Trust

One of the greatest things you can learn, I think, is to trust people. It's funny because most of us are taught not to trust anyone. I mean, seriously, there are people out there who teach their children to trust only themselves. What a sad deal - it's hard to have a real relationship in your life if you don't trust anyone. Nevertheless, we're taught that as we grow and learn, we'll become more and more self-reliant and soon we'll be able to control ourselves, do what's right, and make good decisions alone. Then people will trust us and we won't really need to trust anyone.

I don't know if you've noticed this, but I don't know everything. And I don't think I ever will. There are some people who think they do, and they're the people we call lonely. The nice thing about being in a family is that when I don't know something, then it's not the end of the world. I can just ask someone who does. It takes a lot of pressure off, not having to know everything. It's relaxing...and there's a lot of freedom in trust.