“Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”
Dumbledore says this in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Right before he died.
Last breath.
Words of wisdom.
Well, this isn’t Hogwarts and I’m not Dumbledore, but listen up…
You are the best hope you have. Trust you.
Let’s be honest; like Harry, you’ve probably had issues trusting yourself in the past.
I’ve been thinking about this so damn much that it turned into a blog post and week-long experiment.
Remember the definition of trust?
trust: ability to rely on another person’s integrity, strength, sureness etc. i.e. You can trust someone to do the right thing.
At the beginning of the week I felt like I had no connection to this definition.
But I love experiments, and suddenly? Space for something new to show up.
The word itself – experiment – magically makes room in my grey cells that few other words provide. As soon as I begin to think in terms of an experiment, I become intrigued, curious and fully engaged.
The past week was a perfect example of this.
Here’s how it went:
Monday: I am pretty damn cynical, I don’t even trust myself! (Sad)
Tuesday: Hmm, I’m not as bad as I thought. I do trust myself here and there. (Surprised)
Wednesday: Wow, trusting myself feels really good. (Fascinated)
Thursday: Whoa, trusting myself can get me into trouble. I’ve gotta watch what I say. (Concerned)
Friday: What if I trusted myself a lot? (Intrigued)
Conclusion?
Trusting feels good. Noticing what works feels good. Paying attention to how your body responds?
Really, frickin’ good. Like so good, I’ve been crying a lot this week. Huh?
- I’ve said things I’ve been wanting to say for some time, creating space in my head and heart.
- I’ve listened to my body, eating only what it wants and what it enjoys.
- I’ve let myself feel the emotions coming to the surface and like weather, they just move through me rather than getting stuck.
All because of trust.
Trust feels good and the more you focus on what feels good, the more you take action that feels good. The more you take action that feels good, the more you feel aligned with your values and what you’re all about.
Dumbledore was right.
You are the best hope you have. Trust you.
Maybe like Harry, you’ll discover that you’re a wizard after all. Or like me, you’ll discover that you too can trust yourself to do the right thing. And that my friends?
Is a sprinkling of pixie dust.
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” – J.M. Barrie
What you’re saying here reminds me of what I loved so much about what you said re finding the positive in the negative. I couldn’t agree with you more.
We’re happy to pat ourselves on the backs for doing what we think is the “right thing” ,and we can get mileage from those pats. When we take a minute to find out what was right about the “wrong” thing we did, what benefit we were expecting from it when did it, we can often keep ourselves from doing that “wrong” thing again. (More readily than we can from beating ourselves up about it.)
Like you’ve said, a *negative* contribution can either be a gift, or a learning. And I so appreciate the sentiment and the conversation!
xoK
The “negative” or challenge, always has a gift to offer us, a learning to take forward. The problem is that it’s not obvious and unless we take the time to look for it, it often passes us by. The process of experimenting or noticing allows the time and space to look. So amazing to me. It’s not rocket science, you’ve just got to pay attention.
xoS
Wow! I love … ” feel the emotions coming to the surface and like weather, they just move through me rather than getting stuck”
and of course feeding your ody only what it wants. I’m afraid this week, if I allowed myself to do that, I would have lived on coffee and cinnamon rolls. Haha!
It is amazing what one finds about their self when allowed the time and space to explore….I think I may join you in this experiment…..hmmm.
For me, there’s nothing like framing something as an experiment to engage me completely! The word opens the door in my mind like no other!