It is a giant risk to trust someone. You lay your heart on the line. You can and more than likely will get hurt, or at the very least be sorely disappointed. Trusting someone can evolve into a whirlwind of emotions and pain. Ultimately, trusting someone can be the most terrifying and excruciatingly painful anyone chooses to do.
With that in mind, what to do when someone repeatedly tells you to not trust him or her? On the one hand, that sounds like a terribly honest admission, which leads one to believe the person who said it in the first place. Then, on the other hand, perhaps it is fair warning. I wonder though, if the person who might say that in all actuality simply doesn't trust him or herself. How would that person be different if someone did trust him or her, or believed in that person? It seems that person is simply afraid of him or herself. If the person is aware of his or her weaknesses though, saying "don't trust me" just seems like the easy way out. Then he or she doesn't have to face his or her own demons. If one cannot be trusted, that is a problem he or she must address. It should be of no concern to anyone else. So what are those demons dancing inside the head of someone who may say such a thing? What is the underlying issue there? It seems that if you know you are not to be trusted, you simply allow yourself to succumb to your weaknesses instead of conquering them.
Despite all the heartache trust may well bring with it, on the flip side is a world full of great joy, love, friendship, compassion, caring, and understanding. In my mind these things far outweigh any of the negative aspects. I would prefer to take the risk and lay my heart on the line. I may get hurt, but it won't kill me. It will only make me stronger.
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Just wait until you come across someone who can be trusted. They are out there, and they are mature enough to know that they can and should be trusted and that they will never hurt you.
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