6 in the morning
trust.
its the one thing that you want from friends.
sure, there’s other elements to a strong friendship; incomparable companionship, mutual interests, genuine camaraderie, undeniable compatability…the list goes on. it doesnt take much to describe a good friend, right? or at least it shouldnt.
but trust is often the hardest aspect of friendship to withstand the tests and trials that life throws at us. You can’t buy it. You can’t create it. You can’t make it. You can only earn and break it. Two extremes.
But what is trust exactly? It’s something powerful yet delicate; something to always be mindful of. because once its gone…its very hard to get back.
and its funny too. how that happens. how you lose trust. it usually happens quickly. and is usually not intentional. and yet, it happens all the time. thankfully the circle of trust can be mended but can it ever truly be made whole again? can you ever truly trust someone once they’ve given you a reason to doubt them?
i guess this is more prevalent in relationships and whatnot, but its truly an escalating epidemic occurring more and more often in common friendships. I guess I’ve been pretty lucky thus far…none of my friends have out rightly wronged me in such a way to leave me jaded and scared forever… but i still feel…gripped at the possibility of it.
its a shame when there’s a snag in a friendship. because snags can lead to rips if proper care is not given.
bp
Go With The Flow replied:
mm, trust is a difficult concept to comprehend indeed…
I, too, haven’t been wronged by any of my friends thus far, but yea, like you, I think about it all the time, and I also think about if I did anything wrong to someone else in the past too.
It’s hard, but it’s something one must gradually learn as time passes by…
I totally feel ya on this one.
TY
December 28, 2008 at 9:06 am. Permalink.
handsomehwang replied:
broken trust is terrible but good things can come out if it like understanding forgiveness. Happy new year blue
January 1, 2009 at 8:55 pm. Permalink.