Tiny Wisdom: On the Power of Trusting
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.” -Frank Crane
I had one of the most disheartening experiences of my life when I was 24. Some people I trusted conned me out of a huge chunk of my savings and then dropped off the face of the earth.
Later, I questioned if I was being naive whenever an incident looked slightly similar. I instinctively mistrusted a lot of people, projecting past hurts onto them before they even had a chance to show their good intentions.
It was like …