Weeding Out The Garden

Trust is a complex subject for me. In my opinion, their are levels of trust. We have all experienced broken trust at some point in our lives. Even at a young age we learn trust issues. I can only speak with regards to my experiences with that being said, trusting someone completely is hard for me due to previous broken trust with individuals. To open yourself up to someone revealing all the components of your very being takes courage and trust. I can look back on situations when I trusted friends that didn't turn out to be real friends, previous co-workers that defied my trust for their own benefit and even family members. Situations like this brand scars within us and causes us to build up walls against the outside world. It keeps us from completely trusting others. I have taken these experiences, utilizing them still today as learning tools. If you have people in your life that you trust completely, then you have treasures. Folks like this are few are far between in my opinion. I am blessed with some awesome people in my life.  Over the years I have weeded out my garden of life to reflect only the strongest, brightest and most trusting flowers. I desire to be around people that bring out the best in me and that make me want to be a better person. These individuals encourage, support and love me at my best and at my worst. In return I provide encouragement, support and love to them. Sometimes we have to let go of situations or people that bring us down. Regardless of how long you have known someone, if that person drains you emotionally then something is wrong. Pull that weed and move on. Life is too short to hold on to stinky weeds.  Surround yourself with only the best flowers in your garden of life but make sure that you are one of the best flowers in their garden too. Only you can define your levels or definition of trust. It takes longer to build trust than it does to break it. Be a trusting, steady, strong flower in all of the gardens that you sow.