Trustiness

Lately this word has shown up as a polemical word in last conversations with colleagues, specially when stating my concept of trust. In a way, this last part just evidences that people's vocabulary just do not share the same meanings. Nothing knew under the sun, except for the insistence of one to state that trusts some other that he/she should trust him/her.

Despites the subjectiveness of the word itself it very common to hear something like: you can trust me. There just cannot be a worse statement than this one. It is like pushing someone to say something he does not want and the word becomes more like a "I won't tell nobody" than an actual something to do with trust. It is not also a trust established by any sort of "special" linkage such as family members, long date friends, workmates and so on.

Closer the linkage bigger the shock, mainly family, because somehow it's generally accepted that family members are trustworthy or trustful . However the trustiness degree decreases according to the distance of the blood relationship. It can be a rule, rules have exceptions, rules can change.

Regarding to degrees of trustiness this is what makes the whole thing funny. If it could be measured, I use percentages. One could trust the other in this and that issue, but when it comes to someone or something in which there is a converging conflict in between two or more really trustful information. Then the relation linkage or self interest play a role. There is also trust related only to some issues, areas or situations.

Whenever one says "I trust John" meaning as close to 100% as possible, I would consider this person at least special for me. Nevertheless it does not mean that even a "ranked" 100%, if human, can fall within the imperfectness. Meaning people do mistakes. I also use this one for the "sure" word. For instance you ask a stranger on the street: blablablablabla? I am sure , blabalblabla isthat way. Usually I come up with the "What's the percentage of your sureness?". Most times they just don't get it and I specify 30%, 70%, 80% according to my "feeling" at that right moment.

Such word as trust is only reasonably used after a long lasting and built relationship with someone. I am really skeptical towards it, specially when related to money or affection. Where I come from people are really open and talkative, fact that does not show or evidence reliability. In opposition: it can be misleading. And as a mathematician, statistician, accountant or economist would say: These are not absolute numbers.

What?

They don't know what they are doing.

They could be honest enough to loose themselves in their own thoughts.

Whenever they do know, so surely, they can't believe it's their own selves.


Even if, they strongly agree with themselves...they can be most of the time sure that they could be wrong in a brief future.


At some point a physiological explanation would fit, like in neurology.
At some point a psychological explanation would fit, like in psychology.
At some point a historical, a sociological, a cultural, a moral, an ethical, a...

One could actually picture it as a lack of rationality in a logical simple solution.
Other might just argue it is the dialectical nature of humankind.

To me...about human attitudes...

I didn't know.
I still don't know.
I probably won't know.

Surfin

Willing to go to anywhere I always am.
Besides the freaky landing in Lisbon I got to Portugal first time ever on Thursday march the 20th. I mean the landing because things in Life can be tricky...I had just heard about that incident in Hamburg, I was flying "jump" way back with the stewardess and ye the plane hit the ground and got up in the air. Enough to start my trip pumping some adrenaline.

Arriving early would allow me to get to any beach as soon as possible. I was in told by a HH girl that surfs about Peniche...it sounded like a good surf spot. Skipping further details, because it actually is nice I just didnt know, I managed to get a bus and arrive late at night in Peniche. Found a place to sleep and just wanted to head straight to the beach early morning.

Could not resist to take a walk a night. Wonderful little city. The streets are all narrow and dont why it just felt so good. Maybe I was missing some place where it was easy to communicate. Anyways, the town itself is charming and neat. Some little squares all around remind me a lot the small towns in Brazil, those little benches and even there was a coreto. It is just a sort of a stage centered in a square to whoever wants to present something make his/her show.

In the morning I headed to Casais do Baleal where really some surfing could happen. There is nice touristic structure around this area and people are ready to receive more people. I was already in touch with people from the Peniche Surf Camp got a cab and arrived for surfing.
They rent boards, wet suits, are very receptive and patient with starting surfers.

Some windy stormy weather reminded me all the time I was in Europe. However it helps on the waves side. I surfed for four days which was a bless for me. Two days the waves had a nice size the other two where just fun. People were crazy there...