Dear World,

Off the top of my head, I can’t quite say there’s anything I’m scared to do. Instead, I’d say that there are barriers preventing me from me achieving certain things. One of the biggest barriers is that I struggle with vulnerability. I don’t trust easily, and that has had a trickle-down effect in contributing to secondary barriers.

Without trust, I’m not able to open up and ask for the help I may need. Not asking for help will then lead to more of a struggle on the journey towards achieving goals. Additionally, without vulnerability, all relationships struggle to grow in depth.

I suppose this begs the question what happened in the past to cause this lack of trust. Why is it so difficult to trust and ask for help?

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Well, in not so many words, some people have proven to be untrustworthy. On the other hand, some people have demonstrated that they aren’t committed to helping you or even have faith in whatever hopes and dreams you share with them. That being said, they’ll either pretend to want to help and just not. For the non-trustworthy, they tend to go about your well-being and business recklessly.

Are there people in the world who I can trust? Of course. Should I be more open with asking for help and using more of my discernment to guide me through? Of course. However, better decision making is required. I also need to get over this trauma response in life.

The greatest take-away from this writing prompt is that I should trust my own self some more. I feel like if I put more trust in myself, I’d be able to tap into my own vulnerabilities (with caution), trust the right people and then yield better secondary offshoots.

I’m open to hearing your own thoughts. What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?

Signed,

The Suburban Girl JA®

Daily writing prompt

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?

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