Imagine a scenario in which somebody was affected by the actions of others in a negative way. Imagine this person was extremely scared, confused, or angry because of the actions of another person and didn’t know what to do because of it. Now, imagine this person was you. How would you react towards that person that did something to you in the past? Would you apologize to them right away? Most likely not. If somebody made a mistake in the past, and then tried to “fix” it by acting more positive to try and erase their past mistakes, it would not take away the fact that they did do something terrible. A person’s acts of service to others cannot erase a poor decision he or she made in the past because you can’t undo what you’ve already done, people don’t forgive that easily, and it doesn’t change you as a person to act positive afterwards. No matter how sorry someone is for saying something they regret or hurting someone emotionally or physically, it doesn’t change the fact that not too long ago that person did in fact do something to look down upon. You can be as nice and as caring as you want to towards that person in the …show more content…
Stephen King once said, “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.”. When thought about, this has a simple meaning behind it. King is stating that somebody can take advantage of those who give their trust away easily. Think about if this was you. How would you react if somebody who you thought you would be able to trust lied to you. It would feel awful, I assume, and that person would not be forgiven or taken as someone who could change their actions. No matter how much they say they care, no matter what they try to do to “make it up to you”, and no matter how desperate they say they are. To do something so bad as to lose somebody’s trust is a terrible thing to do, and common people won’t accept them as friendly