I choose trust.
Trust and fear cannot co-exist.
Where one stands tall, the other cowers.
And where one prevails, the other fades into shadows.
To overcome our fears
we all know we have to face them.
But sometimes that doesn’t feel like enough.
I’ll venture a step further.
I believe we face them when we choose to trust beyond them.
Trust breaks through the walls of the fear box
that build up around us.
Fear holds people at arms length
Trust draws them in.
Fear is an old broken record
that plays over and over again the disappointments,
pain and rejection lingering in the cobwebs of our forgotten memories.
But in the safety of relationship
we can step out on that limb and trust
even when our memories sometimes feel the old sting
of a trust once betrayed
and remind us of battle wounds from wars already won.
Fear tells us that relationship is a risk
because we have so much at stake to lose;
but really, building trust is a beautiful adventure
and there is far greater risk of damaging a relationship
by immobilizing it with fear rather than to simply trust…because
it is trust that truly gives love wings…
So, I choose trust.
