Trust- My father left when I was 15, my ex of three years cheated on me with a “dancer” ,someone I suppose would do the things I personally found morally questionable. I have never been one to let my guard down easily or to trust people and men in general at all. Which I am still to this day working on because I believe without it, we have nothing. Trust. Such a tiny word that holds an enormous amount of impact. In an instant whether we trust or not has the capability to define us as human beings. While searching around the internet, the topics regarding “trust” and relationships are endless and everyone’s thoughts are pretty much one in the same. Its simple with the issue of trust: If you don’t have it, it’s not going to work .
For some, like myself, this feat is a lot easier said than done. To let go of hardships that once crippled the trusting part of your human instincts, can take time, and an extreme amount of patience from the person you are involved with. For me, a year into a relationship, I am just now letting go of a lot of issues that for years I let hold me back from getting close to anyone.
According to Celeste Stewart a woman who writes on relationship issues and freelances occasionally to many internet magazines believes that “Essentially, trust is an expectancy that people can rely on others. Will he do what he says he will do? It takes time to build trust. As time goes by, a person’s integrity and consistency shows his trustworthiness”
However, as much as you and I might have struggled with issues of trust, I believe that it is in a way a two way street. If you want to be able to trust the one you love, you yourself have to embody a trustworthy person. In other words, you get what you give. In the end though.. Its better to trust and be let down, then to never have trusted at all.
