Trust
One of my words for 2024 ... exploring what it is for me. Hoping you can explore what it means for you.
What does it mean to trust? That little voice inside me asks timidly.
I don’t know. I answer.
What does it feel like to be safe? Truly?
I want to know. I wonder.
Trust
Is it something solid like a rock? Sure. Unbending. Strong?
Or is it something that comes and goes – like the wind? Unpredictable.
You know it when you know it – and recognize its absence only after it is gone?
I have begun to know trust within myself.
It grows once I recognize its glimmer and hold onto it.
Once I touch it – its certainty grows from the inside out.
It is sure. Underneath me. Supporting me. Rooting me.
It is there once I know it. I only need to touch it – sit long enough -- and listen for what it says.
It’s wisdom supports me.
Tells me truths.
Helps me sift reality from the stories I make up in my head.
It comes from the core of me – not my head.
With trust, I can anchor to my inner knowing.
That is Trust.
I can find it – you can too – as long as you sit and listen.
Allow it to speak to you.
And stop long enough to listen.
Often, I don’t agree with what it is telling me, initially.
Eventually …
I succumb to its truth.
Trust me.
Trust can feel like my thick-down comforter protecting me from the cold winter air...comfortably heavy.
I allow it just to be.
I sit. I listen.
Then, from that place of safety
I act.
I change.
I become.
Beautiful. Thank you!
What beautiful post! Thanks for sharing your art, and wishing you a Happy, well-rooted, New Year!