| You may remember this hit single "War" from the | | | | trust too much and pain was the result? Now you |
| 1970s with a little twist on the words. | | | | may have built up a wall closing off any possibility of |
| Trust! Huh! Yeah! | | | | trusting again. Protecting yourself from pain seems |
| What is it good for? | | | | better than risking hurt. |
| Absolutely nothin'! Say it again | | | | Then I discovered the truth that I want to share |
| This song came to mind when I thought about the | | | | with you today. |
| word trust. | | | | Your perception of trust wasn't broken. |
| Soon after coming out of an abusive marriage, I | | | | Love for yourself was broken. |
| would be asked if I was dating again. I looked at that | | | | You trusted more in the other person rather than |
| person as if they asked me to swallow a cup of live | | | | your gut feelings. Each time you quieted the whisper |
| bees. | | | | of God in your soul that something was wrong, a |
| How could I date again when I can't trust my own | | | | part of your sense of self died. |
| judgment? | | | | Your need of approval overshadowed loving yourself. |
| Have you been there in your own life? | | | | When you love yourself, trusting your decisions |
| During my recovery from verbal abuse, I was on a | | | | become easier. |
| mission to rebuild my self esteem. Every book I | | | | You can trust yourself. It's not too late. Why? |
| picked up talked about this foreign concept called | | | | Because you are worthy of what you desire in life. |
| trust. | | | | Every decision you make is part of the process of |
| And how trust is so important to the healing process. | | | | building your muscles of trust. Just as lack of exercise |
| ;You just have to trust yourself." was the phrase I | | | | can lead to weaker muscles, years of negative |
| kept reading. My eyes would suddenly glaze over. All | | | | words and doubt, led to weaker trust muscles. |
| of a sudden I would hear the teacher on Charlie | | | | It;s time for a trust building workout. |
| Brown talking "Wha ,wha, wha..." It just didn't | | | | This week consider making decisions and trusting |
| compute. How do you trust yourself? | | | | your intentions rather than looking for a specific |
| Can you identify with this? | | | | result. Many times we do things in order to get a |
| Let me see if I understand this correctly.This book | | | | result we have in mind. |
| wants me to trust myself after I trusted an abusive | | | | And when the result isn't what you wanted, you tell |
| person to love me. I trusted myself over and over | | | | yourself that you "should" not have trusted yourself |
| again. The result: my mate verbally assaulted me and | | | | in the first place. |
| apologized on a daily basis. It seems as though | | | | Start small and concentrate on the intention. God |
| trusting myself got me into this mess in the first | | | | knows your heart. He applauds your effort. Will you |
| place. | | | | start to applaud your effort today? You deserve it. |
| How about you? In your abusive relationship, did you | | | | |