Trust [truhst]- Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety of a person or thing.

 I think we're all capable of looking up and understand the literal meaning of words. But what do they really mean to people and to friends? Saying "I trust you" doesn't take much. Three words, three syllables, that's all. I'm not sure what people think of trust and why it's so underrated. You say you trust someone yet you're not willing to believe them. You say you have faith in someone but you still need proof of what they're saying. Is it our own giulty minds that stop us from purely trusting something? Is it because we can't be trusted that it makes us wary of others? I don't know anymore. I trust a lot of people and I hope they feel the same about me but lately it seems like trust is just another word that's thrown around like love that no one actually takes seriously. They say that being trusted is a greater compliment that being loved, but why does it take one small, insignificant lie or wrong word to break it? Surely if you trust someone, a small casual misstatement shouldn't be the thing to stop from believing in them. I understand when it's serious dishonesty, but at times people are so scared of getting hurt that they give up on trust as soon as they see a difficult situation. Without trust, there is nothing. No love, no friendship and no happiness. I think the problem is that we trust people to be who we want them to be instead of who they are and when they're not who we want, we are upset.

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough."