Oops, I Did It Again.....

After raising children, working with hundreds of employees, overseeing thousands of construction projects and INTENTIONALLY listening to phone scammers to learn their tactics, one would think that I would be fully aware of who to trust and when to believe (or not) a story. 

Apparently not.  I continue to give the benefit of the doubt and to trust.  I suppose I always will because I believe in the goodness of people.  Instead of becoming jaded and a raging cynic, I work to understand the “why” behind people’s inability to be truthful when backed into a corner.  I listen and seek to be compassionate all the while I work to hone my sense of red flag awareness.

In spite of my fine-tuned instincts, in the past year I failed all of my own self-imposed litmus tests and helped someone with short term emergency funds. My wallet is now significantly lighter and my trust factor is crushed.

Will I learn from this?  Of course, that never ceases.  Will I continue to believe in people?  Absolutely.  Will I get agreements in writing and be prepared to enforce them?  Yes.  That’s only smart. 

No advice offered, just an admission of being perpetually human.