Trust the God(s)/Universe, but lock your car, tie up your camel, whichever apply.

If I become ill and that illness is not understood due to ignorance, complexity, and/or lack of proper diagnosis, and I consequently can no longer do everything I used to, am I no longer dependable…and therefore no longer considered trustworthy?  Lupus victims, for example, are often considered lazy and untrustworthy before diagnosis or if people don’t understand the condition.  If trust is automatically given to those in positions of power and authority, how soon and how often is trust then broken?  If I think differently and act differently, because I’m autistic and violate more than one stereotype at a time, am I considered trustworthy?  If I question the frailty of human reality, am I trustworthy?  If I define “worship” and “deity” differently, am I perceived as trustworthy, no matter how honest and focused on ethics/virtues I am?

Trust is perceptual and consequently we need to communicate and meet on common ground regarding what it is we’re supposed to have high fidelity to, articulating and examining underlying assumptions or factors along the way, else interference/noise increases, and we know what that does to high fidelity.

The default of trusting what we understand or identify with doesn’t always work too well because not everything is understood and “goes without saying.”