Since we must trust things constantly, we must never declare anything as 100% certain unless we’d unflinchingly give our lives for that premise.
Even when we act with certainty, we’re always taking a type of risk.
Whether you choose to change your mind about something or not, intimately understand what you are trusting and why.
Be careful when dealing with people in occupations that require trust issues (e.g., cybersecurity, quality control, law enforcement), as well as people with pastimes revolving around survival. They’re all finding useful purposes for past trauma, so they may misuse it.
Some of the most brilliant minds on the planet are miserable because they can’t trust basic realities, but over-trusting the wrong things can also lead to utter destruction.
Often, people with trust issues will try to overcompensate with action. Passionate zealots are often less trusting of their beliefs than the declared “moderates” of an ideal, though the storytellers will obscure this fact.
To attain “the good life“, we must balance our trust through decisions and actions toward the correct people and things.
In fact, be careful who you share this essay with. Most people won’t accept this reality. Start with another one instead.