My philosophy when dealing with people is always "prepare for the worst, hope for the best and expect something in between". In other words, I do put my trust in people and will rely on them, but I always have a back up plan so that I will not be in too much trouble if they fail me. Let's face it - people are fallible, so you need to be self-reliant. Sometimes even when a person wants to do the right thing for you, they are unable to. Unlike Rockerfeller, I have always known that if my parents told me to jump, they would never willingly walk away, but life interferes. They might tell me to jump and then drop dead before they could catch me. So before I jump, I better be pretty sure I will survive if no one catches me.

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