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Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks. – Isaac Watts I struggle with two major mental and physical illnesses that, at times, play havoc with my understanding of trust; they seek to destroy it and make it impossible for me to regain and embrace it. It is my hope that the rest of…
Trust is the glue of life. It is the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It is the foundational principle that holds all relationships. – Stephen Covey From childhood through adolescence and into young adulthood, I took trust for granted. Trust meant that what I heard, read, and saw in my encounters with my…
I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting. – Robert Falcon Scott Imagine being trapped in an underground cave that may soon be filled with water; imagine knowing that a multitude of people including teams of experts are desperately trying to extract you; imagine that you…
There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear. – Ben Jonson I have been held hostage for more than thirty years by two major disabilities: bipolar disorder and cerebellitis. Each one, at times, has limited my abilities physically and/or mentally; each one, at times, has been a source of incarcerating fear.…