Trust is a verb 1. You can hope for but not expect anything in return 2. Don't regret telling your secrets and try not to have new ones 3. Learn what you are afraid of and accept it as a possible reality 4. Recognize it never has anything to do with anyone else -- ultimately it's about trusting yourself 5. In some endeavors, you are alone, remember what you love about your own company 6. Be silly, be wrong, be small, be brash -- not always, not in an affected way, not without openness to criticism. 7. Sometimes others are careful, quiet, deliberate -- that doesn't mean they're conniving or hiding-- and even if it does, you'll know when you know. There's no point in looking for it and there's no reason to blame yourself for not seeing it 8. Start fresh, every chance you feel you can |