Trust.

When we talked about trust, it means believing someone.

We may not know the truth, but we still believe in the person -- trust.
We may have known the truth, yet we still chose to believe in the person -- trust.

Since believing someone is not easy, to put your trust on someone would mean he/she had something which is worth to believe in.
Trust had come mainly in the verbal form, and action is what we wanted to see or get in return.

What do we judge to trust? His/Her abilities, capabilities, reliability and perhaps love.

From the 4 general attributes listed, among them, love seems to be out of place.
It is something invisible, with no past records, yet its presence is commanding and could instill courage to fulfill something--- to trust.

Trust is almost as transparent as love, therefore, most people believe that love builds from trust. I think what we failed to understand is that trust is also built from love. It is supposed to be a virtue spiral that goes on and forge stronger bonds.

And maybe this is a reason why our previous generation can have love sustained over a lifetime, even though their marriage was pre-arranged by their parent.
Maybe that's why our future generations seems more and more ignorant of love.

Love of theirs had become more of selfishness than mutual compromisation.

Trust had to come first, yet till today, it is still hard to trust anyone.
And it's fortunate to see friends around us, that is trust-worthy.
Hopefully the trust we bear comes from both sides, that is, we trust each other.

Trustingly yours,
zhaoru.