Dear Humans,

Our whole world is built on trust. When I stop at a red light, I have to trust that the person behind me driving that two ton hunk of metal at 45 miles per hour will also stop. When I get my Junior Bacon Cheeseburger, I have to trust that Wendy’s followed the safety procedures and washed their hands. When I hire a babysitter for my children, I have to trust that they won’t teach them too many bad words.

And it’s kind of a scary thing. Because we’re at the mercy of other people. And we can’t always be in control. 

Skepticism is good. We always want to hold people and systems accountable and try to make things better. But when it turns into cynicism, when we withhold our trust just so other people can’t ever hurt us, then we’ll find that all of our wounds are self-inflicted. And those ones hurt way, way more.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt