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I Choose Today to Participate in the Trust Walk

There is a game I saw on a TV show my family likes to watch that got me thinking. The game was called the “Trust Walk.” There are two participants in the game: a leader and a blindfolded follower. The leader guides the blindfolded person along a predetermined path or through an obstacle course. The leader can guide the blindfolded person using verbal instructions or gentle physical guidance, such as holding their hand or arm. The key is that the blindfolded person must rely on their leader to navigate. The game emphasizes trust and communication between the two. The blindfolded person must trust the leader completely, while the leader communicates clearly and helps the blindfolded person feel safe. In the TV show, there was a varied response to this game. Most of the followers didn’t trust their leader; therefore, they either quit, questioned their leader’s ability to navigate, or went off on their own. None of these scenarios led to finishing the intended race. Only the team whose leader was truly trusted by the follower made it through the intended path and won the race. Just as the followers in the game struggled to trust their leader, we often face

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