"You are never going to become the person you are meant to be until you learn to put a little faith in other people." (Keeping the Faith, 2000)
This line, taken with liberty from a pivotal scene in a favorite movie of mine, is a notion I wrestle with nearly every day. With all the talents, skills, passions that we each have, one of the most difficult for us to manage is a sense of *real* trust in others. From the strangers in our midst to our closest friends and relatives, it is way too easy to take them for granted and not entrust ourselves to them. It's safe, it's protective, no allowing ourselves to be vulnerable. And yet it's our vulnerability that makes us human.
For Elul 12:
Trust - becoming our complete selves through others
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