WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Would you continue to work with a partner that caused problems in your life and stole from you?

Forgetting about the past does not mean forgetting the lessons from the past. The lesson may be to not do business with someone again.

"...[I]t is important to differentiate between forgiveness and trusting someone again.... So you may be willing to forgive a business that messed up a deal but nevertheless decide not to work with that business again. Or forgive an abusive partner, but never be in a relationship with that person again. Or even forgive those who committed a crime against you, but still believe they should be punished."
- Alina Tugend, Sometimes It’s Good Not to Forgive
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/your-money/why-its-not-always-good-to-forgive.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The truth is, some people may not listen to you because you took advantage of them or disrespected them or caused trouble. It is hard to persuade such a person.

"Did you really think that
I would really take you back,
Let you back in my heart one more time,
Oh, No, No.
Did you think that I'd still care
That there'd be more feeling there,
Did you think you could walk back in my life.
So you found you miss the love you threw away,
Baby but you found it out too late. Too Late."
From the song 'I Learned From The Best' by Whitney Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFVnVuTcz9I

We usually trust and believe our friends......

"If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend."
- Abraham Lincoln 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lessonsproject/17292364991/

"Before someone will be persuaded by you they must trust you, respect you, believe you are very knowledgeable in the subject and that you are interested in finding out what their interests and needs are, and are suggesting to them -- not selling -- the best solution to get the result they want or solve their need or problem."
- Jerry Bruckner, GetSuccessQuotes.com

Why you should care about conflicts of interest

"A relationship based on trust is necessary with colleagues, the government, the study sponsors, and, of course, the public. Objectivity is fundamental to this trust."
- http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr/rcr_conflicts/foundation/

Seems like this happens a lot...
Advertisement A claims that experts agree on something (or the need for something) and then Advertisement B claims experts agree on something totally different.

"As a society, we put an enormous amount of trust into the advice and insight of so-called experts, and yet it seems to me that the word itself has been utterly stripped of its authenticity."
- Rahim Kanani, Consider Yourself an Expert? Think Again,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rahimkanani/2012/06/22/consider-yourself-an-expert-think-again/

"Honesty maketh rich, but she works slowly."
- German Proverb

"A clean mouth and an honest hand
Will take a man through any land."
- German Proverb

"A nod of an honest man is enough."
- English Proverb

"Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for."
- Johnny Depp

Man of his word / Woman of his word: A person you can trust because s/he tells the truth and keeps promises.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+man+of+his+word

Bad Egg - An untrustworthy person often involved in trouble whose company should be avoided.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bad+egg

When you believe in God and put your trust in him, you can stand on his promises.


From the song 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Jimmy Cliff:
"I can see clearly now the rain is gone....
Gone are the dark clouds that had me down,
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiney day."
http://youtu.be/KSuB4t3q_dA

Moses had doubts about his ability to speak to God's people. He placed limits on himself.

From the Bible (New Living Translation) Exodus 4:10-15:

Moses said to the Lord, "Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." The Lord said to him, "Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." But Moses said, "Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else."
Then the Lord's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it."

"He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly."
#BCForbes