in your grocers freezer. have you ever had your trust violated? you give your trust and faith to someone in a little bundle and then they take it, rip it apart and deposit the remains on your doorstep the next morning? i never have. i've never felt like my trust has been violated, like i was lied to and cheated. at least from friends. i've been suckered by many a tourist trapping italian. i'm gullible like that. but i'm talking about thinking that someone was who they're not. how long can someone hide from you?



in our conceit, i think we all like to say that we're good judges of character and of people. we can tell who is a "good" person and who is a "bad" person. we avoid the bad and collect the good. but what happens when one of the good people turns out to be a bad apple? is there anything to take to recover from that kind of treachery? is one stupid for falling for someone's tricks and wiles anyway and so one should be left alone to suffer the consequences?



if all the world is a stage then people are inevitably putting on a show. i feel like most of the people i know, meet, get acquainted with are good people. i'm inclined to open up to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. rarely do i get burned, or maybe i'm just not aware of when i do. anyway, what do you do when you find out your trust has been misplaced and abused? you cannot run, you cannot find fault all in the other person, after all, belief takes two people (that's the worst line i've ever tried to appropriate, i know).



pt barnum said it best, "a sucker is born every minute." then again, if you don't open yourself up, you don't get into the show either.