Trust

Recently I have had trust on my mind. Because of my current...obsessions? need to know? draw?...to it, I decided to do some research.

The first think I did was type "what is trust" into google. I was amazed that they had definitions for something like trust (I know, it's stupid that I didn't know).
The results that stuck out were, to have confidence or faith in, reliance - certainty based on past experience, believe - be confident about something, and confidence - a trustful relationship.
I went on to look for other definitions and found another that was more help.

Trust is both and emotional and logical act. Emotionally, it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing they will not take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where you have assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating expected utility based on hard performance data, and concluded that the person in question will behave in a predictable manner. In practice, trust is a bit of both. I trust you because I have experienced your trustworthiness and because I have faith in human nature. (changingminds.org)

Together, these two cites helped me understand that trust is being willing and open to believe the other person is telling the truth and won't take advantage of you.

I had never thought it could be so simple. Now, when I say "I trust you", I can be honest because I KNOW what I'm saying.

Nicole