Three little words

Just three little words. And what changes it makes! What bonds it forges! Just three little words. "I trust you." It spans a bridge between I and you. Between two friends; between man and woman; between two different races; between child and parent; between two countries, two nations. Trust is the gossamer fine thread of the spider's web, invisible to the naked eye, as fragile, as difficult to give as to take. Love is easy. Love is not hard. We say "I love you" a zillion times and retract it a zillion times. We fall in love a zillion times(?) and fall out of love as easily. It is the most commonly used phrase and the most overrated in my opinion. Now trust. Trust is a different ball game altogether. I trust you means you are handing the other person a piece of yourself. You are giving the other access to you. You may love again but trust oh no!  Trust a second time round is difficult to come by. Once trust is destroyed it can never be regained. It is like glass that once shattered can never be repaired. Even if you seal in the pieces the cracks will be there; visible. No matter how try you cannot regain that belief in another again. When you accept the trust of another in you, you accept his or her belief in you, you have a responsibility to ensure that belief is not nullified, that trust is not violated. Be very careful with it. You've been handed the most precious thing in the world. The bond that binds man to man, man to woman, parent to child, employer to employee. In fact it forms the very fulcrum the very basis of our daily human interactions. If you violate it you're not likely to get it back. Once you do, it is the end. It is trust that makes us what we are. Human beings. It shows us the best we are capable of. It can move mountains, bring nations closer or farther as the case might be, re-write history. So the next time you use those three little words "I trust you" don't use them lightly. Don't offer them lightly. Your trust is precious. Your belief in another in invaluable. Use it with care. Above all never betray another's trust in you. Because in this case there are no second chances, no going back, no repair, no re-takes. It's just this one time. Remember.
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Published on August 31, 2014 21:01
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