cynosure

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?

You tell me.

—

If you like this post, please link, bookmark, tweet, and share it! Thank you ♥

For more goodness, get updates through RSS and follow me on Twitter.

I find the whole notion of not trusting people in general because your trust has been hurt so much in the past to be so sad. It assumes that just because some people are a certain way, all people might be. It’s prejudice on a species scale– some humans may betray your trust, but that doesn’t mean all humans will.

If you stop trusting others because you were hurt once, you lose. You’re the one who misses out on the full spectrum of interesting people out there.

If you refuse to forgive someone, you’re the one left bitter and hurting.

Complete vulnerability is a great strength. Putting yourself out there, opening up, forgiving others, revealing yourself to the world, letting everyone know the real you instead of an artificially constructed image, seeing the goodness in people after being hurt so many times takes courage, but inevitably transforms you into a stronger person.

You can do it, though. You can defy all those people who take the easy way out and simply stop living, because living means experiencing with feelings and feelings means the possibility of pain. But that pain is so beautiful because it’s a part of you too, and every time you survive that pain your heart grows even mightier.

You can do what some people now find impossible– trust other human beings.

I trust you. I believe in you.

And even if you might hurt me, I’ll forgive you, I’ll learn to love you even more, and I’ll trust in your inherent goodness anyway.

—

If you like this post, please link, bookmark, tweet, and share it! Thank you ♥

For more goodness, get updates through RSS and follow me on Twitter.