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Richard G. Scott's talk last conference was, kind of inexplicably, one of my favorites. He talked about overcoming the effects of abuse, and though the subject matter didn't relate directly to me, it did. A main tenet of his argument is that we can, through the atonement, overcome the effects of other people's bad choices, which applies to all of us.

A promise that he made that touched me particularly was regarding trust. He says that abuse often undermines trust in authority and that the lack of trust tends to isolate us from the people who love us most, "Recognize that if you have feelings that you are not loved by your Father in Heaven, you are being manipulated by Satan. Even when it may seem very difficult to pray, kneel and ask Father in Heaven to give you the capacity to trust Him and to feel His love for you. Ask to come to know that His Son can heal you through His merciful Atonement."

What struck me most was this idea of praying for the capacity to trust. I'm crap at this. As I've been working on building all kinds of relationships lately, this weakness has come up again and again, and I've been wondering lately about the trust-love connection. Or rather, I've come to see that there really can't be love without trust.

I don't know. This is all I have to say about this so far...