you don’t build self trust by monitoring yourself constantly to see if you’re trustworthy
Once people do not trust themselves, they are subject to easy manipulation.
Joel Kramer • The Guru Papers
Trust is built in very small moments.
JamesClear.com • "The Anatomy of Trust"
A lot of times if you find yourself in struggle with trust, the thing to examine first is your own marble jar, how you treat yourself. Because we can't ask people to give to us something that we do not believe we're worthy of receiving. And you will know you're worthy of receiving it when you trust yourself above everyone else.
JamesClear.com • "The Anatomy of Trust"
‘I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It is knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth and then simply doing it.’
⁃ Natalie Goldberg, ‘Writing Down The Bones’