How do you trust that other people in your life won't abandon you? That your loved one won't die in a car accident on the way to get milk? That your house won't catch on fire while you're on vacation? How do you trust that you'll wake up in the morning instead of dying in your sleep or that your car won't get broken into while you're at work?

There are a gazillion possible--even probable--tragedies awaiting us at every turn. It's amazing any of us manage to function, let alone flourish. I guess you just hope, pray, compartmentalize, joke, medicate, or utilize whatever other coping mechanism that happens to work for you.