gone, it’s quite literally impossible to rebuild. The lie detector forever determines that was a lie.
Welp, now I’m gonna have to do a rant about this….cuz it’s also stuck with me. Thank you for answering in your amazing way dat you do. 🫶🏼