“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”
— Alfred Adler
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” — Booker T. Washington
“To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful “magic skills” that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
“No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.” — T.S. Eliot
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” — Garth Henrichs
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” — George MacDonald
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough” -– Frank Crane
“Trust that little voice in your head that says “Wouldn’t it be interesting if..”; And then do it.” — Duane Michals
“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.” — Anton Chekhov
Every time I think I know what trust means, something comes along and makes me learn it all over again. Right now I’m trusting in magic, believing in future possibilities that may or may not happen, and yet I know they will happen. Trying to be non-attached to the result, but still wanting it all right now, instead of patiently waiting for it to unfold in its own time.
Trusting myself, trusting others, trusting in magic. Believing in magical possibilities… my challenges for the day.
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[…] (hey, wait; do you ever get that here…?). Instead, you’re getting a quote I found on Donna’s site today, because it resonated with me and the work I’m doing to try to change the culture of CHS and […]
I’m boosting Brother Washington’s quote for use on my blog today, Donna. I’m thinking a lot lately about how to create a culture of responsibility in my high school, and I think that the quote fits nicely with that thinking…
I think the teachers who taught me the most about responsibility were the ones who treated us as adults. I had one great math teacher in high school who sat down the first day and told us exactly what he expected of us, and made very clear that if you didn’t want to learn you didn’t belong in his class. But he also was the kindest, most wonderful teacher I remember. If you did well in his class, he took the best students out to lunch at the end of the semester, at one of the best restaurants in town. It was a great incentive to do your best, and he offered real rewards for working hard.
Hmmm. Seem to have kinda failed in the trusting myself dept. today. Oh well.