相信別人

　　Have Faith in Others

　　Belief is a happier state of mind than doubt and　suspicion. By this I live, for if I　don’ t have　faith in others, who will believe in me? I would rather believe in a thousand people, friends and　strangers, and have 999 fail me than not believe. If many fail me, I remember how many I failed.

　　This is not to say that the blind belief of sentimentality , the so-called “tolerance”　of the　dishonest and vicious, is sensible or rewarding . There are some dark corners which do not react　to sweetness and light. Belief in people should be　accomplished with open eyes and clarity of　judgment. B ut when your judgment proves bad rather than good, it’ s no reason to walk thereafter　with suspicion as a companion.　None knows another’s heart, his grief , his struggle, his despair and motivation. Not all our　geesebecome swans, but one swan atones for many flocks of geese. All men share pain and　mortality ; some bear these better than others, and multitude s have perished spiritually for the　lack of another’ s belief in them.

　　So, I would rather be disappointed than afraid of disappointment.