Trust

Over a cup of tea.

In Iran, nothing is done until the first cup of tea is drunk and through this cup, I am told that the trustworthiness of your guest is revealed. It is often easy to say that we do not trust a person but much harder to say the opposite. The feeling of mistrust is so strong and yet the feeling of being able to trust someone is always elusive. But if we know the feeling of mistrust, is not the feeling of trustworthiness simply the opposite of that feeling? Perhaps it is not so simple and rightfully so. After all, to trust someone is to lower your guard. And who knows who we invite in for tea.