It is an ongoing demonstration, therefore, there is no way one can ever truly trust another, given the gazillions of situations that might show up to test the integrity of another.
The only person you can truly trust is yourself, and your own intuition.
This is why knowing yourself is tantamount.
When it comes to trust, it really is, one day at a time.
Well, I try not to have people in my life that I don’t completely trust. And, yes, I know complete trust is rare.. but I think I get pretty close. I like to think I have good taste in people and I collect the best ones. :)
I completely trust my best friend and one of my exes; they have hearts of gold, are concerned about my interests, and would not intentionally do anything to hurt me. Everyone else, it’s a gradient.. there are some I mostly trust and then so on. Most likely, though, if I don’t trust someone enough, they get voted off the island. So, as I said, I try to keep only the trustworthy people around me.
My pets and my daughter, true.
But, I guess the real test with my daughter will come if she ever gets power of attorney. lol
I’m hoping she won’t stash me in a substandard old folks home and buy her dream house.
Or, poison my polygrip. haha
My husband and his mother are about the only two for now, besides me. My sister-in-law can be trusted with in certain bounds, mostly because she has too many other concerns at this time, and has to be very flexible.
I don’t think there is anyone I completely trust, including myself. Everyone falls short.
But I don’t think there is anyone I don’t cut slack because of that.