I was listening to an old rock and roller today. He talked about his manager walking away with millions of his dollars. I saw a young woman recently put her hand in the bulk food bin and take a handful of cookies. You've seen it too - the cyclist that screams around a corner without giving a warning bell or shout-out.
Trust - how we keep it or break it is always up to us. But first, we need to notice it.
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| Trust - How We Keep It |
From the relatively harmless showing up late for a meeting to the heart-wrenching showing up early to find your spouse...
A man who doesn’t
trust himself
can never really trust anyone else.
Cardinal de Retz
We trust blindly sometimes and don't trust other times because of some long-ago event that scarred us. We hand our hearts and money to strangers but don't praise often enough the good deeds of our neighbour. He too has his problems but he continues to sweep off our front entrance whenever he does his.
In Limited Vision, you can read about what we see.
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We live each day treating others by what we learned to expect of them. And they do the same. (Tweet This)
What value do we put on those who stand up to their commitments in spite of their own difficulties?
If they've always been there doing their 'thing', that's exactly what we trust them to do. Even if they are the one who always shows up late!
