trust

I never really understood the concept of trust. It seems to be an expectation that one you trust, your friend Jill, for example, will not intentionally harm you in any way. So then, because you trust Jill, you never really watch Jill carefully, and in one unexpected moment, she stabs you in the proverbial back. The scary part is that the innocent-looking trust itself seems to be an invitation to the breach of that trust, simply because humans cannot stand good things for very long without trying to destroy it.

On the other hand, you cannot get very far thinking that everyone is out to get you. There is, in fact, always the possibility of it occurring, whether you trust them or not. In addition, why are we supposed to give people the benefit of the doubt until they show they are not trustworthy? I suggest something different: a realization that almost no one can trust each other for very long with out violating that trust. So, rather than trusting Jill, you ask her why she’s suddenly carrying that dagger in her hand, and run when she asks, “What? You don’t trust me?”

I do not know why everyone seems to think trust is such a necessary human thing, and if you cannot trust someone, something is automatically wrong with you. I think that kind of trust can only come after years and years of knowing the person. Simply trusting someone unquestionably because it is a good thing to do seems to be pretty naive, even if it is human.