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Daily Question, October 16

What does it mean to trust life?

  • Ed Schulte

    What does it mean to trust life?It means the question / questioner doesn’t appreciate what is BEING the meaning of the word “Life” ! Life is LIFE…but it so often gets lost in the confusion of emotions and theories and speculations ..etc etc …But then……… that is just fine …….because it will all become clear…..eventually and then the confusion(s) will be ‘life lessons learned’. :;-)

    To trust is to know life.

  • Lioness

    Acceptance

  • Malag

    Not sure that I know. I am more inclined to trust the illusion of control and certainty than the roller-coaster uncertainty of life.

  • Ose

    I don´t know, but suppose it means to love and be still with an open heart and mind while giving myself over to the flow of life.

  • Mica

    I’m reminded of Adyashanti, who says, “Don’t argue with reality.” I’m learning to trust life instead of worrying about the future. I’m learning to tell myself, “You can’t foretell the future.”

  • Hot Sauce

    For me, to trust life is to feel whatever you need to feel about whatever situation you’re in but also to simultaneously know that all is well and that whatever is happening, even if unpleasant, is an opportunity to grow in wisdom and in love of God, self, and others. It’s okay to acknowledge when something is unpleasant, but it’s good to simultaneously acknowledge, “I am learning something from this that will make me wiser in the future!”

  • Dusty Su
    Over the past few days, I have watched Thailand’s government watercannon, tear gas, arrest, and god only knows what else, peaceful student protestors. I lived there for 30 years so understand the nuances as well as the blatant violence. My heart aches, it is hard to trust life for the lives of those who are now isolated in cells with very little recourse. But trusting life is to work with, support, and surrender to the process that we must pass through to have better lives, equanimity, freedom...

    Over the past few days, I have watched Thailand’s government watercannon, tear gas, arrest, and god only knows what else, peaceful student protestors. I lived there for 30 years so understand the nuances as well as the blatant violence. My heart aches, it is hard to trust life for the lives of those who are now isolated in cells with very little recourse. But trusting life is to work with, support, and surrender to the process that we must pass through to have better lives, equanimity, freedom. To trust life is to do so with a sense of faith that through pain, new life comes. Either quickly or slowly.

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  • Don Jones

    For me, the word “trust” is too fragile. Trust can be broken. On the path I am walking, it is “devotion”. It is a case of no matter what, continue down that path.

  • Pollyanna Gladwell

    To trust life means to know that each day the sun will rise and and the sun will set; people will be born and others will die; the seasons will change and so will I.

  • Present Moment

    For me , trusting in life means accepting that although both “good” and “evil” are necessary, love is stronger and will prevail.

  • Lauryn

    To let go and go with the flow. To try not to prejudge a situation or assume a particular outcome. To believe in yourself and your abilities. To think the best of others.

  • Zenith

    I don’t know. Perhaps it means to trust the process of life. Perhaps it means to trust the laws like Law of Attraction. I really don’t know.

  • Journey

    To trust life means letting go, leaning into the moment or the situation we are in and listening to what it’s trying to tell us.

  • Michele

    What it means to trust life is just that – you have to trust it through the good times and bad. All life experiences make you a whole person. I believe in karma, omens and universal love. Positivity. and lots of humor. Always. Happy National Liquor Day ya’ll!

  • Papilio

    It means letting things unfold naturally knowing that God is in control. Sometimes it’s hard to know when it is the time to let go or to make efforts to change the situation. Making unnecessary efforts could lead to controlling something I have no control of and shutting down unexpected opportunities beyond my comprehension. I need to listen to my inner voice carefully.

  • Pilgrim
    For me, I think it involves paying attention to this moment, and sometimes just taking one step. Trying not to think too much about what is coming, so I can at least consider the idea of having some hope. Noticing the good. Making lists for the day and being okay with whatever I manage, with little arrows in my planner to move things forward as needed. Trusting that the seasons will turn as they always have. And self-care, really. I am here mostly by myself, so paying attention to the inner voic...

    For me, I think it involves paying attention to this moment, and sometimes just taking one step. Trying not to think too much about what is coming, so I can at least consider the idea of having some hope. Noticing the good. Making lists for the day and being okay with whatever I manage, with little arrows in my planner to move things forward as needed. Trusting that the seasons will turn as they always have. And self-care, really. I am here mostly by myself, so paying attention to the inner voice and the invitations to acknowledge the day and all that it holds.

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  • Patricia

    It means I trust God’s presence, always, in my life and in the life of God’s Creation. We are never alone and apart from this divine presence.

  • Trish

    Things are going to work out…. perhaps not the way I would write the story but things will unfold as they will and God will present lots of opportunities. I get to decide how to meet each challenge. Will I tuck my tail in & hide or Go for it knowing that it’s all a risk? Either way I’m covered in God’s love. I hope I Go for it every time!!

  • devy

    trust life means to learn to accept both the good and bad experiences that we have, the difficult with easy situations. Everything we are exposed to is a life lesson, to make us learn about ourselves and to grow. and to become better if we learn to be grateful for what we have, what we experience in life. Nothing is perfect but acceptance makes it easier to handle the waves.. we learn to trust life and ourselves 🙂

  • sunnypatti

    It means I trust God and trust that everything that happens in life happens for a reason. I trust that if I pay attention to life, I will get the most out of it and learn all of the things I am supposed to learn on my path.

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