This is very true as far as it goes. It is one aspect of wisdom for there are many considerations and circumstances in life involving interpersonal relationships and one’s reaction to the environment in many physical circumstances through the course of a lifetime where, in effect, you are trusting the actions and efforts of others, to have trust that an environment is safe to enter, and so on. There are many complexities to life and many potential hazards as well; these are learned about not only in theory but often through hard-won life lessons, either direct experience coming away with some pain or injury, or even simply witnessing the plight of others close at hand through their encounters with adversity and knowing one must be watchful and develop a keen sense of who might be a friend and who might be a foe, and so on.
Much of life is devoted to accumulating the deep insights because trust is basic to all human interactions on some level because of the need to survive in a difficult environment. That is inherent in the physical plane because it is quite harsh in many respects, and you are in a very fragile physical form that can be easily harmed through making a misstep of some kind that leads to an accident or injury at the hands of another. There is wisdom in having good survival skills through learning and growing in a way to not just preserve one’s being but to make the most of it, to thrive and to be a force for good, and to make it truly count through your contributions, not only in helping yourself to advance and be successful, but give something to others and help them in their journey as well, in a collaborative effort that brings honor to all and the accoutrements of a successful journey in safety and security, as well as material benefits in the form of creature comforts and luxuries, to some extent at least. These are small rewards in the big scheme of things but are the spice that makes life worth living many times. Everyone needs a pat on the back; everyone needs some sense of achievement in the form of a reward that can be savored as a reinforcement for the investment they have made.
The ability to trust when it is appropriate and to be warned away if trust is not warranted and the discernment to tell which is the better assessment of something is a critical life skill and may well be a determining factor in survival. This is truly wisdom by definition: it is not the sum total of factors involved with life that constitute a state of being where wisdom is on display, but it is part of the toolkit of a wise individual.
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