On Friday, I was in the stressful position of having to trust a stranger and my life was in danger.
If you ever have a car and it fails you often have to work with the tow truck driver to get it on the back of the truck. This means that you have to be pulled up with the chain and you can’t see either side of the skid and he is asking you to move the wheel in a certain direction so you don’t drive off. Kind of scary. I never drove where I couldn’t see the sides before.
If I made a mistake I could have driven off the skid and then crashed 4 feet to my potential death. Fortunately that didn’t happen, and things were ok.
However the only reason that didn’t happen is that I trusted him with his hand signals and the direction he was telling me to go with the steering. I realized that he doesn’t want a problem, and I don’t want a problem so I have to trust him and things will work out fine. I did, and things worked out fine.
Many times in life you are put in life and death situations and you have to trust a stranger. Like when you are in an accident and the EMT/police are telling you what to do. Or if you go to the hospital and have to trust the medicine and care that you receive. I don’t think others are out to hurt me, but mistakes happen and unfortunately people do die because the wrong medicine was given. People are human, and that is the part that I am concerned with.
Now most people would say, if you die you die. That’s true. However if there is ever a chance that I can predict danger and find another solution, I want to do that. I don’t want to give up on life until it doesn’t make sense for me to live anymore. I think many times people indifference is just a willingness to give up on life. I love life, but I accept it won’t always happen and that is ok too.
Be wise in who you trust.