Trust

When should trust be given, limited or rebuilt?

When trust has been broken, you may miss the ease you once felt and still be unable to return to it. That hesitation deserves to be heard. An apology does not require you to feel safe or confident again on someone else's timetable.

Trust concerns a particular person, task and level of risk. We can talk about what happened, what would need to change and what evidence would matter over time. Rebuilding it requires conduct from the person seeking trust, as well as willing participation from the person asked to trust.

For example, we may trust a friend with a confidence while declining to lend them money. Trust in one area need not settle another.

A question to sit with (optional): What would I need to see or experience before more trust feels possible, and do I want to explore that now?