AUTHENTIC TRUST

Life is full of twists and turns. There are doorways that open and close all around us. Choices followed by consequence, as well as times of non-choice also supported by ongoing consequence. One of the longest and bumpiest roads we’ll travel is that of personal alignment. You see, there’s no easy pathway that will lead you to the doorway of authentic trust.

Authentic trust requires a commitment and faith in the “go-forward.” It requires that we own the choices of the present and let go of the choices of the past. It also requires that we set aside our differences with those on our path.

Authentic trust is a place of constant start and stops, and has no guarantee of future outcome. It is a way of being, however, that can stifle the combative noise and stagnancy of life as it has been and provide us new life.

Dr. David R. Hawkins explained that: “Hell is not a condition imposed by a judgmental God, but rather the inevitable consequence of one’s own decisions. Hell is the final outcome of constantly choosing the negative and thus isolating oneself from love and truth.“

Take the path. Learn to trust. Have faith in the future.

This past week was insightful, and I hope that by sharing a few of my favorite quotes found on my own road and journey, that they will find place on yours as I pass them along. If they resonate with you, I’d challenge you to do the same. Each one of us have the ability to impact this world and help shape those around us through our influence for good. 

THE MUSIC BETWEEN THE NOTES

Dieter F. Uchtdorf explained that “Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

Impatience, on the other hand, is a symptom of selfishness. It is a trait of the self-absorbed. It arises from the all too-prevalent condition called "center of the universe" syndrome, which leads people to believe that the world revolves around them and that all others are just supporting cast in the grand theater of mortality in which only they have the starring role.”

How often do we misplace growth for stagnancy? How often do we wrestle with solace in times of confusion? How often do we act out as opposed to having presence?

In my own life experience, I’ve come to realize that it’s the music between the notes that helps us see and hear.

What that means is that there’s brilliant learning and advice that aways comes during moments of chaos and unrest if we will just be slow down and be fully present in the moment, rather than hurrying for the time to pass. There’s wisdom available if we will set down the phone, turn off the TV, get to higher ground and just listen. What you’ll see, feel, and hear will be the lesson meant for you in that very moment.

Be patient while the music breathes. 

This past week was insightful, and I hope that by sharing a few of my favorite quotes found on my own road and journey, that they will find place on yours as I pass them along. If they resonate with you, I’d challenge you to do the same. Each one of us have the ability to impact this world and help shape those around us through our influence for good. 

AVOID SKEPTICISM

Doctor Benjamin Hardy explains that: “Most people seek to confirm their own bias. Rather than getting the facts or facing the truth, people prefer to justify their own mediocrity. The most successful people, on the other hard, act as scientists toward life. They want the truth. They want data. Rather than seeking to confirm their bias, they are continually seeking to disrupt and disconfirm their bias.”

‘Recency Bias’ is just that, it’s the justification and adoption of past, present, and future events based on what we already know. It’s only informed by the past, and yet we cling so tightly to its predictive ability to shape of our own future. The extent we energize ourselves around the defense and ownership of its existence is one of the most troubling of all personal ailments.

When we only consider the recent past as a predictor of what can be, we limit our progress. Period. We become fixed and finite, with no potential for the new. Growth is stifled. 

Dr. Hardy confirms for us that growth requires us to do the work. One’s bold actions around disruption of their own biases can prove to open pathways once closed and better yet, never discovered. An example of this is in the judgement of others and how we’ve allowed it to shape our endorsement of their future. It creates a separation of value and confirms a less than or better than view. With that, I’d challenge us all to be careful with skepticism as it can give new wings to ego’s way.

This past week was insightful, and I hope that by sharing a few of my favorite quotes found on my own road and journey, that they will find place on yours as I pass them along. If they resonate with you, I’d challenge you to do the same. Each one of us have the ability to impact this world and help shape those around us through our influence for good.