In God we trust -- the rest pay cash !

In our world, being trusting has become synonymous with being foolish and weak. Being mistrustful and cynical is being smart. 

There is great power and freedom in being trusting. A trusting person never loses peace of mind. For him, the ball is always in the other court! He does not have to worry about judging, decision-making, accepting, rejecting, ensuring, insuring. 

Of course, a trusting person has to start by accepting the position that he has nothing much to lose. The person at the receiving end of the trust is left holding the baby. He has to move carefully lest he drops it! By and large people are honest and sincere and do not misuse another person's trust. What does your experience say? In fact, having a bad experience with one person is far less troubling than having to be mistrustful of every person, isn't it? It's like removing guards from banks -- their salaries was found to cost more than loss from robberies! 

Let's not be afraid to trust. Misusing the trust is the other person's problem. Let's not be averse to ascribing a good motive to someone's action. Being wrong is the other person's loss. Let's not be uneasy about keeping silent. A good point not uttered is little loss compared to a possibly hurtful thing said.