Trust: The deepest word ever

Elias Maalouf
Jul 21, 2017 · 3 min read

Hi, I’m Elias, 27 year old astronaut from Lebanon, I managed to get my degree in astrophysics at the age of 20, specialized in astro vehicular mechanics, I’ve been working non-stop in order to get my chance to visit moon town, for which I’ve been the head for 4 years now. I’ve been working from home and all my work is by talking to smart developers, physicists, and many more, I’m happily married with 2 kids, and my wife and I have decided to do a lot of things together. We went to the North Pole flying a 1970 2-passenger helicopter she inherited from her father, and we also are doing many things together that we’ll be sharing very soon on Instagram.

Well I lied, I am Elias G. Maalouf Jr., from Rayak, Lebanon, a 21 year old computer science senior student. I’m an iOS/Android/Web developer, I am interested in neural networks and regression algorithms. I am also very interested in everything related to web development, long story short, I am really interested in everything tech related.

Why did I lie? It’s a psychological matter that most of us can’t but do. In a way or another, and in a number of situations, we lie because lying satisfies our inner intentions to show to the world that hey, I’m as important and famous as Peter Thiel, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk… But the hilarious part is, when you become you, you are the most important person in the world.

What do I mean? Yes, be YOU, the person you are is the most beautiful person, the smartest person in the world is YOU, the most successful person is YOU. Don’t get me wrong, but when you stay yourself, you are a very strong person, your influence to society and people is even stronger than a meteor shooting down. Living life at its best, one step at a time, the road for your success won’t be easy, you will not have many friends along the way. Failure is essential in life, when you are not failing, you are not learning, when you are not succeeding, you are not living, and when you are not learning you are not breathing.

But what does all this have to do with trust? Many of us during our lifetime experience at least one betrayal, from someone whom we thought was the best friend we had, or a stranger we met yesterday. Betrayal is hard, VERY hard, ask me, I’ve been through a hard one, but I bypassed it successfully, but you don’t believe me right? Well here’s what every gentlewomen and gentleman need to learn in life about trust. Imagine that trust is like a drawing that is dear to you, and in a moment of anger you tore it down into many pieces, and after a couple of minutes you regretted it. It was a gift from a very special person, you went crazy trying to fix it, you saw that taping the drawing does not fix it, but makes it worse. You try other methods but nothing brings the torn drawing together as you want it to be. Finally, you decide to ask the famous painter who drew it, to redraw it. He agrees, but he said it’s going to take a lot of time, and while you are waiting, the delivery day comes, and the painter is more than ready to submit his new painting, on your way to the painter, you get hit by a car, and pass away immediately. It is the same with trust, it takes a second to corrupt and a lifetime to fix.

When your self-confidence is sky rocketing, and your self-esteem is great, then you are set to go in life. Be careful not to hurt others’ feelings, and always remember that TRUST is a big word. Don’t give it away for free, and never EVER give it away based on looks.

Thanks

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