sanc2: Share your thoughts about TRUST

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Trust involves having confidence in our own abilities, as well as in the skills and good intentions of others. It means we are convinced that our performance—or what we expect others to do—will be carried out in the best possible way to achieve the results we hope for. Trust stands as one of the fundamental virtues in both the individual and social spheres, as it influences the development of a well-rounded personality and the stability and development of any society. An environment in which faith, certainty, or determination—concepts associated with trust—prevail will generally be characterized by a sense of calm.

Now, human beings must develop trust from childhood because we are the most helpless creatures at birth. Unlike most animals, which can fend for themselves within moments of coming into the world, we require the care of those who gave birth to us or are around us. We must, therefore, learn right away to trust other people, which happens very easily, since a child’s innocent mind is, at that stage of life, ready to absorb everything that is beneficial to their continued development.

Trust, then, manifests itself from the earliest years of life as a fundamental component of our behavior, as one of the qualities inherent to human sensitivity and intelligence. We know, however, that unfortunately this virtue can be altered—and even eradicated—when the stimuli or examples received from the environment are far removed from the qualities that help cultivate it. Parents who, for example, fail to assume the demanding responsibilities that their role entails and who, for one reason or another, create a family environment rife with anti-values such as lying and intolerance, become negative influences on the development of trust.

Similarly, when a child is faced with the dynamic and overwhelming reality beyond the family sphere, he or she will realize that it is impossible to trust others unconditionally; he or she will immediately know that there are people willing to use tricks and deceit to achieve their self-serving goals. For these and other reasons, trust should not be promoted as a panacea that will infallibly help individuals carve out a promising future, as we have seen in some self-help discourses and formulas for success. Trust, once we have moved beyond the naive stages of childhood, must be evaluated and analyzed by taking into account the behaviors of others and our own real capabilities, so that it does not become a futile gamble or an abstract possibility that merely flickers in our hopes, because true trust lies in the full certainty that we or others will fulfill what has been planned.

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