we trust a lot of strangers.
We trust that the mail carrier will bring the mail on time.
We trust that whatever we put in the recycling bin will be recycled, not sold or thrown into a landfill.
We trust that the cashier will charge us for the right amount.
We trust that the pilot will bring us to the right destination.
In short, we trust a lot of strangers– many of whom we may never see again.
So why can’t we trust ourselves?
Why can’t we trust each other?
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March 11th, 2010 at 22:46
because strangers are less likely to leave heart scars.
you know what they say, the ones you love always hurt you the most.
we fear the unknown, but i think we fear the known even more.
happy weekend darling. go and visit your s/o already so we can get some shaved ice in rowland heights
March 11th, 2010 at 23:29
@Christine: Good point, but if we don’t open our hearts to our loved ones, how can we truly open our heart to love at all? ♥ We can’t always live in fear of getting hurt, because no matter what we do to prevent it, we’ll end up getting hurt anyway. So might as well put ourselves out there and trust in ourselves! :]
March 12th, 2010 at 13:59
i love this photograph! this one has a biblical feel to it.
March 12th, 2010 at 21:46
Time and proximity…I think most people inherently trust other people. Unfortunately, nearness can breed a lot of mistrust, especially when someone has enough time to ruin any of that initial trust you possessed.
Alicia’s last blog: …chopped…
March 12th, 2010 at 23:25
We trust strangers, particularly in the aforementioned situations because there are laws that protect us from any possible fraudulent scenarios that a disgruntled postal worker, cashier or sanitation engineer could conceive of. But to really trust someone I think that they have to have some sort of connection to something that bears a lot of personal importance to us. I would trust a garbage man with my recyclables but I wouldn’t trust him with my most intimate secrets. When we choose to trust strangers with little things it helps us reinforce our faith in our own society. Trusting certain strangers allows a person to feel that their community is a safe place. If one were to feel totally unsafe in the place that they lived in addition to having nobody to trust with the more personal facets of their lives than that person would be terribly lonely. We can’t trust everyone because not everyone has earned that honor. Some people are reckless or insensitive and some people simply aren’t a good match for certain others and when we feel like we can’t find even one person to trust we may begin to doubt ourselves as well. Trust is very fragile.
March 14th, 2010 at 23:59
because we hope someone else would
March 15th, 2010 at 00:26
@Mr. Brite Lite: someone else would.. trust each other?