Blog - November 3, 2022
Day 3 :The November Happiness Challenge 2022
TRUST
One of the most popular sayings that we currently see everywhere now is: “Trust no one”. And guess what? A high percentage of people subscribe to it. These people can’t exactly be blamed because they arrived at this due to the experiences they’ve had. They probably have fully trusted people in the past and this trust got betrayed. Some even tried it again and again and they got the same result, so they decided to do away with trust altogether, since it has brought them nothing but disappointment. But please, hear me out. Do you really think we can get through life without trusting one another? For a second, imagine a life without trust. You go to work everyday with the belief that you’d still find your job there, right? That’s a level of trust. You know that your parents always have your back, that is trust, and many other examples. Another way to view this is by understanding that you want people to trust you too. You don’t want people second guessing you every time because they have been burnt in the past. You want to be given a benefit of doubt, right? You want to be extended grace, you truly want to eb trusted because it is one of the ways to build integrity. I’d suggest you do that with other people too. Try to trust them at least until they give you a reason not to.
ME giving you a smile
Darling, if you dedcide to trust someone and they betray that trust, it isn’t on you. it is on them. Do not let anyone change who you are! and I’d leave you with this words from Anonymous : “It is better to be trusted, than to be liked”
Today, we are going to define what Trust means in our own words, and we will make a list of the people in our lives who we believe we trust, and expect same from.
I’ll be back. OBA
Busari Titilayo Tawa
Sincerely it’s disappointing when you trust and eventually got betrayed, but like you said, the honor is yours and that shouldn’t stop you from trusting again. I’m proud to say categorically I trust my children. They don’t deceive people that come their ways.When you have conscience, you’ll be trustworthy. Love this piece
Nice pictures Ajike
admin
You are right mum, We love and trust you too so much. You are phenomenal.
Busari Titilayo Tawa
Sincerely it’s disappointing when you trust and eventually got betrayed, but like you said, the honor is yours and that shouldn’t stop you from trusting again. I’m proud to say categorically I trust my children. They don’t deceive people that come their ways.When you have conscience, you’ll be trustworthy.
Nice pictures Ajike
Anu
I couldn’t view your pictures on yesterday’s post. I love love this your second picture o 🥰
admin
Thank you. beautiful Anu. Yes, I think the ofrmat was too large so I had to fix it for subsequent posts.
Uchenna
Well written piece! Well done
admin
Thank you, my baby selense.
admin
Thank you, my baby selense.
Ashiat A Lawal-Bolaji
I will not join issues with you on this sis, lmao😁, Trust, I have seen, experienced and learnt hard, for some of us, i think God does not want us to trust anyone but him 🤣. On a more serious note, yes ,we need to have some level of trust some time in some people, i think the wisdom here is to know who to trust cos trusting the wrong person can have serious consequences. I also completely agree that no one can live a fulfilled life without trust, not trusting anyone can be overwhelming and sad, thanks for the reminder
admin
Your first sentence got me rolling. Looool. Yes, I understand and aknowledge the experiences and how they shape us. Glad we agree that one has to have a level of trust.
Rukayat
hmm..🤔 yes, it’s better to be trusted than to be liked. Thanks 😊 for this wonderful pieces sis🥰.
admin
You are always welcome!
Rukayat
hmm..🤔. Yes, it’s better to be trusted than to be liked. Thanks 😊 for this wonderful pieces sis🥰.
Oyeleye Barakah Omodolapo
Trust is a very big deal and how people takes trust these days is bad. Nice write up mama
admin
A very big deal o. We need to trust people while expecting to be trusted.
Anime
It takes a lot to trust so it can be draining when we are let down but then we can’t stop living and doing our bit due to others. Lovely piece this is…I enjoyed reading it
admin
You are right. Living and Learning never stop.
Ameenah
It is better to be trusted than to be liked. I feel happy when people trust me with certain things, in a way I feel I have impacted their life in a good way😁😁😁.
admin
You got it! It’s a priceless feeling.
Temitope
Thank you for this post on trust. To survive, we can’t stop trusting. I trust my Husband, I trust my most of my friends, trust my siblings and parents. I am learning to trust people the new people in my life.
admin
It’s good that you are allowing trust. Please know that it’s okay to give it time too, as with new people.
Olatoun
Trust for me spans across varying levels. I try to remember that the ultimate trust lies in Allah and leave room for humans to human, which sometimes is inevitable.😀
admin
Yes, this is a great way to view it.
Derin
Investing trust trust can be very scary, I must say but You’re very right that one can not get on by life without trust. It is almost impossible.
Nice piece dear.
ENIOLA
Trust… Hmmm
Trust for me comes with so many things and usually individual based. Trust can as well be categorized, and mostly based on past experiences with each person or organizations.
Situation based when it comes to persons and history/track record when it comes to organizations.
A person can be trusted to do right in some instances and not trusted to do right in some. Same goes for organizations.
I don’t know how best to describe my understanding or perspective on the issue of trust than I’ve done above. I hope it makes sense to anybody that gets to read my comment.
Kheffytee
Extend the grace you want from others to them as well, we should show some levels of trust in our dealings with pple
admin
This is very important
Olaseni
You’ve said all that needed to be said. We do not feel safe when we go doubting everyone and we perpetually watch our back. That is definitely not a healthy way to live. Trust has been said to improve healthy communication and the opposite has a lot of negative consequences down the road.
admin
Thank you!