Comments on: On Trust and Fear: 8 things I believe

By: zimt-peppermint

zimt-peppermint — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:08:05 +0000

Thank you for these inspiring words. It really helps.

By: Link Love (28/05/2012) « Becky's Kaleidoscope

Link Love (28/05/2012) « Becky's Kaleidoscope — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:18:43 +0000

[...] On Trust and Fear: 8 Things I Believe – Trust Tending [...]

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:28:11 +0000

So delighted to meet you, too Currie! Thank you for your kind words.

By: Currie Silver

Currie Silver — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:06:59 +0000

I found my way to you and this post via Tammy’s post on Rowdy Kittens. I’ve recently been setting aside post-reading as an important part of my day some days. Sunday is often one and though I liked the entire post and its resonance, I especially found myself smiling that interior smile of finding someone I’m so glad to BE meeting, through the wild ways of the internet in this ~ “Our challenge is to act from our trust, rather than our fear – to consciously put trust in our driver’s seat, again and again and again (and again). The more we do this, the more it happens instinctually as fears arise.” Thank you for making it simple.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:29:18 +0000

Marie, yes, that makes a lot of sense. We often picture greed as an evil lust in the eye when really it may be a childlike part of us that’s overjoyed in that exuberant, childlike way, at the possibility of a big fear not having to get lived out. Like, “This is almost too good to be true!! What luck!!”

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:48:40 +0000

Brilliant post! I absolutely agree that human problems are rooted in fear. I often hear people talk about fear vs. greed as though they are opposites. But I believe that greed is simply a manifestation of fear. Greedy people are “needy” people, regardless of how much or little they have. They are afraid of not getting enough (money, food, attention) and so are always grasping for more. It seems to me that people who trust that what they need will be available to them as they need it don’t have to grab for more than what they need today. Does that make sense to you?

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:51:14 +0000

That sounds absolutely right to me, Renee. Compassion and ego-protection (i.e. fear of saying/doing/being the wrong thing) seem inversely correlated. Pity feels like it’s connected to our egos, but compassion feels like it puts us out of the center of ego’s grip. That’s really cool that you’re experiencing more assertiveness as you focus more on compassion. I love it!

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:08:09 +0000

“Fear disconnects us from compassion and clouds clear thought.”
Yes.

I’m sitting with #1 for right now. The word “compassion” is my word-of-the-year and I have noticed that giving into it a bit has resulted in a different kind of assertiveness, I just hadn’t thought the two were connected. It would seem that they are. While I certainly don’t feel “fearless”, maybe I am acting more out of compassion (and trust) and the fear of saying/doing/being the wrong thing just slips away … ?

By: Inspiring Links: Talks, Bikes & Tiny Homes

Inspiring Links: Talks, Bikes & Tiny Homes — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:57:38 +0000

[...] - Tiny House Swoon. – Try and Strip Off Your Fear. – A lovely post, by Kristin Noelle, about fear and trust. [...]

By: Karen C

Karen C — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:17:31 +0000

Which one resonates most with me? All of them! My word for 2012 is boldness, but after a recent a-ha moments where I realized the source of the fear that has often defined my life, your words made me realize that for me living with boldness is really about living out of trust not fear. While I haven’t used that phrase before, there’s been a lot of “trust-tending” in my life over the past year and and slowly the fear is letting go, and there is a depth of freedom, trust and joy that I didn’t know before.