Trust Issues

Trust as defined as in the dictionary is- a person on whom or thing on which one relies. For me today, I learned that trust can be listed into 2 separate categories. Category A- Longtime trust and Category B- Instant Trust. Today I used Category B and instantly trusted a total stranger that I have never met in my life to be in charge of something that I pretty much could not live without, my laptop. I was at the coffee shop sitting outside just checking email and I had the urge to go inside and grab a coffee. But thinking of the hassle of packing everything up just to go inside for 2 minutes just seemed unreasonable, so I asked the guy sitting a few chairs down to keep an eye on my things for a minute. He said "sure no problem" and I was ok with that. But while I was inside I had second thoughts because how was I to trust this complete stranger to guard my posessions when at any second he could just grap my laptop and disappear, never to be seen again. I'm happy to say that he didn't take anything but he joked about it when I came back.

I totally trusted this stranger with my things but there are some people in life where trust is an issue, even if I have known them forever. If someone takes advantage of you in life it seems so hard to forgive and its scary to trust them with a second chance. I have learned that everyone needs a second chance to redeem themselves and forgiveness is the key to doing that