Easter and Trust

Trust is a cornerstone, the necessary condition for a relationship to flourish in all its beauty.

Whether it’s the relationship with oneself or with others, having trust is really important, and the beauty of having it is that you can never take it for granted. Because trust can be earned, but also lost, and then found again, and still decrease or increase.

All the great stories, like those of the Easter period, are pages written on the word trust, on a deep mix between faith and trust. Like between Moses and his people or between Jesus and his disciples.

What trust is, is simple to say, verify it in your experience: trust is the perception we have of how capable someone is of overcoming a test or a difficulty while remaining true to themselves, intact, consistent with their values. In other words, to trust someone means to consider them capable of not abandoning the most authentic part of themselves, whatever happens.

And in front of every difficult moment, our conscience tirelessly evaluates it, in ourselves and in others, even if it has already done so a million times: how much a cross has managed to convince to deny, to give up, to die, and how much that same suffering has led to rise again, to believe more deeply, to love with all one’s heart.

An Easter hug