My husband and I are on Season 4 of "Vikings" on NetFlix. Nobody can trust anyone!! In real life, my trust has been betrayed countless times, and every day is a struggle to combat cynicism and a sense of futility and loneliness. My husband is the one person who stands by me in all things no matter what. He has God on his side (he's a cradle Catholic) while I have skepticism and a willingness to believe but no sense that a loving God exists AND is watching over us AND cares about every single one of us. Lonely place to be. Yet I continue to trust people and give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and make excuses for them if they do screw up and throw me under the bus ("They were having a bad day; they have medical issues; they misunderstood and thought the worst of me; etc").
I continue to trust, no matter how many times my trust is broken, and I remain vulnerable, but feel I'm strong and resilient and a little wiser. Thank you for the motivational and uplifting message, @llfarms!
And, yes, appearances can be soooo deceiving: ...the most likely “trustworthy” candidates are those you have to watch your back around. They seem to be the ones with their knife ready, just waiting for the moment that most benefits them to shove it in your back. I've been thrown under the bus, scapegoated, used, exploited... yes, here at Steemit, the place that was supposed to be nicer and safer than Facebook! ... but also EVERYWHERE I go, even volunteering, where CEO wannabes take charge and boss around the volunteers. Ego. Power. Control. Most people want that stuff so badly they do what it takes to get it and they stab whoever threatens it when they have it. And yet here I am, still at Steemit, still trusting people. Still hoping. Still working, putting in the time and effort, imagining that I might be doing good things. Maybe we are not just vulnerable but delusional as well. I should be less forgiving and more politically savvy, but I was indoctrinated with being "nice." Sometimes being nice is just plain being stupid.