Trust Isn’t What You Think - Here’s What It Really Feels Like
Trust.
It sounds simple, right? But living it, really living it, is something else entirely.
I’ve had a few moments that reminded me how much I’ve grown in this area.
My concert bestie and I had tickets to see Beyoncé in DC. The weather around here lately has been like Florida—storms every day, completely unpredictable. Old me would’ve been glued to the radar, planning for every possible scenario, obsessing over things I couldn’t control. But this time? I just decided to trust. I told myself, “It’s going to work out.”
Guess what… It worked out just FINE. Not a drop of rain and we danced the whole night and had an absolute blast, even dealing with the traffic and hot mess express getting in and out of that place.
A few days later, my husband and I decided to take a day trip to a park we’d never been to before. It was a 45-minute drive, totally out of our usual routine. On the way there, it started raining. Traffic slowed (on a Sunday–meh!) . My brain started doing its usual thing—What if this is a waste of time? Should we just turn around? What if the ride home is even worse?
But I stopped myself. Took a deep breath. Let it go and trusted it would all work out.
When we got there, the rain stopped. The trees created a canopy overhead for when little patches of rain started and stopped, the air was fresh, nature showed up big time with gorgeous birds, butterflies, trees and flowers and some geese made us laugh – it was exactly what we needed. On the way home? Not a single patch of traffic. It was smooth, easy, better than I could’ve planned. We even stopped and got some snowballs and reveled in the ease of the afternoon experience and how much fun that was, simply just being together.
Here’s what hit me in those moments:
Trust is about softening your grip. Letting go of the “what ifs” and choosing to believe that whatever is unfolding is for your highest good—even when you can’t see how yet.
Because when you’re gripping so tightly, trying to control every detail, you miss the beauty that was right there waiting for you in the moments.
So here’s the question I’ve been asking myself:
Where am I actually trusting—and where am I still holding on “just in case”?
What I know is… the more I lean into trust, the more present and free I feel. Isn’t that interesting? 😉
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