Robert Browning (1812-1889)
I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn garner to the end of time.
I trust in God,—the right shall be the right
And other than the wrong, while he endures.
I trust in my own soul, that can perceive
The outward and the inward,—Nature’s good
And God’s.
A Soul’s Tragedy. Act. i.
What is trust? Trust is the relationship, trust is reliance on the other, trust is the confidence, faith and the foundation of a relationship.
Here are a few definitions of the word “Trust”:
- have confidence or faith in; “We can trust in God”; “Rely on your friends”; “bank on your good education”; “I swear by my grandmother’s recipes”
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary); “he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father”
- reliance: certainty based on past experience; “he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists”; “he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun”
- allow without fear
- believe: be confident about something; “I believe that he will come back from the war”
- the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; “the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity”
- hope: expect and wish; “I trust you will behave better from now on”; “I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise”
- faith: complete confidence in a person or plan etc; “he cherished the faith of a good woman”; “the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust”
- entrust: confer a trust upon; “The messenger was entrusted with the general’s secret”; “I commit my soul to God”
- extend credit to
- confidence: a trustful relationship; “he took me into his confidence”; “he betrayed their trust”
From: Wordnet
Some more reading:
“What is trust? Trust is the relationship, trust is reliance on the other, trust is the confidence, faith and the foundation of a relationship.”
Greetings!!
Vey True …after a betrayal…am finding my roots again and am starting my life afresh…yes a New Beginning…dont know how i ended up here…may be from Robin’sforum? anyway keep sharing your views
Have a Beautiful Life
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Congratulations on your new beginning! It takes a lot of courage to do that. I invite you to take on this question, that I keep asking myself: “What am I doing in this relationship to inspire trust?”. This keeps the focus on working on my self, rather than the other. And it has resulted in tremendous shift in the way people relate to me.
Thanks for dropping by!
:Nirav
TRUST I CANT UNDERSTAND AS WHENEVER I TRUSTED SOMEONE I WAS ALWAYS BETRAYED YET SEE AGAIN I AM TRUSTING PEOPLE TRUST A QUESTION WITH NO ANSWER
Wow, just reading these definations of “trust” seem so fundimental and simple and yet I hear as anyone eles would but can’t relate. It’s like I’m on the outside looking in on something that should obtain within myself but don’t have a clue what it’s like; or maybe at one time I did but as the world has changed unfortunatly so have I.
Constantly, I see my distrust in life, in me and my lover reflected back at me and I feel the despire for them; the world, my boyfriend yet when it comes to me I feel numb. I have always lived by the saying,”If you cannot find it within you, you cannot find it without” So with that in mind I cannot begin to trust my world or my loved ones without finding the Trust within myself first. Honestly, that’s want I yearn for, building a stable trust system that’s real to me!
Thanks for listening.
Carla