05-06-2012, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Prudence
Wonder if I'm trusting to much. Am I leaving myself open. Am I taking everything as truth. If I am, it will be to late when I find out.
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Trust is always a risk, IMO. You don't trust too much or too little, you either trust or don't trust—it's like being a little pregnant, as they say.
If you think you're trusting too much, that's distrust (again, IMO).
I think it's almost always worth it, though. Each time I trust unwisely, I realize I wasn't listening to my own inner warning system. I wasn't trusting myself.
Of course I'm not talking about the kind of encounter one might have with a skillful sociopath, who is able to disarm a person's inner warning system without that person knowing it.
I'm just talking about, regular people engaged in the usual struggle to be close.
I'm not trying to advise you, Prudence. Your post just got me thinking.
Wishing you happiness.
IslandScout
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