LOVE AND TRUST

From our youth to adulthood we learn about as well as experience love and trust. Love is a most powerful force and is experienced with powerful emotion. There will always be some form or element of attraction that turns the attention of the heart and mind. As respect is cultivated and trust increases the power of love increases as well. This is as its meant to be. Trust is very powerful and essential, however, trust is very fragile. When trust has been violated or broken it takes a very long time to restore it if it gets restored at all. To violate a trust and apologize expecting the level of trust to immediately return to the previous level is unrealistic and honestly very disrespectful. One must be sincere and committed to restoring trust. They must be willing to experience the need for open honest living so that the person with whom they seek that trust can see and know that sincere effort is being made. They must be willing to be accountable to the other person. Remember, regardless of what you think and feel, no one is required to trust you. You must earn both trust and respect. There is no genuine love where there is no trust or respect.