TRUST \ˈtrəst\ - noun: assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.

We all know more or less what the word TRUST means, but do we really dwell on the importance of it? On what it entails? I invite you to read my take on the abstract concept that is trust and to think about your own take on it.

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"Trust is given, not taken. Trust is built, it doesn't just appear. It is one of the most difficult things to find and keep and the easiest to lose, and thus we definitely shouldn't be taking the words "I trust you" for granted. I had to open up myself to someone, once and even twice before I realized that trust should be one of my most prized possessions, something that I had been given out fairly easily when I should have been watching out, spreading thin, because as a result, I ended up getting some hard hits thanks to "handing out" trust mindlessly. I could blame it on immaturity or naivety, the fact that I placed my trust on people that maybe I should have waited to know better; Or maybe It was just meant to happen, hard to foresee. But one thing is clear, once it's done, like the majority of things in life, it can't be undone, you have to own it, mistake or not.

This reflection is based off one of the worst feelings, the loss of trust on someone you truly cared about and/or loved deeply, something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

You blindly place trust, so fragile, in the hands of someone else wishing and hoping that you know them enough to be sure that it is safe with them. In the beauty of trusting someone resides the fact that even though you know you are giving them the power to hurt you (if they wanted to), you still confide a very important part of yourself to them. In my experience, the fact that I can place my trust in a person simply comes down to the feeling that I "know" that it will be far from danger. But as you will have heard multiple times, us humans are flawed and if you have been there, and unfortunately had to endure going through the loss of trust on someone, you will know how it feels like.
It feels as if those hands which you had previously rendered safe, turned to be the worst place to be at, and suffocated the precious thing you and I wholeheartedly left in their hands to take care of. You can feel it crushing, crumbling to the ground, and with it, a part of yourself comes to exist, a part that will leave you wondering if you could ever repeat that process, rebuilding trust and believing in second chances."