60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday: When Your Trust Has Been Trampled, Then What?

<p>Hello to you listening in <a href="https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/bettystown/" target="_blank">Bettystown, Ireland</a>!</p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.</p><p>Maybe this has happened to you: well-meaning family or friends tell you: just trust. And so you do. But what if your trust has been shaken? Trampled even?</p><p>There’s no help for it but to get back on the horse that threw you, grieve how you need to, and begin anew. I’m not fully into this practice myself; but I do know I’m headed in the right direction as the poet Thomas R. Smith writes in <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50109/trust-56d22ce3845d0" target="_blank">Trust</a>:</p><p><strong>Trust</strong></p><p>"<i>It's like so many other things in life</i></p><p><i>to which you must say no or yes.</i></p><p><i>So you take your car to the new mechanic.</i></p><p><i>Sometimes the best thing to do is trust.</i></p><p> </p><p><i>The package left with the disreputable-looking</i></p><p><i>clerk, the check gulped by the night deposit,</i></p><p><i>the envelope passed by dozens of strangers—</i></p><p><i>all show up at their intended destinations.</i></p><p> </p><p><i>The theft that could have happened doesn't.</i></p><p><i>Wind finally gets where it was going</i></p><p><i>through the snowy trees, and the river, even</i></p><p><i>when frozen, arrives at the right place.</i></p><p> </p><p><i>And sometimes you sense how faithfully your life</i></p><p><i>is delivered, even though you can't read the address</i>." ["Trust" by Thomas R. Smith, from Waking Before Dawn. © Red Dragonfly Press, 2007.]</p><p><strong>You’re invited</strong>: “<i>Come for the stories - stay for the magic</i>!” <strong>Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time</strong>! Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a