TRUST:

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For many of us, the issue is not whether we can trust another person
again; it's whether we can trust our own judgment again.

Many of us have trusted people who went on to deceive, abuse,
manipulate, or otherwise exploit us because we trusted them. We may
have found these people charming, kind, decent. There may have been
a small voice that said, "No – something's wrong." Or we may have
been comfortable with trusting that person and shocked when we
found our instincts were wrong.

The issue may then reverberate through our life for years. Our trust
in others may have been shaken, but our trust in ourselves may have
been shattered worse.

How could something feel so right, flow so good, and be such a total
mistake? How can I ever trust my selection process again?

We cannot let our past interfere with our ability to trust ourselves.
We cannot afford to function with fear.

If we are always making the wrong decision in business or in love,
we may need to learn why we insist on defeating ourselves.

But most of us do improve. We learn. We grow from our mistakes.
Slowly, in increments, our relationships improve. Our business choices
improve. We benefit from our mistakes.