Welcome to the Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where twelve of us write on the same topic. Today’s topic has been chosen by Grannymar. The ten other bloggers who write regularly are, in alphabetical order, Delirious, gaelikaa, Grannymar, Magpie, Maria SF, ocdwriter, Padmum, Paul, Rohit, The Old Fossil and Will. Do drop in on their blogs and see what their take is on this week’s topic. Since some of them may post late, do give some allowance for that too!
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
~ Steve Jobs
I could not have put it better. This has been the way that I have lived my life as all my regular readers know. I have sat quietly, letting the spring come and the watching the grass grow by itself. In retrospect, I have been able to connect the dots and marvel at how eventful the journey has been. I therefore have no problems trusting the “whatever” to connect to my future. By and large, when it comes to trusting others, I have done so without exception till I was proved to have been wrong. That has happened, but, fortunately for me, very rarely. Mostly, the trust had not been misplaced.
On the other hand, and this is where things get dicey, when others place their trust in me, it is a different ball game altogether. The dots become very important. That I am responsible for another person’s well being brings a different dimension to the word ‘Trust’. I cannot sit quietly and wait for the spring to come and the grass to grow by itself, though my instinct tells me that, that is the right course to take. I resist the temptation and try and connect the dots on a day to day and immediate future basis. It has worked so far and in retrospect, the dots have been connected.
I have implicit trust that everything will work out alright in the future. So far, it has worked for me.
There doesn’t seem to be much difference between trust and faith the way you have laid it out
Rummuser Reply:
April 7th, 2012 at 19:41
I would look at Trust as a verb and Faith as a noun. But I suppose that one can use one for the other in some contexts.
I wish I had all that time to sit and watch grass grow!!
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Rummuser Reply:
April 7th, 2012 at 19:42
Time has nothing to with it Grannymar. It is a frame of mind, an attitude to life as it were.
This is very meaningful for me at this time in my life because I am at one of those stages in my life where I can’t see how things will develop, so I am having to connect the dots one at a time. I have been thinking of it as taking steps in to the darkness. I can’t see where I’m going, but I”m taking one step at a time and trusting that if something doesn’t feel right, I will be able to change course.
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Rummuser Reply:
April 7th, 2012 at 19:43
I can relate to that stage, having gone through many in my eventful life. Your approach is the best under the circumstances.
Despite my life having gone pretty well so far, I still have little trust that things will continue to go well in the future. There are so many imponderables I can’t predict.
I often reflect on how trust is one of the cornerstones of our daily existence. We constantly trust other people to give us accurate information, do what they say they’ll do, treat us decently etc. If we had to keep challenging people’s reliability, life would get impossibly bogged down.
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Rummuser Reply:
April 7th, 2012 at 19:45
Is empirical evidence not enough to sustain hope? I live one day at a time. That helps a great deal.
Yes, we cannot live without trust as a corner stone in our lives.
“Play your part well and let go of the results.” That’s been one of my mottoes since high school. My basic philosophy is
“Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.”
It works for me.
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Rummuser Reply:
April 7th, 2012 at 19:46
Yes, it will work for anyone who approaches life with that attitude and willingness.
Wonderful post Rajgopaul Sir. On the one hand on a day by day basis you do what is needed to be done and on the other hand you keep faith that all is or will be well, irrespective? You fight it relentlessly even while you are aware of your helplessness. There is both, a commitment to effort (not inaction) and also surrender. I suppose it is the way to cope and keep your sanity in life’s most difficult situations.
Rummuser Reply:
April 9th, 2012 at 18:15
You do much to inspire me. Thank you Gautam. Your blog posts are no less inspiring to me.
this last year has been one of reflection am believing that I can move forward in any way possible, I have to trust that whatever is in store will be of use are not concern myself about whether or not it will work or not.Right now I have to trust myself to be able to use this program, which allows me to speak into the computer and for it to type it up because my hands have become a become a difficult proposition and it is getting more and more difficult to type, let alone do other things. program and am surprised about how well it is going. So if any of this doesn’t make sense, bear with me!
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Rummuser Reply:
April 9th, 2012 at 18:29
You are one spirited and brave lady. I salute you.
Cathy in NZ Reply:
April 10th, 2012 at 01:25
thanks…this not with Dragon, he is restoring his battery life! Forgot to recharge the Bluetooth overnight…
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