By acting worthy of trust, we gain the trust of others and ourselves.

Trust comes through action.

Trust is twofold in nature: (1) learning to trust ourselves by being true to our integrity and giving full effort and willingness, and (2) surrendering to the process and knowing that help is available if we ask, and understanding that if we don’t see the help, it may be that we are unable to see it, not that it is unavailable.

We gain trust for ourselves by being trustworthy. Isn’t that a great word? Trustworthy. It is a very valuable word and an invaluable insight. We become capable of trusting by being trustworthy. It boils down to our personal integrity. Our responsible actions.

Or we begin to look at ways we don’t deserve to change and receive the bounty of the universe and the rewards of letting go of our defects, and we begin, at a subconscious level, to sabotage our efforts and perception.

If we’ve given all we have in being willing and asking for help and put it into action, our Higher Power will be there to remove our shortcomings and give the help we need. The element of doubt arises because we don’t know that we’ve done all we could to be ready and willing. So, rather than trusting that we’ve done what we could do, we doubt.

Letting go of counting on results and instead surrendering to the process is what trust is about.

Trust, like surrender, has elements of being passive and of being active. It takes action to trust. And it takes an opening or surrendering to our feelings and being vulnerable.

in recovery. We lost the ability to trust ourselves through years of denial, rationalization, and addictive behavior and good intentions with little follow-through.