A New Definition of Trust

Arlington, VA, USA

Where do our ideas go when we cast them into the world? You can share your idea with someone, as if you were tossing a stone into the pond and hoping for a splash, but you might be disappointed that you threw your stone too far, and it landed only on the other side of the pond's marshy soil. Just like sharing an idea with someone else, where does it all end?

Trust has become a pillar and a cornerstone for so many in their building of life. People live in a world where trust is treated like a spectrum. Some trust too easily, and others like Dave Navarro tell us to Trust No One. Where do you find your place in all of this? Can you trust a stranger? Can you trust someone you've known for one year or ten years?

To begin, why don't we look at the way trust is presented in the world. Some view trust as feeling comfortable around someone. Others view trust as someone upholding their agreements and always being able to protect someone. Perhaps there are those who view trust as someone whom they can confide in and their secrets will be protected, the essence of feeling safe.

The words, "I trust you," can be viewed as someone telling another person, "I believe you will make choices in the name of peace," and with this mindset, we can learn when we can share our ideas and whom can become a cornerstone in our lives.

We all must face the truth that not every person is trustworthy in their present form. Perhaps at the moment of birth everyone is born with a sense of innocence, and there is the possibility of being able to help someone find a pathway toward trustworthiness...however, many humans will fall of this path, and many more will waver to and fro from the pathway and into the untamed chaos for a short time here and there.

When you want to share your secrets with someone, do they have a message of peace in their mind? Do they have a message of love in their hearts? Or are they only concerned with their own material selfishness and the dopamine surges that come from chemicals in their daily neurological activities?
To survive in life, especially in the early phases of adulthood, one must surround oneself with those who want to bring peace.

Those who laugh at you for trying do not want this of you. Those who condemn you for your outward differences do you want this for you. Those who criticize you for having dreams do not want this for you. Let us use trust to find the hearts of those who want peace for their own friendships, relationships, and the for the entire world, and let us unite into a stronger force that can share this influence everywhere.

Remember the stone in the marshy soil near the pond. Instead of walking over, picking it up, and throwing it again into the water, let it remain where it landed. Ask another human to come and join you by the side of the pond, and gaze into the water. Share stories. Share ideas. Let the daylight change into night, and try to see the stars reflecting in the pond's water.

Someone who will listen to you without conflict. Engage with you in the sharing of thought, and watch the stars begin to the night sky together is the beginning of trust.

Earth-Loving Ramblings: Ways to Achieve Success, Plan for World Peace, and Growing the Activist in Us All

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

What time did you wake up today? What was your goal that you wanted to accomplish? Did you succeed?

The time for action is now, and the time for excuses was yesterday. Each second there is a possibility for you to form your next idea, which will lead you to greatness.

What comes to mind when you hear the word "greatness?" Money...houses....cars...power..sexual partners...maybe even food?

As our eyes open in the morning, and the sunlight is wide, let us all set a goal of trying to bring peace to the world, in whatever small way we can contribute. The beginning of such a plan is how one formulates the goals they wish to achieve.

One can think of all the wonderful things that they would like to have, wonderful material things. They can dream of having more so that life will be easier, even excessive, yet the true achievements of humanity will come when a person such as yourself forms a goal that will benefit the entirety of the human race. That person, just like you, must then work toward this goal for the rest of their life.

The days can begin, and the night can fall, and you can spend every moment of every day finding new ways to make yourself rich or to have more possessions, but who is looking out for the starving, the sick, and the uneducated?

When we compose goals to help humanity, we must always remind ourselves that the pathway to this achievement, the start of this idea , must not come by force, must not come by government order, and must not come because of the utterance of a famous person.

It must come from the genuine human devotion to trying to help our fellow humankind, at the animalkind, and the plantkind, and the Earthkind, and the entire universe. So much love to share and give. The only thing our goals need is a way to send the love of one human, one heart and mind, to the rest of the populations and all the living.

It might seem like it will take a lifetime to achieve, and it may seem more difficult than scaling the highest mountain peak on Earth...but always remember, that if you had an idea to help the entirety of humanity, you are strong. You are bold. You are kind, and you have the ability to make your goal a reality, not just for you, but for all.

The choice is yours, and the dawn rises in the next morning, try to create a new way to help those in the smallest way possible. Then, the next day think of way to help more people and more animals. Then, on the third day, think of a way to even more people, animals, and the plant life of Earth. On the fourth day, include the natural wonders of the world, for without any of those, we wouldn't have conscious life at all.

The choice is yours. The idea to bring peace to the world is waiting inside of you to become a reality.