Trust

“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” -Frank Crane

Having been brought up in South Africa as a Black second class citizen I have always been distrustful. South Africa was generally a corrupt society. You could get almost anything by greasing the right palms. Doing the right thing didn’t always get you places.

So I guess I have been guilty of instinctively mistrusting people and their motivation, and projecting past experiences onto them before they have even had a chance to show their good intentions.

This meant that I regarded people as being guilty until proven innocent. 

It just plain hurts to suspect everyone. It hurts to hold onto past disappointments, as if it’s only a matter of time until other people let you down. That’s not to say we shouldn’t trust our instincts when we suspect we’re in harm’s way. But the world is a far more peaceful place when you believe in people.

Today if you mistrust someone, remember: You tend to find what you’re looking for. Are you more invested in finding reasons to doubt or reasons to believe?  Some extracts taken from Lori Deschene.

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