Saturday, January 31, 2015

Daily Practice

I, just as anyone else, knows the importance of practice. Practice makes you better. I've adapted a daily yoga practice, some days are longer and more vigorous than other but practice none the less. I'm an assistant college lacrosse coach and I spend much of my days planning for practice. Practicing to become better is something I do professionally and personally. But what about the non physical practices?
I'm currently going to school for my masters degree in Professional and School Counseling. A profession based on the trust and relationships. Am I a trust-worthy person? ... just as I typed those words I realized, people may trust me, but am I worthy of their trust. My difficulty lies in my overly trusting nature. I trust everyone, with a lot of things. I don't mind sharing my day to day information, or even personal information with people. I don't feel I have a lot to hide and I like the idea of people knowing me personally. However, because I'm open with my life, those who are in my life also get spoken about and shared. Am I betraying trust? I wonder if those who don't speak about themselves or don't share about themselves are the best secret keepers?
There is a difference between a person maliciously and deliberately sharing the intimate details of another person and me absent mindedly sharing my stories who involve other people.
I've always believed I had a good sense of judgement in determining what information should be kept private and what information was okay to share, as it might be public information. But is that even my choice to make?
Just as I practice handstands on a daily basis I am going to practice my trust-worthiness. With that, I always feel the urge to relate to a persons story. You went on a trip to the Bahamas? I've been to Bermuda! Not everything needs to relate back to me and my experiences. And thus, I don't need to share all the details of my experiences and who was with me and what they said and what they did.
It's a daily practice to be better. I want to be a better person, a better friend, a better future counselor and that comes with trust. Knowing that if you tell me something, or we share something; its not going to become the worlds business.... Unless its something really really cool, then I'm sorry everyone just has to know!

1 comment:

  1. I am so proud of you. You are working as hard at becoming the person you want to be as you have always worked at becoming the athlete you wanted to be. Amazing personal and physical strength!

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