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Baptistery - 2024 │ Message from Different Students


    SHOW GRATITUDE                      SKIP THE WATER

    Trustworthy individuals are willing to   COOLER GOSSIP
    admit  they  can’t  do  it  all  alone  and   Trustworthy individuals don’t like to   “Live life to the
    value teamwork. They give credit    make  assumptions  about  anything
    where it’s due, even if it means they   or  anybody.  They  prefer  to  get   fullest, and focus
    don’t  advance  as  quickly  or  shine  as   information from the source and to
    much themselves.                    let the source speak for themselves.   on the positive”
                                        They avoid rumors because they            _Matt Cameron
    GIVE UP ALL THE FACTS,              know  that  rumors  usually  include
    EVEN IF IT HURTS                    negativity that tears people down
                                        instead of building them up. When
    Truth and transparency matters to   they do talk,  their  language  is       “Never be
    trustworthy people. They won’t lie by   empowering and respectful.       limited by other
    omission or fudge data. They will give
    up even the information that could   BEING  LEARNERS                     people’s limited
    put  their  reputation  at  risk  or  create                              imaginations”
    conflict,  believing  that  those  conflicts   Individuals  who  are  worth  your
    can be solved with good empathy and   trust know they don’t have all the     _Dr. Mae Jemison
    communication.                      answers. They look for ways to learn
                                        and improve themselves constantly,
    CONFIDE IN YOU                      and through that process, they’re
                                        willing to share the resources and
    Confiding in someone, exposing faults   facts they find.
    and  all, involves  a  certain  amount of                            The sun and
    vulnerability. So when someone con-  KNOW WHO THEY’RE
    fides  in  you,  it  demonstrates  that  the                         the cock
    individual already trusts you and that   CONNECTED TO, AND
    they want you to be open with them,   THEY TRY TO CONNECT
    too.
                                        YOU
    THEY AREN’T                         Both these elements show that the

    MATERIALISTIC OR                    other person sees you as important.
                                        They want you to be part of their
    DESPERATE FOR MONEY                 regular social group and meet the   UMUKUNDWA Willy Prince Didier S5MCB
                                                                             NDUWAYEZU Gilbert S5MCB
                                        people you need to succeed. Others
    While there’s zero wrong with having   can affirm or contradict what you
    nice things, trustworthy people don’t   know about the individual, too.      ong ago, the
    put  stuff  ahead  of  people.  They’re   Subsequently,  the  more  people   sun  was  even
    willing to give up what they have (or   the individual introduces you to,    hotter than it is
    could have) to help. Financial stability   the more likely it is that they’re not   Ltoday.  People
    facilitates trust because it reduces the   hiding who they are.      and animals  were always
    temptation to treat others poorly out of                             complaining  about the
    the need for self-preservation.     BEING THERE FOR YOU              heat of the sun.

    BEING RIGHT A LOT                   AND OTHERS                       This made the sun angry.
                                                                         One day, the sun set as it
    Because trustworthy people value truth,   Trustworthy  people  will listen  to   always did. In fact, the
    they are willing to do their homework.   and  support  you  even  when  they   sunset was more beautiful
    They do the research that leads to   don’t need something from you.   than  ever before.  All
    verifiable  conclusions,  so  they  have  a   They do their best to be available   the  people  and  animals
    track record of having the right answer.  to help, whatever you might be   watched the sky turn pink,
                                        going through.                   orange and purple.  They   45




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