As is usual, I missed a prompt about trust from the Daily Post recently. I just don’t always have time to check in, and then my blog languishes and I let it go a little longer, and a little longer.
However, that prompt, about trust, is a big one for me. I’ve had some of the most monumental bits of my trust shaken in the last year and a half – things that built the backbone of who I was and who I wanted to be. Trust in others, yes, but trust in myself, too. My ability to make judgments, and reasoning and my skill in evaluating others. I think nothing is so disappointing as losing trust in yourself.
My 9 year old son has been struggling with trust lately. He’s balancing a child’s natural selfishness (he wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it, like all 9 year old boys) with understanding that being a trustworthy person is an important part of his personal standards – his integrity is developing right now. It’s brilliant to watch it grow.
He recently broke a rule for the second time, after promising not to do it again. I asked him to write me a short essay on what trust meant, and what it meant for us to trust him and for him to trust us. I think he’s pretty insightful. I think he’s taught me a lesson.
***
It’s the right thing to do
—
It is very important for your parents to trust you and for you to trust them. If you can’t be trusted with a certain object, you won’t have that object again. It is your responsibility to follow and respect the rules. You hae to remember that if you do this, if you do that, you will probably get in big trouble. This is why you need your parents to trust you. You need to trust your parents because they will help you in bad situations when you are being attacked or robbed.
Myself
—
The reason I got into trouble was that I was watching a YouTuber that swore and it was not right. They say bad things about people and game. Descriptively, they are mean, horrible and terrible at times in their videos, as well as other things like apps and creations by other people. They sometimes do gender abuse toward women which I do not appreciate. Though habits are strong, we can always overcome their ability to convince us as it’s the right thing to do.
Transitions 