One of the most valuable assets we can have in life is to be trustworthy.\u00a0 It is worth gold whether in business or friendships or family.\u00a0 When you can trust a person it creates a bond of loyalty that runs deep.\u00a0 And when someone can trust you it gives you that same bond of loyalty back.\u00a0 It is more valuable than any amount of money or power because trust doesn\u2019t have to ebb and flow like other things in life. Trust can be permanent if you do the right things and do things the right way.<\/p>\n
\u201cFew delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.\u201d \u2013 George MacDonald<\/span><\/p>\n It takes time and effort to build trust.\u00a0 It takes going the extra mile to show that you are someone who can be counted on.\u00a0 And unfortunately it can be broken in a split second of doing something to let someone down.\u00a0 As the title of today\u2019s blog states, \u201cTrust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>Trust must be treated with kid gloves.\u00a0 It must be given the attention it deserves without missing a single beat.<\/p>\n I remember as a little girl going with my Grandfather to climb up what we called the \u201cBig Rock\u201d. It was a large rock in the back woods behind our house growing up. Grandpa would take us to the rock and help us climb up. Then we would stand up tall and jump off the rock into his waiting arms.\u00a0 I never once felt hesitant to jump off that rock to my Grandpa.\u00a0 I trusted him 100%.\u00a0 I knew he wouldn\u2019t drop me and for that he had my heart.<\/p>\n As a CEO I learned how important it was to surround myself with only trustworthy people.\u00a0 When I had a team I could trust I knew that we could overcome anything and everything together and that was exactly what we were able to do.\u00a0 The trust they had in me and my trust in them was the key to our company being so incredibly successful.<\/p>\n As a mother I have seen the damage that can be done when a child doesn\u2019t keep their word to their parents.\u00a0 I have also seen the trust that is built when a child does keep their word.\u00a0 Foundations are created between parents and children when their children prove to their parents that they are indeed someone who can be trusted.\u00a0 The relationship turns from having to be the officiator to being able to be friends with one another and when that can happen it is magical.<\/p>\n As a friend I know how my life has been impacted for the better by the friends in my life that trust me and I trust them.\u00a0 It has given me a circle of friends and mentors that have done more to shape my life for the better than I could ever express.\u00a0 And those bonds wouldn\u2019t exist without the bond of trust between us.<\/p>\n As we head into this Easter weekend I can\u2019t help but reflect on how blessed I feel that I have a loving Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ who have shown me time and time again that I can trust them with all that I am.\u00a0 And I hope to live up to being a person they can trust in that same way.<\/p>\n Trust truly is the greatest asset any of us can have.\u00a0 We must be trustworthy and we must choose wisely those we will trust.\u00a0\u00a0 When you learn what people are not trustworthy in your life steer clear of them.\u00a0 And when you find those rare people who have shown they can be trusted, keep them close and never let them go.<\/p>\n Have a great Easter weekend everyone!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most valuable assets we can have in life is to be trustworthy.\u00a0 It is worth gold whether in business or friendships or family.\u00a0 When you can trust a person it creates a bond of loyalty that runs deep.\u00a0 And when someone can trust you it gives you that same bond of loyalty 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