Gosh it's a difficult call here. Look, this is my blog so I'm gonna write about it how I feel. My interpretation. I consider myself quite optimistic; and rather trusting of most people. However, from the looks of things.. people in general; the vast majority.. they simply cannot be trusted. I think there's even a saying that says "trust no one." If you ask me, that's a bit extreme; I wouldn't go as far as to trust no one; and to be careful who you trust just isn't careful enough. It's true that there are people out there who will willingly befriend you in order to collect your money. Perhaps there's some honesty and that last sentence sounds fine.
I made this little blog topic; I don't know that I'll be able to go as far into depth on this as I'd like. And unless you've experienced what I've been through in life thus far (which I'm sure many reading this have). I'll explain this trust topic is really broken into two inferences.
1) The personal scale. We as individuals come into contact with others on a daily basis. Be it money management, financial, bartering, whatever; we're moving through life. We really do have to screen others. I know, I know, some people can appear so innocent, and so good natured; but that instinct alone is just not enough. So how do we screen others? Well, a referral is a form of screening, or a background check or a credit check. You could question the other person to try to understand their motives. You could (risk) a little bit of funds at a time with that other individual as opposed to risking it all; in other words building confidence in the other person over time. I'm sure many of you, like me would agree that taking the time to screen the other party is tedious, time consuming, etc. etc. But I'm here to tell you, it's really not. Because the benefit of screening outweighs the risk of incurring a financial loss with that other party. Should the other party raise hesitation or concern or even begin to question why you would bother screening; just do yourself a favor and consider their hesitation a red flag. Better to assume it's a red flag now than to realize it later in hindsight.
2) Big Brother. The other trust issue. I know I'm not the only one noticing this; and it's difficult to comment on because it's so extensive. When I say Big Brother, I'm referring to our government, homeland security, NSA, etc. etc. Why do they spy on us? Is it necessary? Are all the laws that they are passing (outside of the constitution) is that necessary? I don't think so; I don't think squandering our rights gives us more liberty or safety. Either you already know what's going on (far more than I could type in a little blog), or you're just becoming aware. The information is available if you just research it and "ask questions" and start thinking for yourself. Let me summarize this down to one statement. We are to trust Big Brother and everything that is imposed; if Big Brother is looking out for us, who's looking out for Big Brother (to make sure they are doing this proper and just)?