{"id":30949,"date":"2019-12-25T02:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T08:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30949"},"modified":"2019-12-25T02:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T08:50:31","slug":"audio-if-weve-experienced-hurt-why-do-we-keep-trusting-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30949","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: If we\u2019ve experienced hurt, why do we keep trusting in love?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Couple-walking-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30950\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Couple-walking-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Couple-walking-together.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Couple-walking-together-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been hurt \u2014 very badly \u2014 by someone I\u2019ve loved. You\u2019ve been hurt, too.<\/p>\n<p>And since we know how badly broken trust feels, why is it that we choose to love again? Why do we choose to <em>trust someone again?<\/em> Once we\u2019ve lived long enough to know what hurt feels like \u2014 and to know that someone else might very well leave us hurting once again \u2014 why do we trust?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been asking myself this question tonight. I don\u2019t really like the answers I\u2019m coming up with \u2014 but I don\u2019t know another way to live.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It\u2019s almost 3 in the morning, so I\u2019m exhausted and my voice is not the best, but I wanted to talk about this while it\u2019s on my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30949-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Why-do-we-trust.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Why-do-we-trust.m4a\">https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Why-do-we-trust.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been hurt \u2014 very badly \u2014 by someone I\u2019ve loved. You\u2019ve been hurt, too. And since we know how badly broken trust feels, why is it that we choose to love again? Why do we choose to trust someone again? 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