I just read this entry, and it express what I came to understand.
Trust, it is all about it.
The thing I had not, and I now understand, is that you have to be able to accept the effects of your trust. I think you are right; being able to trust in others is a wonderful thing. But it can be armful if one cannot react or protect himself from those who would abuse from this trust.
And this is where my new understanding takes place:
Trust in others, yes, but more than this, trust in you. If you’re able to trust in yourself, to know you well enough to to it entirely, than you become truly strong. Not strong because you can build a carapace to protect you, but strong because things that would otherwise be attacks are either passing right through you, or are becoming improvement tools. In this way of thinking, you become true.
And even more than personal trust, there is trust in life itself. No matter how you call it: God, Great spirit, Cosmic forces, Fate…or nothing at all! But trust in what’s before you, trust in tomorrow, trust in what is to come. Then, the road will be bright. Always. 18 months ago
Sometimes, its not only strangers who you must be a little wary of as you get to know someone new, but also be a little wary of people who are supposed to be your friends. Sometimes you need to consider what would be the worst thing that a friend could do to hurt you. Then you can think of how you can protect yourself if they turn on you. I used to be wary only of strangers, but trusting of friends. Now, I aim to be a little more savvy with friends too. Teach your children the same trait so that they can avoid being hurt and used by so-called friends who take advantage of kind souls. 20 months ago
I still don’t know if the reason I give myself for this goal are in effect due to my naiveness or to something else, but I know that I am, and it’s all but a quality. To be detached, to take things lightly, to trust, ok, but not to be naive. But the margin is so thin!
I think I live too much in m own world, where I can trust most of the people, and where people say what they really think. Too often, in the past two years, have I been fooled and hurt for putting too much faith in peoples around me.
I really have to change. 2 years ago
Sometimes I wonder, am I naive or just stupid? 4 years ago
