Just Like Glass

Trust too much and you're considered naive. Trust too little and you're heartless. Unfortunately I tend to fall in that naive category, or so I'm told. I must say that I've been fairly lucky in that I've only been truly burned by this trustworthiness once I'm warned that it could happen more if I don't keep my guard up.

Like everything else being told I trust "wrong" sends me into a panic. A panic because everyone whom I've trusted could turn out to be the last person I should've confided in. 

I like that I trust people and I don't think I'm stupid about it. Isn't it worse to trust no one? I don't go around sharing my struggles or telling my deepest secrets but if somebody asks me a question I answer it honestly hoping they'll understand why just this once I need them to keep it to themselves. 

However, once that trust is broken it will not come back. The person who burned me I still see and talk too but when I'm with her things are uncomfortable and feel broken. Our conversations are superficial and of little importance but because I love her and her family I'm trying to forgive her since I know she felt she was doing what was right.

As for everybody else, I will be more careful in who I trust but I won't stop giving people a chance to prove they can be loyal and I in turn will be the same. 

Trust is a lot like glass, fragile but sturdy, but if broken nearly impossible to fix.