Sharing Burdens

Life is all about trusting the right people, about being able to make the right decisions with the right company. When we doubt or feel unsecure about something we tend to take all into our hands, as if we were able to handle everything by ourselves. We must learn to trust others with our worries, let people around us help us carry and cope with our troubles, making the weight bearable. We must, therefore, find a place in a trustworthy circle, in a place where we know people are transparent. Psyche falls into the doubt in the myth, and through the influence of her greedy sisters, she disobeys cupid, and loses his company. “As she leaned the lamp over to have a nearer view of his face a drop of burning oil fell on the shoulder of the god, startled with which he opened his eyes and fixed them full upon her; then, without saying one word, he spread his white wings and flew out of the window. Psyche, in vain endeavoring to follow him, fell from the window to the ground. Cupid, beholding her as she lay in the dust, stopped his flight for an instant and said, “O foolish Psyche, is it thus you repay my love?” We are all humans after all, and many of us are unable to resist the strong temptation of curiosity. Sometimes we are unable to trust, because the education we all receive tells us that the world is full of lies and that we should trust none but ourselves. If we are alive and sharing our world with so many people, it’s probably because we were initially meant to share, to trust each other, because there can be no harmony in a civilization without trust, tolerance, and order. When we show lack of trust in a person, we at once damage the natural relationship, and that’s when trouble emerges and rivalries are noticed. Humanity must learn to manage trust, because how can you live under the same roof in you can’t trust your neighbors while you sleep?