Trust

A word about trust. I once shared my concept of trust with one of the kids. If you imagine a chasm with each of us standing one each side looking at each other. And we need to build a bridge, but all of the bridge building components were made of glass. Each side starts out with the goal of building a sound enduring structure. So, little by little, pieces are added and you get closer to bridging the gap. Eventually, you meet in the center, and a piece is laid that connects the two sides. And then another is added, and another, and so on. It gets stronger and stronger. The trouble is that it ONLY takes one rock throw by one side or the other to shatter the bridge. Then each side has to look at the other and decide if you want to rebuild the bridge, and what you have to do to make it stronger and more resistant to rocks (other than throwing another, which may happen). Trust is a glass bridge, fragile, vulnerable, but capable of getting stronger all the time. Bottom Line: Be careful of throwing rocks. . .