As social beings, the socialization nature in us is inevitable. Nevertheless, for effective socialization and the exercise of our beingness, there must be TRUST. This attribute is also a basic component of all relations. This trust can be in three ways: trust to Deity, trust to oneself and the trust to others.
Trust
to Deity, faith, is the force which is keeping many religions going (the name
of this Supreme Being varies with religions). Writing about the Transcendent
and Immanent God, from the Christianity point of view of God, we see His
consequences in each one’s life. Taking the immanence view of God, whereby, He
is down to earth, involved and concerned with our daily activities, He gives us
life every day. I do not know if one has ever reflected on such great miracle
that happens to some of the people. To be sincere, many do not. I can also
certify that sometimes I also do not recognise that. However, it is a pity that
people’s faith is based on miracles mainly in our current generation. People
migrate from one church to the other, from one religion to another in the name
of search of miracles but we fail to recognize and take time to appreciate
God’s providence; first, being able to wake up each day. Having faith in Him,
however much can be included in free will, I suppose it is very necessary, both
directly and indirectly.
Confidence,
trust to oneself, is among the basic aspects of human existence. Many people in
the universe lack confidence and it is a big blow to the rest humanity. We can
all agree that someone who does not believe in himself first will always have
difficulties in trusting others. We can predicate this person’s relations to be
lacking something very vital. Self-awareness and self-worthiness plays a vital
role in building one’s confidence. To know oneself helps one to be a liberal
and responsible person. Confidence can be credited as concrete and reasonable
grounds for one’s ability to LIVE.
Once
one has succeeded to trust in him/herself, one can have respect, trust to the
other. Just to contextualize each and everyone’s life, he/she is in a
community. As social beings, we cannot be alone. There is always the other, as
we did not even come into the world on ourselves. In this setup, it is
essential for the relations between people to be true and good. In the union
between different people bounded by respect, there are responsibilities of
striving to build the community of respectful people.
With
this basic feature of human life, the universe can be a better place. These
attributes can fit well in the society to fulfil the eternal dream, the idea of
having heaven on this earth. As trust thrives in different people’s lives, I
believe it is contagious; but it all starts with me before it proceeds to other
beings. Trust is the foundation of love.
