Hi Mary,

Trust is such a small word but it plays a huge role in our lives.  So much of what I do every moment of every day is built on trust.  I trust the other driver to obey the stop sign; I trust my boss to treat my ideas with respect, I trust, trust, trust.  I wonder if trust is really our first response or if trust is built by repeated exposure to another person, system or situation.  Isn't trust really developed over time?  That is also why it takes so long to reestablish trust once it's been broken.  As others have pointed out, a consistent behavior repeated over time is what creates trust and what is required to rebuild it.