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To be Trusted or be Loved?

by Gwendolyn

A friend posed this interesting question to me.

“Which would you rather have? To be trusted or to be loved?”

I ponder on this interesting question for a while. This indeed posed a dilemma to me because I’d rather have both.

But choosing one -

I think to be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

Because love is given freely. We love the person for no reason at all. The heart has its reasons which reason could not fathom. We don’t choose the ones we love. Love chooses us.

Trust, on the other hand, needs a reason. It is based on free will. It is a choice we make over and over again. It is something that we earn. It conveys character. An undeniable proof of strength of the person within.

Love is indeed the greatest gift we should all aspire to receive and bestow. But it is Trust that keeps the love in our lives continue burning, long after the emotion is gone.


Posted in Previous Authors on December 4th, 2006

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One Response to “To be Trusted or be Loved?”

  1. jen Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 1:49 am

    i chose trust too, however isnt love all encompassing in the sense that you cannt love without trust?

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