What happens when we trust?

I waited 15 minutes for the Zoom meeting to begin, but the moderator, a world famous coach, never showed. I don’t know why either. But, it got me wondering.

If a famous person didn’t keep commitments, how was it possible to have him as a role model?

What did that say about values — his and mine?

Sometimes, though, we have excuses.
We can get caught up in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives.
We forget and put things off to another day.
We tell ourselves that it’s okay.

A mistake here and there won’t matter.

Truth is, they do matter. Each one upends our energy field just a bit.

When we allow someone to interact with our feelings, we give them carte blanche, many times without boundaries in place.
And, if we’re disappointed, we blame them
and then we blame oursleves.

Either way, it’s a hurtful sense for our fragile egos.

Just last week I made a decision to go to the gym Monday through Friday mornings instead of every other day.

Saturday and Sunday would be time outs. On those days, I’d do recovery and maybe just a little stretching. I wanted to get back into being fit and that was the best way for me.

So I made it known to a few gym buddies that I was going to work out every day. That made me accountable and sure to keep my word.

I felt good about sticking to my plan. Going every day gave me a new sense of confidence. I said I was going to do something, and then I followed through.

I mean, if you can’t keep your word, especially to yourself, does it really matter what you say to others?

And, I wasn’t great at keeping my word to myself. So, I was bound by shaky confidence and feelings of insecurity.

We can share our deeper feelings and secrets with someone we trust to keep them safe. We know they won’t betray us. And, if they do, then they aren’t the friends we thought and can simply let them go.

If they fit into our energy field, all the better.
If not…buh-bye.

There’s this thing about trusting oneself that changes everything once we align to its energy properties.

We align to it.
It doesn’t align to us.
That’s the big difference.

Easy to say, difficult to do, right?

Nope.

It’s a choice. That’s it. We step up to the new sense of self, our newer and better story.

We agree to connection on an internal, deeper level. Most of the time we can’t put our fingers on the connection; we just know.

We don’t necessarily change outwardly, but, others see if we stand a bit straighter or even sparkle. It simply radiates from within.

And that’s okay.

We choose how we present ourselves,
how we live and act,
how we feel and look to others.

Some look for recognition.
Others look for approval.
And, still others simple smile and enjoy the company of another. We get to choose. It’s that easy.