I have actually always loved the trust games because they forced me to have faith. But not really blind faith...my eyes were closed, but I knew that I wouldn't be dropped because that person would have to trust me next. I just had to conquer those few remaining fears.
I did the game many times in elementary school in the little PE classes...and almost every time I had to close my eyes and be caught, the person who had to catch me was one of the people who was unkind to me, one of the people who made me an outcast. It requires a very special kind of faith trusting yourself to someone like that.
I wouldn't say it comes naturally to trust like that...that's why we even have the game, so children can learn to trust one another, learn that that's what people do: work together. Personally, I've tried to cultivate that trust...to know exactly how far i can trust someone...and then trust them to the limit. And often, the more they see I trust them, the more they realize they can trust me. And that makes the fall worth it.
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Date: 2002-12-10 11:53 am (UTC)I did the game many times in elementary school in the little PE classes...and almost every time I had to close my eyes and be caught, the person who had to catch me was one of the people who was unkind to me, one of the people who made me an outcast. It requires a very special kind of faith trusting yourself to someone like that.
I wouldn't say it comes naturally to trust like that...that's why we even have the game, so children can learn to trust one another, learn that that's what people do: work together. Personally, I've tried to cultivate that trust...to know exactly how far i can trust someone...and then trust them to the limit. And often, the more they see I trust them, the more they realize they can trust me. And that makes the fall worth it.