You either conquer the walls erected form fear, as a soldier scales walls, or you fall, and sit, staring up . . . .

 

We have to trust. We have no choice on many things. Driving down the road you have to trust all the other individuals you pass to drive correctly. You have no control over whether they will, or not, you have to trust.

 

 
 

When you are shopping, you have to trust that the cashier will tender the correct amount of change.
 

 
 

Some, like being given the wrong change, are minor violations of trust, and others, like a car accident, are larger because of the pain involved.

 

Relationships.

 

Everyone has them, everyone is in multiple relationships; familial, co-workers, neighbors, friendships . . .

 

 
 

And trust is vital, and it is within these, where our most personal fears and vulnerabilities emerge. When we care for another so deeply, that we are hurt and perceive it is a betrayal of trust, it is at those times when we can choose an alternate manner to scale the wall, or we fall.  Trust take courage and strength and resolve. It takes a heart willing enough to be kind and gentle and loving, and strong enough to bend.
 

 
 

There are people we choose to include into our lives that have hurt us, and betrayed our trust, are entirely unaware.

 

There are individuals who are not worthy to be included into our lives, who deliberately hurt and cause chaotic pain in our hearts, because they find amusement.  

 

And there are individuals who intentionally betray our trust to test the boundaries, who continue to push and shove, because they have so much fear.

 

 
 

Sometimes, you’re not scaling the right wall. And sometimes, you just need a different technique, or path to approach that wall. But that is only something you can decide.