“I neither know the circumstances of your situation nor do I know what is it you wish to entrust me with, so how is it possible to judge you fairly?” replied his friend

“Why did you not look inside and break my trust to save yourself from any harm I might have wished to inflict on you, as my second friend had done?”

“You are my friend and you asked for my trust, so how can I break it and still call myself your friend, furthermore if I cannot trust you not to harm me or wish me ill will and you are unable to entrust me with confidence -then how can we both call each other friends?”

“But my friend,” returned the man, “why did you help me bury the bag?”

“Because a friend in-need is a friend indeed”.

All relationships, whether romantic, business or friendship is built on trust, for without it there exists no relationship. However for that trust to be built, then there must be honesty, whether spoken or unspoken and for honesty to be built then there must be clear communication and for clear communication to thrive, then there must be respect; whether it is of opinion, character or action.

One thing is built on the other and for a relationship to reach the highest level of being, which is trust – then that relationship has blossomed into its full potential, it can only go from strength to strength – so do not fool yourselves by believing that you have achieved trust without the other building factors – for in time you will find that your trust has been misplaced and you would have set yourself up for a fall.

So if you believe you are lucky enough to be blessed with such a relationship, the next time your friend comes to your door with a bag to entrust in your care, you would neither doubt them, judge them or question them… you would simply be a true friend.

One further point to consider on this topic; If one is a liar, then one would think that everyone else is, if one is a thief, then one would think that everyone else is and if one is loving and open, then one would think that everyone else is -we all project and see in others our own downfalls, faults, mistakes, virtues and characteristic, whether they exist in the person standing before us or not – so when someone shouts at you that you are a liar -what they are actually saying is, “I am a liar”, if they say that you are unfaithful, then they are the one who had been unfaithful, if they say you are a cheat, then they are the cheat. So be careful of what you accuse in others, for inevitably you are pointing the finger back at yourself; now what does that say about you?