Have you ever thought about this? No one ever really knows what you are thinking except you. Unless of course you tell someone exactly what your thinking. But then only you know that they know what your thinking.
No one can read your mind. People can only listen and observe and come to conclusions based on those two things. If I tell someone that the Charlotte Hornets are my favorite NBA team of all time (they are) then how do they know that I’m actually telling the truth……. they dont! They just have to trust me. The banners, t-shirts, and other paraphernalia act to reinforce the notion that I love the Charlotte Hornets but do not make it true. I can tell as many people that I want that I think dairy is evil (it is) but do they really believe I think that?
There comes a point where you just have to choose to trust a person and risk being made a fool or choose to not trust and never really develop any depth of relationship.
To me either way is a great risk, so I chose to trust and give people the benefit of the doubt and risk being screwed. Sometimes I am and other times its very rewarding.
Which do you choose?
So, if I say I like this post do you believe me or no? Do I really mean it?
We accept people every day, all day long with some level of trust. I can’t imagine living with out that. Of course, with that said there are others that I don’t trust at all (been burned) or only trust in certain areas or topics. Overall, though, I think the vast majority of mankind operates on some basic level of trust in each other, our communications, our systems, etc.
i don’t believe that you think dairy is evil…