Trust

I was thinking about what you said about trusting people...You know...that its always good to nurse a healthy amount of suspicion on all those who aren't directly related to you.

 

I disagree with that. I think we just need to keep our instincts sharp. When you talk with someone, at the first go, if you feel uncomfortable, let them go. Don't talk. If you feel an inkling of genuineness, I think it will be happier and a better relation, if you trust them. I think trust is the key in any relation.

 

The other side of it is, when you go with your instincts and suppose you made a mistake and the other person cheated you, don't give them a second chance. Give chance to break your trust just once. They aren't worthy people after that, neither of you, nor your trust.

 

Probably a journalist cannot afford to do that, yet, I think for an ordinary person like me, that is the only way. Extremism :)

 

And what is the fun in living if you always have to be careful? Whatever happened to that aspect of life, where spontaneity was the mother of all unbounded joys.

 

I think in the larger scheme of things, basic nature is what builds up attitude, in all aspects of thought and in general life. What do you think?

 

Probably it boils down to the attitude of Do or die!