For me, trust is a faith that a person will not intentionally set out to do me harm. Does that mean they won't harm me? No, people are human and we all make mistakes, sometimes hurtful mistakes, but a person's mistakes aren't going to destroy my trust in them. It is the person who sets up purposefully to do harm that I will not trust. Fortunately, I've found that most people aren't actually like that. Discerning which people are which and not lumping everyone in the wrong category is what is the important part. I think many people err on the side of throwing far too many people automatically on the cautionary side when actually most people are not at all determined to do us harm. There is often a fear of ever being hurt at all, but life is just messy that way. People we trust will mess up from time to time. The question is, can we allow for their humanness, forgive, and move on? Or will we be people who don't allow for error and second chances (and third if necessary . . .).