Mistrust is earned and leads to more

CMI Publisher

When I am tired, the hamsters in my brain work in bursts. When I am bored, I am tired. Therefore, when I am bored, the hamsters in my brain work in bursts.

This is going to be one of those bursts.

When I was a kid, I always loved the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day being on a Wednesday or Thursday just for the simple fact that it meant we were not going back to school until at least Jan. 5 or Jan. 6.

Today? Not so much.

I have learned quite a bit about the community during this holiday season. Some days I have learned a little, some days I have learned quite a bit. But being who I am, I am always putting pieces together.

Many things I have been able to learn about the community the past couple of months have been wonderful.

Today? Not so much.

Always take good mental notes of conversations you have, experiences you have with people. In my case the newspaper man comes out in me and I will tend to record, or take written notes on things I may need to keep for the future. Especially when it comes to things you do not understand, it makes even more sense for me to keep those notes just in case another piece gets added to what I might not have understood before.

I like to believe that I am good with numbers, have a good logical mind, and can put together a good supportive argument for anything with anyone about just about whatever needs to be discussed.

I also give people a total line of credit in the trust department until I have been given reason not to trust.

Finally, I believe that I have a pretty sharp intuition on things.

What bothers me in regard to the total line of credit is once that credit is gone, I tend to learn more after the fact about what else I should not have trusted, or given credit for.

I realize this is common sense; if something does not add up, it probably didn’t just start not adding up, but that I missed a sign.

And that is my fault.

Sometimes it takes weeks, or months, or even years for a piece of the misunderstood to come to light. But if you take good notes on what you do not understand, another piece of the puzzle will come from a most unlikely place. And suddenly so many things start to connect.

What am I rambling about? Last week was a piece-connecting week.

I do believe there are some shifty people in this community, and the more I learn, the more I don’t like it. Not so much that they are shifty, but how petty the shiftiness is.

Ninety percent of the people don’t care what others do. So go ahead and be shifty with each other; the rest of us are going to move on.

There has been so much good this holiday season, so much eagerness, anticipation, willingness, it is exciting to be a part of it.

But …

Today? Not so much.

Robert Arrowsmith is publisher of Clovis Media Inc. Contact him at:

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