Teachings,+Trust

Trust
(By Joey-Wan Kenobi)

There are 2 Sorts of Trust:

1-To trust someone 2-To trust your heart

1-To trust someone:

A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter: "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river." The little girl said: "No, Dad. You hold my hand." "What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father. "There's a big difference," replied the little girl. "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours...

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” And if real Love is so hard to achieve than Trust is for some even harder.

Trust is something a people rarely give out, and yet expect from others.

We as Jedi need to trust each other. Trust is a tool for us to be able to work together. Without trust there is no real Friendship. And without friendship there is no real Order. I try to give my trust to as many people as possible. And I try to earn other Jedi’s trust too.

Some say: “Trust no one, tell your secrets to nobody and no one will ever betray you.” But that quote destroys many people’s lives. For “You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.”

Choosing the people you trust isn’t an easy task. They should be chosen carefully but the ones who have broken your trust you should give another chance. Given a second chance, many people would never need a third to regain your trust.

The fact that “It takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.” and that “Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.” leads me to say that trust isn’t easy to achieve but if achieved, is as beautiful as a new Vase. If destroyed, though able to be fixed, never will be the same again.

Trust is a valuable thing… Loosing it is painful.. I found out the hard way.. And I found out that it is very hard to regain someone's broken trust..

2-To trust your heart:

“Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.”

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

“You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.”

“A man who doesn't trust himself can never truly trust anyone else.”

Trust your feelings and you will know how to trust your heart.

Joey-Wan Kenobi