
At 38, I’ve decided I’m already 40 in my head—and honestly, I’m okay with it. In this episode, I share why I’m learning to embrace being a little “naïve” again. Not naïve as in clueless, but naïve as in soft, pure, and willing to believe the best—even after being hurt.
Because suspicion isn’t a fruit of the Spirit, but gentleness is. And Scripture calls us to be “wise as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16). For me, that looks like trusting the Holy Spirit for discernment while choosing softness as strength.
If love really “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7), then maybe being naïve—in the best sense—isn’t weakness at all. Maybe it’s wisdom.