trust

To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more I reflect on it, the more this seems to be fitting for the nature of our human life: we are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.

Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust.

Trust is a hard thing to win back.

Trust me." The words are a prayer, not a warranty. I understand that now.

Food and eating often mask our pain, our inner longing for God, for acceptance. It is key to know our motivation for eating as well as for other actions. Why do I eat? Am I tired, am I bored, am I stressed and tired? A good practice is to live in the present moment, aware of the reality in which I am immersed.

When someone talks about their problems, it doesn't just mean they're complaining, it means they trust you enough to tell you.

They__ come for you, and this time they__ come with we

I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don't believe? But if I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again.

I ask myself, who do i trust? Then i answered, No-one

YOU CAN TRUST YOUR LOVE ONE, BUT NOT EVERYONE AROUND THEM.

Those who choose to walk on love's path are well served if they have a guide. That guide can enable us to overcome fear if we trust that they will not lead us astray or abandon us along the way.

I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria.But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense.All friendships are negotiations of power.

Say yes,_ he whispers. __arry me.__ hesitate. I open my eyes. __ou will get my fortune,_ I remark. __hen I marry you, everything I have becomes yours. Just as George has everything that belongs to Isabel.___hat__ why you can trust me to win it for you,_ he says simply. __hen your interests and mine are the same, you can be certain that I will care for you as for myself. You will be my own. You will find that I care for my own.___ou will be true to me?___oyalty is my motto. When I give my word, you can trust me.

The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us.

Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies

We cling to the comfortable rather than step out into the possible.

Trust and believe, and you will achieve.

Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping it's life away. To hell with that," he said, "shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.