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The following stories have been tagged with ‘Trust’

Trust in Yourself & Take a Chance

It was the week of freshman orientation for college. Everything was new to me, especially all the people. One of my biggest fears coming to college was wondering if I would ever make new friends, because I am a very shy person. So during orientation week, we met with our group leader and everyone who lived on our floor. Our…

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A Position of Empowerment

This story of empowerment came from my involvement in Boy Scouts. As a young Tenderfoot scout, I really had no idea what I was doing in the troop, and just followed along with what the older boys, whom I looked up to, did. I had never been placed in a position where someone else vested their trust in me. Yet,…

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Joshua 1:9

Anyone who knows me has heard me brag about Timothy, our grandson who has been training as a Marine in Hawaii and California. Immensely proud of him, I was grateful that he was not in harm’s way while in training. As a little boy, Timothy was a gentle spirit, with a loving heart and a quick smile. Yet on his…

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Miracle in Disguise

A 66-year-old male in relatively good health and no risk factors for heart disease came to me with a sudden onset of signs and symptoms of a heart problem. After he was diagnosed and treated, walked past me and hesitated, as if he wanted to say something more. I asked him what he had on his mind that he wanted…

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The Stranger

When I was 19 years old, I was at dance club and met someone who walked me to my car. We were in downtown Seattle and it was a very cold night. As we were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing a stroller with a child inside who was about…

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Me, The Coos Bay Best Western Motel and Grandpa

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to find one more person in our world who is genuinely kind and caring. It was about 11:00 p.m. when my telephone rang. The caller ID showed the number of a Best Western Motel. Normally, I would ignore this type of call, letting the machine pick it up. For some reason, though, I went ahead…

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Someone I Could Trust

I had been suffering from anorexia and bulimia for more than a year when she first started asking me what was wrong. I didn't want to tell her; not because she was my math teacher and it was “uncool” to get close to teachers- it was because I was afraid to trust. The past year had been a rough one,…

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Misleading Appearance

That was an unusually dark winter night. I was on my way home from work on the ghastly quiet road of my hometown. I drove my bicycle alone. It was midnight when I finished my third shift. Winter wind kept tapping my face as I tried to rush home. Suddenly, I noticed one man with a long hair, riding behind…

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Trust

I bought a violin from a man who lives a long distance away. I had contacted him by phone after being given information about him by my violin teacher. The violin seller asked for my name and address, and we agreed that he would send me the violin, I would send him my old one, and after he had evaluated…

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The Only "Enabler" in My Life

As a child, I learned at a very early age, to project hatred with a passion, on everyone around me, and also as a means of survival and staying safe from pain and suffering. The end result of this distorted belief system, was that for the next 30 years, I kept myself in bondage to addictions and long-term incarcerations. Up…

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