Go to dictionary.com and you’ll find any number of definitions for the word trust, from one’s “reliance on the integrity, strength, ability or surety of a person or thing,” as in confidence; “confident expectation of something,” as in hope; “confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received,” as in credit (to sell merchandise on trust, for example); “a person on whom – or thing on – which one relies,” as in God; and the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.”

That’s an awful lot to digest when considering the concept of trust, a concept that – to me – can be broken down in one simple statement ... trust – once gained – is so easy to lose; once lost, so hard to win back. And no matter the topic, whether it be politics, religion, war or even peace, trust is something that should never be underestimated or taken for granted.