To Trust or Not To Trust...That Is the Question

Trust is very hard to build and accomplish but so easy to tear apart.

Especially when you have been hurt and deceived before.

If you go through life never trusting anyone or at least giving that person a chance, you end up lonely, always keeping people at arms length.

If you go to the opposite extreme and you are overly trusting you could be hurt, used, made of fool of.

So, what do you do?

Take me for instance. I like to think I give people a fair chance. I will give you the benefit of the doubt. You are honest (to an extent), truthful, you are not playing me for a fool. But that doesn't mean I'm trusting 100%.

I'm giving you that chance .... I'm sitting back and watching, hoping you don't prove me wrong.

But when thing don't add up or I catch you in a lie, when you tell me one thing and keep changing your story you loose that trust and it is almost impossible to get back.

How do you know when someone is telling you the truth? When they are being honest?
How do you know if the person is flat out lying to you? Trying to play you for a fool?

All I know is that it isn't easy and it gets harder and harder every day. Especially with those you care a lot