s a hot topic. I've for whatever reason was thinking recently about how amazing, necessary, and humbling it is to have the trust of people in my life. Now this is not a subtle confession of doing something to break it but more of a "wow" moment. We often think about whom we don't trust and why rehearsing those reasons over and over again until they’ve become an ingrained tag line in our minds. However, when have you taken time to think about who trusts you, why they do, and how that is to be treasured?Over the years in part by virtue of the line work I've done I know people have listened to my ideas, weighed my opinions, and trusted my words. I was just thinking how trust is hard to come by these days but is still a very necessary component for healthy relationships. I'm very grateful that my family and friends place their trust in me but I'm also humbled and sober minded that they do. Humbled because I'm not perfect and sober minded knowing that it doesn't take much to see it dissipate. So in so many words I encourage you to think about those who trust you while keeping in mind that their trust is a precious commodity to have.
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Good word, Tory. :)
(Can you almost hear me calling that out at the 9th and Washington building?)
Really, it's good to my soul to hear some of your thoughts, just as good as the videos I just watched on Roxanna's blog (I just found her blog, by the way, and am a huge fan of Tory Campbell, film maker).
I've been thinking a lot about trust with the elections myself. How quick we are to "trust" someone just because a certain party endorses them, or an ad paints them in a positive light (or , probably, says something horrible about their opponent). I think it says something about our desire to trust in that every year we are dissapointed and let down by the shortcomings of elected officials, and then every elections year...we try to trust again. I don't know what big point I'm trying to make there, I just think it's interesting. Ok, back to my readings on nuclear proliferation treaties! Talk about trust.
Keep up the blogging!
You bring up some points that are very good to think about. The other thing that I thought of is how empty and alone a person feels if they have no one in their life they can trust. It's kind of in line with what Ellyn's saying, we really have a desire to trust people, sometimes even when the disappoint us over and over again. Unfortunately some people become so hurt and disillusioned that they turn into cynics and can't trust anyone. I can only imagine but I think that would be a very empty existence. I consider myself fortunate to have so many people in my life that I can trust and can only hope that I inspire the same from them.
I'll tell you one person I trust right now... Mike Riley and his Oregon State Beavers!!
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