Do you trust you?

Who do you trust? Is it someone else? Someone close to you? Like your mother or your boyfriend or your wife... is that who you trust? Someone who you believe (or at least hope) will come through for you if and when the chips are down... And of course it's nice (and great) that we all have people in our lives who we believe we can trust.... BUT... what about trusting you? Do you trust yourself? Do you trust that you will be there for you when it's important? I know this might sound strange if you never thought about it like this before, but I've been discovering that trusting ourselves is even more important than trusting other people.

If you have a lot of anxiety (like I have often had) - I think it's a good idea to consider who you trust. And ask yourself if you really trust yourself. Do you trust yourself to take care of you? Do you trust yourself to protect and support you? Do you trust yourself to understand you? Do you trust yourself to set limits and make a safe space around you? In short, do you trust yourself to do what's right for you - and take good care of you? And what about trusting yourself to meet all your feelings - including the disturbing ones - with gentle understanding.... can you trust yourself to do that? This is a really good thing to meditate on. Just sit quietly and ask yourself these questions and allow the answers to surface... to come to you from your very own heart. It might surprise you...

Comments

[Mihkel]

Why I cant see the point of asking this question... If stone could speak, what would stone answer to such question? "No I dont trust myself, I better dissapear." :)

[Johannes]

Hi Barbara,

I'm standing in front of two roads. I been standing here before but this time it's even more clear that one road is not trusting my inner self and the other road is surrendering to my hearts wisdom. My life so far has been a mixed choice between these two road, leading me in directions and situations, like a roller-coaster ride between heaven & hell. Often I forget that I am in control, and I desperately trying to find people to trust, people to lead, people to give me the answer that I now understand only lies in my own heart. Still I look at the other road with a hope that someone else will make me happy, will make me rich, will take care of my problems, will deal with the consequences of my actions. I look at this road, I'll see it's the road of the slaves, the miserable, the deceived, etc. So why am I still tempted to keep walking that way? I'm surrounded by people who's walking on this road on auto pilot, they are all telling me about the fame, happiness and fortune just around the next corner. (some of them are in rehabs) Many fail to see the fortune right in their own hands. They always look at the future. I feel there is a blinding blizzard on that road, It's a road designed for you to forget whats in your heart, what's right in front of you. Its a turbulence designed to distract you from your inner wisdom, your inner peace, a noise so loud that you can't hear your own heart beat. Only fools walk this way and I still walk right among them, substituting a universe of endless love with limited beliefs. Why.. only because I'm so use to it. So let this time be the time of trusting my self. Let this time be the time I'll walk the other road.