The Moral Vision
Trust is Golden
~ 99 ~
required a shop. He bought one, and continued to
spiral, and before long he was among the leading
cloth merchants of the old city.
It is a mistake to think of money as the greatest
asset in life. The greatest asset is trust. On the basis
of trust one can buy anything. What one lacks in
other departments he can make up for in trust.
Trust is an invaluable asset which can buy even
more than money.
But the way to establish trust is not by repeating
how trustworthy one is. No, it is by acting in a
trustworthy manner. The outside world is very
severe in this regard. Unless one proves one’s
trustworthiness by impeccable actions, one cannot
expect to receive the benefit of the doubt. Only if
one consistently shows oneself worthy of trust over
a long period, as the cloth vendor showed himself
in his dealings with the wholesale merchant, will
one be accorded trust in this world (117:7).
