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　　In our life, we face situations where we are either asked to choose between trust and disbelief．Many of us would say we have to choose trust over disbelief．Actually we are given intellectual(智力的)power to choose what we want, and what we choose certainly need not be the one that sounds pleasing．That is, we can choose both trust and disbelief, but we have to know when to choose between these two．

　　We should all realize that we are living in a world which is unfortunately mixed with people of various types．We have been given the power of judging who we are working with and who we are partnering with．We cannot give an excuse for believing a scheming(诡计多端的)person, just because he looked or sounded nice, unless we consider ourselves mentally unskillful．

　　This world was there before us and it does not owe us a single thing．We are asked to take care of ourselves and our belongings．Trust, too, has to be saved for the deserving(值得的)people．When we give trust universally to all, we end up troubled by the undeserving common cheat．People say trust is life．True!But only wisely exercised trust is life．

　　When we start a conversation with someone, the first things that we usually notice would be their dress, behavior, style and their language．What sometimes we all forget to look at is the person's intention．Now how to look at a person's intention is a lesson everybody has to learn for themselves in their own way－there is no single standard for it．But it is certainly possible to discover the purpose if we seek a little bit more．

　　Certainly a false offer of friendship or guidance cannot stand undiscovered for long; we are therefore called to exercise disbelief over trust at least momentarily till we find out that we certainly are in agreement with a mutual(相互的)good-willed person．

　　The world teaches you lots of lessons and if we are willing, we can learn all that we want．

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　　I want to let you know about an event that changed my life many years ago．We were living in College Station, Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston, Texas one Sunday morning．We decided to stop at a local gas station to get something to eat since we had enough time．

　　When we finished, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a homeless man standing in front of the building．His clothes were worn and it looked as if he didn’t have any money．It was cold and I was sure he wanted something to drink．However, it was not this that moved(感动)me．

　　　　A dog was also walking up to the front of the building．Being a dog lover, I noticed that the dog was a mother and that she had just had some puppies(小狗)．She was hungry and weak and I felt so bad for her．I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her puppies would not live on．

　　People walking by didn’t even notice her．She might not have been as pretty and clean as most, but she still deserved(值得)better．But we still did not do anything, someone else did．The homeless man, who I thought could not afford anything to eat, went back into a store and bought dog food with all the money he had．