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Originally Posted by Bliss Sage  I have to be mistrustful of people because they are taking advantage of me. |
I strongly disagree with that. Being mistrustful is believing in a self-fulfilling prophecy, as you'll be constantly sending out signals to everyone that say: "I expect you to betray me". Sooner or later, someone will come by and say: "consider it done!". In a very real sense, you'll get exactly what you ask for.
So I'd rather be sending out a firm "I expect that I can trust you." And I don't consider that to be naive.