Faith and Trust

YIN DOLMAH

TRUST

Trust as well as issues pertaining to faith tend to be private

matters which are seldom discussed in public.

My greatest lesson on faith and Trust did not come from the

usual source such as a house of worship as most people

would expect but from my elementary school teacher with

whom I maintained regular contact.

His name is Raphael.

Raphael and I developed a close bond when he taught me in

elementary school. A bond which continued throughout

my life. We call to check on each other as often as possible.

It had been a while since I talked to Raphael because I was

traveling quite a bit on business matters.

Raphael knew when I was due back in town so he called me

three days after I arrived back home.

“What’s up traveler?” he began.

“What’s up?” I responded. I was not even going to scold him

for calling me ‘traveler’.

I talked to him previously about calling me ‘chaos’. A

name he gave me when I was in elementary school due to

my unusually high affinity for accidents.

He is definitely deep, intelligent and smart so if he still

chooses to call me ‘traveler’ instead of Yin which is my

name, let sleeping dogs lie, I thought to myself.

“How is business at CodWin going?” he asked.

“So so,” I replied. “Too many things that will baffle even a

cyclone,” I continued.

YIN DOLMAH

“Things are getting so out of hand even the now retired

founder of the company relocated to Germany because he

could not stand to see the madness of what had become of

his beautiful symphony.”

“So why do you continue to stay in the madness? because of

the money? the wealth?” Raphael enquired.

I did not answer him, so he continued:

“Seek wisdom Yin, and wealth will follow. Wisdom brings

contentment to its bearer. Wealth brings trouble and pain to

those who have it when it does not come with wisdom.

Wealth through wisdom begins with trust Yin. When you say

you trust someone, what does it mean?

Do you wake up one fine day and trust someone?

Are there a series of things a person must do before you trust

them?

Are there levels of trust?

What happens when you place trust in the wrong person?

How do you determine when to trust?

Do you observe a person’s actions and assume based on the

person’s actions that their intent aligns congruently with

their actions?

I once encountered a young man who did not drink wine or

smoke tobacco like the rest of the young men in his town.

Many ascribed his abstinence from alcohol and tobacco to

incredible self-control.

I would often hear some of the women in the town refer to

this young man as a model of good character and encouraged

their own sons to emulate him.

YIN DOLMAH

I was surprised when this young man told me his reason for

abstaining from alcohol and tobacco.

He told me he desired both substances just as much as his

friends but anytime he tried to consume them, he came down

with the most severe allergic reaction.

His allergies were so bad to the extent that he painfully gave

up something he wished he could enjoy socially with his

friends.

Not many people knew this.

Many ascribed self-control to his abstinence not knowing the

young man had different reasons for his abstinence.

Bad things happen when trust is placed in the wrong person.

An excellent example regarding the importance of placing

trust in the right person lies in a situation which occurred in

ancient Egypt and it involved one of its Pharaohs.

As great as the Pharaohs were, one of them caused great

suffering and pain to his people.

There arose one of the Pharaohs who lacked knowledge and

perspective regarding a pivotal aspect of Egyptian history.

How someone could ascend the high seat of Pharaoh without

the most basic knowledge of the history of his kingdom is

baffling.

Was he an import brought in by corrupt officials from the

Pharaohs court?

Was the rightful person who should have been Pharaoh

kidnapped and hidden somewhere never to be heard of

again?

YIN DOLMAH

Whoever this person was that became Pharaoh, brought

Egypt to its knees by visiting upon them unspeakable

plagues and tragedies culminating in the deaths of the first-

born Egyptian children.

The lack of perspective and knowledge of history by this

apology of a Pharaoh, eventually wiped out and obliterated

the entire Egyptian army.

What I tell you might seem extreme but that is what can

happen when trust is placed in the wrong person.

You do not give up on that which you trust, and that is why

it is very important to know that whatever you place your

trust in is worthy of that trust.

There is no art or science that I am aware of for determining

when to trust someone.

For many people, trust is cultivated over time.

Trust evolves by observing someone over a long period of

time and seeing consistent behavior from that person which

points towards reliability.

We tend to trust that which consistently produces an

expected result.

When we experience the expected result over a long period

of time, trust becomes natural.

We tend to also trust that which has a reputation.

We may not personally know the object of our trust but as

long as other people we hold in high regard show trust in that

thing, we tend to be more inclined to trust as well.

YIN DOLMAH

Trust gives us confidence that we will see the result we seek

even if the expected result is not readily evident.

Take for example, a bucket of water placed on a fire stove.

As the fire heats the water, the temperature of the water rises

commensurately with the applied heat.

That is the expected outcome. The temperature of the water

continues to rise until it gets to a certain temperature called

the boiling point.

At the boiling point, the water no longer increases in

temperature even with the added heat.

Why is that?

We expected to see the continuous rise in temperature with

applied heat.

That is what we trusted to see.

So, what is this thing we are suddenly seeing regarding the

temperature no longer rising with the added heat?

The reason the temperature of the water no longer rises lies

in the power of latency, for the water is getting converted

from liquid to gas.

Latency is at work.

Great things happen, but seldom without latency involved.

A period of rest so to speak before the big boom.

The heat which would have been used to raise the

temperature of the water is now being used to convert the

water into a different state.

A more potent state.

You think water is powerful?

YIN DOLMAH

Try water vapor!

If there is anything you should fear, even though I do not

encourage you to fear much, fear latency.

For there is no telling the types of things latency might

wrought.

Let me give you a real life scenario of the power of latency.

Consider this:

A young man is incarcerated for nearly 2x2x2 months.

This person is beaming with energy, creativity and talent.

Suddenly he is forced into latency. After the end of latency,

he emerges and records a double album.

Something never before done by any artist.

Remarkable as that is, it is not the most outstanding aspect

of this person’s achievement.

He recorded the double album in 2 weeks.

The double album, which was recorded by this person in 2

weeks, went on to achieve double platinum status.

The person unfortunately met his demise when an unknown

assailant riddled him with 2x2 shots.

This person’s name may even have had the number 2 in it.

Why chaos, the number 2, and excellence seem to coexist

perpetually is a matter that might need someone with

understanding of chaos to look into.

Whoever that person might be.

YIN DOLMAH

Anyways, I just found myself digressing for a second. Back

to our topic on the power of latency as it pertains to trust.

When all things seem quiet; when nothing seems to be

happening; when you keep pouring that chemical solution

into another and see no reaction, do not despair.

Trust the process.

Keep pouring and suddenly, what the chemist calls titer

value is reached.

Then boom, the reaction takes place.

When you trust the process and continue to pour in the

resources even though the expected result is not manifesting,

which in this case is the lack of temperature rise, you will

eventually see the full conversion of your water from liquid

to gas which is a very beautiful thing.

Trust breeds endurance and perseverance which are

necessary ingredients for achieving anything worthwhile.

Trust will let you push through till the end no matter the

obstacles you face.

So, let me ask you, in what or who do you trust?”

Choose who you will trust wisely and very carefully.