Trust

Who do you trust and why do you trust them?

Is it that they can keep a secret? Do they not try to fuck you over given plenty of opportunities? Or do they have some quality about them that makes them trustworthy?

I find it interesting that we trust other people. Perhaps it is some inherent need to be able to confide in someone else about what you are thinking or feeling or doing. In all honesty, the only person you can truly trust is yourself but there are definitely grades and levels of trust that you have for people.

What all "good" relationships involve is a certain level of trust (that you determine on your own) and are comfortable talking about very personal things with. There are other levels that you would never trust to anyone else, secret desires and thoughts that would make them cringe.

Then there is the superficial trust you give to many more people, as in, you can give them money to go to the store and buy beer for you and actually return the change. But you wouldn't trust them with your bank account numbers or PIN number necessarily. I definitely have more of those types of "friends" than I have trusted friends.

Then there are the ones you wouldn't entrust with anything that you are not willing to lose. But those usually don't last long as "friends" and usually fall into acquaintances or the generic "other people".

So why do we put our trust in the "other people" when we know for sure that they are not worthy of our trust? A trust that the police will protect you when assaulted, or a judge to be impartial under the "law", or a politician will do what they say once they are in office?

If I might direct you, the differences between your trusted friends and these "others" is clearly a matter of power and position. Trusted friends are on equal grounds with you, as in, you see each other as more or less equals, while the "others" enforce their "trust" by "laws" and "rules" and "mandates" and all that crap.

And most of all, trust is earned and not forced. So until any of the "others" in power earn my trust, they most certainly will have my distrust.

Make sure to ask yourself who you trust and why, otherwise you are just following orders.