Trust Without Seeing

"Few delights can equal the mere presence

of whom we trust utterly."

George MacDonald

The moon will move across the sky and the stars will shine ... I trust.  I have invested endless hours throughout my life watching the moon guided by the stars.  They have nurtured my sense of trust and have never let me down.  Well, yes, there have been a few cloudy nights.

And isn't that how we build trust ... by offering our inner thoughts to be gently held in confidence?  To never have our words cruelly thrown back in our face? To not hear our inner thoughts casually passed amongst others?  To have the sense of never having to repeat or explain?

Imagine how others experience trust.  Some may have early on discovered the lap of an elder where arms softly held one safe.  Could have been a sibling or a mom or dad.  In later years trust may be built in lovers, neighbors or spiritual leaders.  At a minimum, we at least have trust in our hearts to accept, forgive, and replenish our need to trust.  There will be cloudy nights when we are called to trust without seeing, but isn't that a part of trust as well?