Trust In Hard Times

Unless you live under an incredibly sound proof rock, you know that the financial situation all around the world is terrible. What I find to be true in times like this is that people have a hard time trusting others.

I met a woman yesterday who, with her husband, had planned on leaving their boring life in Albany, NY to move into a more cosmopolitan and live city, but when the market went under they lost the majority of their money. So for now they are staying put. But staying put can often create rifts between people, because you are constantly reminded of the fact that you should be elsewhere. When you see people walking around smiling and enjoying life, you know that you could have been in their place.

On a personal level, trusting others, even loved ones, is very hard in times like this. You can never tell when someone is approaching you or calling you because they want money from you. I believe the days of simple services being rendered have passed. Now we are all in a deep pot of uncertainty.

Somehow deep inside, I still believe trust is very important. If you can't trust the ones you love to help you, you have nowhere else to go. The inability to trust can keep you caged in and when times get better, you will have a trouble realizing that the worst is over.