I think trust and love walk hand in hand. Simultaneous so to speak!
If your trust is faltering for any reason, you pull away the love as well.. Because fear is usually happening in some form. Which discernment could be playing into it or emotional memory as well.

If you have been abused/ or suffered betrayal which is quite a similar sense I think. They both cause trust to be broken. Which often makes a person reframe experience and look and examine different possibilities in relationships with others. Discernment qualities rise to attention. And life does get scarier. At least for a time it does.

Trust has to be relearned and different boundaries may be put up… after abuse/betrayal some may last, others are up for awhile until your trust facter rises.

To care for another human being, plant, earth etc. is an act of love.

Personally each day my trust/love in others is on my mind and in my heart. My day goes by with such a higher quality of presence. I am more at ease like you Evan. I find it frees me up to be more available to everyone I encounter from family to a person in a store, or at work. Smiling and joy just come more easily.

Yes, some people are not to be trusted as well. I agree with that.
That is a fact of life here.

You don’t have to choose trust…but it sure beats the alternative.

Thanks for your comment there is lots in it.

Maybe the loving you speak of and the caring that Lunna speaks of are different. The loving you care of may have more sense of mutuality – though Lunna may disagree.

Do you think that trust comes before love? Maybe sometimes love comes first (especially in-love, but this may not be the love you mean).

Life is scary without trust. But some peoples experience of abuse and betrayal may mean that life is scary for them.

There’s lots for me to think about in your comment. I’d like to hear more of your experience of life getting better if you trust.

Thanks again for your comment.

I agree that trust is easily broken and not easily restored. I think sometimes it is good that we don’t trust that person or situation again. Others may disagree strongly with this I guess.

Thanks for your comment.

There is something about trust feeling good and lack of trust feeling bad, and betrayal of trust is an awful thing. Something I have found helpful in working with clients is the realisation that you can trust the part of yourself that doesn’t automatically trust, i.e. you can trust your own discernment process.