Who can you trust?

“All the world is made of faith, trust and pixie dust” 
– Peter Pan


We grow up putting our trust in people. As a child you trust your parents to look after you. You trust your friends to support you. As an adult you trust society to treat you well if you do the right thing. In today’s world though, is it naïve to be trusting? Who can we really rely on?

Can we trust the police to be impartial enforcers of the law? The awful truth is probably not if you’re black especially if you live in America.

We live in a democracy so we trust our government to maintain a society where we can all thrive. I don’t want to get too political but the UK government’s handling of the corona virus pandemic has made it extremely difficult to trust them with anything. Even before that, years of austerity with families in poverty and scores of homeless people makes it almost impossible to trust that the government are doing the best for all.

The world is changing around us and we may never return to what most of us viewed as normal. Institutions that we previously trusted and people/politicians that we trusted may no longer be able to fulfil that role in our lives.

So who can we trust? The answer is simple. Trust yourself. Learn to rely on your own instincts and thoughts. Build resilience against issues that you can’t control by looking after your finances, trying to be self sufficient as much as possible and look after your own family. If you can do this then you may be able to put yourself in a position to help others who are less fortunate and who suffer hardship.

One final point about trusting yourself is to have faith in your own thoughts and beliefs, even if they are different to others that you know. Don’t let others try and put you down and change your mind. They simply feel uncomfortable that you are not content to sit in the same little comfort zone as them. Sometimes it’s hard to be different but trust yourself and stand tall.

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