how do we trust?
will a pinky promise, deep look into the eyes, utterance of 'trust me’ do?
how about a firm shake of the limbs and a meal together in each other’s physical spaces?
to make it real serious, a verbal vow, a ceremony, and a passing of a fancy piece of metal with a shiny rock to wear on the fourth phalange?
but even then it’s still arbitrary.
trust is messy. maybe it is meant to be.
but what if i could trust without knowing someone? would it be as meaningful?
what if i could trust a stranger to drive me at a click of a button, know the directions to anywhere without asking anyone?
what if i could entrust in star ratings, swipe left and right to find love, have food appear at my front door?
what if i could learn anything in the world without interacting with another soul, watch an infinite stream of videos recommended to me, listen to an endless loop of songs made just for me?
is that what i want, to quietly trust ‘it’ instead of someone? trust in ‘it’ instead of a human in the off-chance that they’ll cancel on me, don’t do a promised favor, recommend me a video or a song i won’t like.
i want to keep trusting. i want to trust that the moments together will be worthwhile, even when they aren't calendar-invited, perfectly curated, or on time. i want the inefficiencies, the disagreements, the spontaneity, and the amiss plans because only with them play out the improvisations of life.
Why I believe trusting in a higher power is a huge advantage and optimization even if it seems dumb, naive, even counter-intuitive in today's culture, because instead of having to chase and pin down the concept of trust with people who are faulted by their own problems and desires and having to 'feel good' about a thing before you can do it (but how would you know if you haven't!), you accept everything as it is and trust that this perfect omnipresent force has put you right where you need to be (or not) to help you reflect on your current thoughts and emotions and shape your instinct, intuition, drive. From this, nothing is an accident, everything is a lesson, your heart is open and listening, and its easy to feel when you're aligned and not aligned with your true purpose but given grace to figure it out. It's an important question today with AI and algorithms because we'll eventually give these machines the powers of gods but with the training data of every human fault, likely eliminating our ability to trust others, machines, even reality itself! More important than ever to go inner and reach higher because it's going to get really confusing!