Thursday, 24 October 2013

The trust issue

My blog reads 'Trust.' I probably intended it for relationships in length but then there is time to determine its content. Thing is I was very serious about posting relationship advice each day. I even thought I could update twice or thrice in a day. Then I realized how poor I am with relationship advice. I mean, people should get into relationships because they are attracted to each other and they love each other. If you love somebody then communication and commitment will wrap it up together. Love makes people want to work things out right? Then they can cross bridges when they get there. It is a journey. I believe every relationship is unique, one couple does not relate in the exact same way as the other.
 Now speaking of relationships, how do you love what you do? That is a relationship too. If you are a pilot or aviation student, you might want to relate well with your plane and trust your plane to work with you. If you are a doctor you have to trust your patient and most importantly trust your own skill to meet your patient's need. The same should be case for engineers and machines, economists and their knowledge. For vocational careers there is an item to trust and knowledge for those in academic careers like myself. I am a student of economics.
The issue of trust is core for whatever relationship you are in, believe it you are always in one or more at any given time. Relationships involve parents, friends, spouses, career and employers among others. So you cannot avoid trust as an issue and you cannot live without it. You have to be trusted by somebody at any point in time in order to work well with that person. Of course being trustworthy in the long run will make your life easier. Now, to gain trust from the other end, you have to offer trust. You trust others in order to be trusted, you have a little faith in someone that they shall not disappoint you. Do not be the kind of person who says "who am I kidding, she/he  cannot be trusted," or "please, that lecturer never gives good marks." For your own sake, have a little faith. Even more importantly, trust yourself that if the other person fails you, there is something to hold on. No one is capable of breaking you when you have faith in yourself and your abilities. It goes without saying that no one can break you to damage if you trust yourself. When you trust yourself, you know who you are and exactly what you can do, you cannot be carried around by waves of whatever situation. If I am an artist who draws, I have to trust my brush in my hand to make good strokes then have faith that the strokes will actually be good. Then trust and faith complement each other in strengthening ones ability to move smooth in life. I do not mean that you won't be disappointed, nothing is as smooth in life but again that is the very thing we work to achieve each day. To make our lives easier, so try to take the most economical path.
All virtue requires one to have faith because they are immaterial. Faith is believing in the immaterial to work in the material. So whether they sound morally streamlining, these virtues are important things in life. Most of it is cliche because it is true and it works for life. Of course we want things to work out for us. It is very important to be real in whatever we do. Trust is therefore fundamental in life in every relationship we have. It is the the way to a free conscience. We need a clean conscience to move forward. It is like walking over a muddy path, your shoes weigh so much they keep you from getting wherever you are headed in good time. They cause friction. At the end of the day we will achieve what we are working for if we incorporate more than just competence. Trust.


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