-Trust 4-
There are all sorts of people out there. Some will betray our trust when given the first opportunity. Some will guard our secrets as if it's their own. Somewhere along our journey, we'll encounter someone who betrayed our trust. Since that day, we can no longer trust anyone because we don't want to relive the painful experience of someone backstabbing us where it hurts the most.
As crazy as it may sound, we must learn to forgive. The forgiveness might not be directed at the person who betrayed our trust. It's largely directed at ourselves because we blame ourselves for being so blind and trusting so easily. We should forgive ourselves knowing that everyone make mistakes. We just have to learn from a mistake that likely had enormous impact on our lives.
Only through forgiveness can we move forward in life. Otherwise, we are constantly reminded of a painful past and we cannot stop looking back thinking that someone out there is ready to inflict more pain on us. In a way, we are trying hard to trust in ourselves again. We need to believe in our own judgement on how we view people. If we don't take this important step, we'll never attempt to build any relationships with strangers.
Nobody deserves to be alone but some of us, during our lowest moments, actively wall ourselves off from society. We even keep out our loved ones and friends because we don't know when they will also betray our trust. Once we create an impenetrable wall between us and others, we face a difficult uphill battle as we struggle to tear it down later when a new pain becomes far too unbearable.