Anonymous
I see Trust as a fluid concept.
Do I trust someone to tell them that I have 60 pounds of flour on hand (and 50# more being shipped) that my wife and I use to bake bread 1-3 times a week during a pandemic where the flour on store shelves has emptied out and everyone is a newby baker? Hell no.
But we will offer freshly baked home made chocolate cake to our neighbor when we have baked it.
Do I trust someone to tell them about all of the hand tools, cordless, tools, and power tools I have in my secured garage? Hell no.
But when I see a neighbor on a ladder pruning a tree, I will offer up the use of my pole pruner to make their job easier.
Doing these things out of generosity, and seeing the reaction and result, is the beginning of trust. Did the neighbor return the plate the cake was on? Did the neighbor treat the tool with respect and return it promptly? Or did you lose the plate and never see the tool again, having to go ask for it back?