Trust Is The Glue Of Healthy Relationships

  When you think of the word trust, what comes to mind?  Feelings?  Worry?  Concern?  Is it just something that people talk about that doesn't actually exist in real relationships?  Could trust just be something of a cliche that people use to justify their actions?  Well today, we're going to define trust and explore the many ways it affects the health of your relationships. Ready to learn more?  Let's go..

What Is Trust?

  Trust by definition is simply a confident expectation of something, but in our case, the something will be someone.  Think back to the last time babe asked you if you trusted them.  Did you?  Were you confident that they would make good on their intentions?  Or putting the shoe on the other foot, were they positive of how you would behave in a certain situation?  Were they right?  Were you wrong?

  Trusting someone in a relationship is a key component of a happy union and No, you don't have to be married, but a relationship without trust is doomed to fail.  Have you ever felt that babe would do you wrong based on past actions?  Have you ever hesitated to believe that babe was telling the truth because they have lied before?  If you answered yes, then the chances are the trust in your relationship was damaged, if not completely destroyed.

  Trust is a tricky thing, it can be strengthened over repeated consistent action or it can be decimated with one thoughtless act.  You know what I'm talking about and if you don't, you will at some point.  Having trust in your relationship is as important as having air in your lungs, for without it you will die.    

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How Trust Affects Your Relationships

   Now that we know what Trust is, let's dig in and look at the beauty we have with it and the pain we can experience without it.  So to do this in a way that makes sense with little to no confusion, let's draw a line down the middle.  On the left, we'll have several benefits of having trust in a relationship and on the right, we'll look at the ugly in a relationship without trust.  

• When you trust someone, your defenses are lowered and you allow yourself to be vulnerable
• When you trust someone, you see the potential for growth in your relationship
• When you trust someone to be there, you can begin to depend on them for emotional support, guidance..etc
• When you trust someone, you're more willing to do "extra" things that make them happy on occasion.
• With trust, we can feel safe and secure

• Without trust, you don't count on someone being there for you when you need it most
  
• Without trust, you tend to be more guarded in matters of the heart
• Without trust, you can be more apt to seek understanding and compassion from others
• Without trust, your relationship can lack intimacy
• Without trust, the window of doubt is open to outside influence that lead both of you astray
• Without trust, we can feel empty and alone

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Trust Is The Glue Of Healthy Relationships

  But it's not only the glue, it's the foundation for a healthy relationship.  People will come and go from our lives just as quick as we meet them, but it's the people we trust and believe in that we want to stick around.  If you didn't trust me, I'm sure you wouldn't be reading this right now, so just in that you can see how important trust is.   

  Now, take a look into your current or even a past relationship and ask yourself..."Do/Did we have trust?"
                                                                                                                          -Jamaal(LoverOfLife)

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