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A review by livewonderstruck
Trust: Mastering the Four Essential Trusts: Trust in Self, Trust in God, Trust in Others, Trust in Life by Iyanla Vanzant
4.0
In Trust Iyanla Vanzant covers more ground than I thought possible from a single word. Throughout the book she argues that in order to be functioning, successful, loved, and respected (my words, not hers), you must first have trust in four things: yourself, God, others, and life (that is, trust the process). Through anecdotes she shares how negative emotions like anger, resentment, frustration, and suspicion arise from a lack of trust that your needs will be met.
From section one when she says you can’t have self love without self trust through section four when she says to trust the process of life, Vanzant covers a ton of ground. She spends a good part of the book on learning how to trust the still small voice inside you. If you don’t trust yourself, you can’t trust anything or anyone else, so this is a good place for her to begin the book. Toward the end of the book, she even discusses some of the inherent trust issues that have led to so many black people in this country being shot by police offers.
I learned a lot about myself and about human behavior in general while reading this book. I highlighted a number of passages throughout and have already revisited them since finishing the book. I think this will be a book that I come back to again to read in snippets here and there as my own journey of trust evolves. Vanzant gave me a lot to think about regarding how I interact with this world. Until reading this book, I didn’t realize how much of our pain can be traced back to lack of trust.
I recommend this book for most people (which is not something that can be said about many books), especially for those who feel that something is misaligned in their own lives. You can read it cover to cover or dip in and out as you are ready. Either way, start at the beginning, because the book builds off of trust of self. After that, you can skip around.
From section one when she says you can’t have self love without self trust through section four when she says to trust the process of life, Vanzant covers a ton of ground. She spends a good part of the book on learning how to trust the still small voice inside you. If you don’t trust yourself, you can’t trust anything or anyone else, so this is a good place for her to begin the book. Toward the end of the book, she even discusses some of the inherent trust issues that have led to so many black people in this country being shot by police offers.
I learned a lot about myself and about human behavior in general while reading this book. I highlighted a number of passages throughout and have already revisited them since finishing the book. I think this will be a book that I come back to again to read in snippets here and there as my own journey of trust evolves. Vanzant gave me a lot to think about regarding how I interact with this world. Until reading this book, I didn’t realize how much of our pain can be traced back to lack of trust.
I recommend this book for most people (which is not something that can be said about many books), especially for those who feel that something is misaligned in their own lives. You can read it cover to cover or dip in and out as you are ready. Either way, start at the beginning, because the book builds off of trust of self. After that, you can skip around.