The House of Faith

Many things lost in life can be found a second time.

If a child dies, you can give birth to another. If money is lost, you can earn it back through hard work. A broken home can be rebuilt, a broken relationship can be mended... so many things can be broken and then joined together again; but there is one thing in this world that can never, in any way, be recovered a second time, and that is: trust.

Once trust is broken, it cannot be restored a second time in exchange for anything in the world.

A sunken ship, a collapsed house, a bent body, or a burned dream—these might perhaps be rebuilt if one wishes, but trust alone, once broken, can never be rebuilt.

The person who was known for speaking only when necessary, who kept you standing at that familiar street corner for three straight hours with the promise of something urgent to say and then never showed up—no matter if they stood at that same corner for three straight years the next time, the lost trust in them will never return.

The person who drove you mad saying "I love you" "I love you" day and night, who then took advantage of your simplicity to say "I love you" to someone else—even if they sacrifice their entire life for you the next time, the old trust in them will never return.

Of all the things you have achieved in life, the greatest achievement is: being able to earn someone's trust and being able to protect it for a lifetime.

Thousands and thousands of people earn hundreds of trusts every day in the alleys and streets of the world, but how many among them can actually protect this trust, tell me?

It's easy to be with people, but staying with trust is very difficult.