You know people throw around the word "trust" just as much as they throw around the word "love". I can understand that given the importance of the two. My only problem is the blanketed simplistic explanation on how these words are defined because how they are defined by any one particular person will tell you how they will be applied.
There are different levels to "love" and as such, differing applications depending on the circumstance but in your mind all you will hear from me, given the limits of the English language, is..."I love (philía) you but I love (agape) her". How you interpret that is dependant on your limited definition. In the same vein, there are also different levels of "trust" and I will tell you straight...only about 5 people get the ultimate level of trust from me because I only trust (pepoithesis) these 5 but I also trust (pisteuo) a few.
Do you know how you can tell that you are getting the ultimate level of each? Can you tell how much someone loves you by what is purchased or by how much time is being expended in thought or effort? What about trust? Can you tell by the seemingly intimate details being shared or when passwords are freely given? If you lean on these examples to reveal these levels of love and trust then you are one that can easily be fooled into believing you are trusted and loved. So what is it then? How can you really tell?
What's interesting is that the ultimate levels of each are exactly the same and are identified by the factor of something that can cripple...the factor of vulnerability. If I tell you something or give you something that has the potential to irrevocably harm me then I trust you implicitly. I surrender a great gift to you...control. If I sew my heart into yours so much so that I risk internal bleeding towards death if we somehow are ripped apart then I love you implicitly. To you I surrender one of my most precious gifts as you become something more than just a mate. You become...one of the few reasons I have left to exist. Yeah...real love will do that folks. Those that have had it can tell you it's true ;-) So folks...stay hip, live free, trust less, love more...
~Moses Apollo
There are different levels to "love" and as such, differing applications depending on the circumstance but in your mind all you will hear from me, given the limits of the English language, is..."I love (philía) you but I love (agape) her". How you interpret that is dependant on your limited definition. In the same vein, there are also different levels of "trust" and I will tell you straight...only about 5 people get the ultimate level of trust from me because I only trust (pepoithesis) these 5 but I also trust (pisteuo) a few.
Do you know how you can tell that you are getting the ultimate level of each? Can you tell how much someone loves you by what is purchased or by how much time is being expended in thought or effort? What about trust? Can you tell by the seemingly intimate details being shared or when passwords are freely given? If you lean on these examples to reveal these levels of love and trust then you are one that can easily be fooled into believing you are trusted and loved. So what is it then? How can you really tell?
What's interesting is that the ultimate levels of each are exactly the same and are identified by the factor of something that can cripple...the factor of vulnerability. If I tell you something or give you something that has the potential to irrevocably harm me then I trust you implicitly. I surrender a great gift to you...control. If I sew my heart into yours so much so that I risk internal bleeding towards death if we somehow are ripped apart then I love you implicitly. To you I surrender one of my most precious gifts as you become something more than just a mate. You become...one of the few reasons I have left to exist. Yeah...real love will do that folks. Those that have had it can tell you it's true ;-) So folks...stay hip, live free, trust less, love more...
~Moses Apollo
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