There were seven of them. They sat at one table every morning, differing greatly, but they left the place with more respect for each other. If one of them made a mistake, he found someone to advise him, and if he succeeded, the others rejoiced for him, until everyone thought that this team would remain as it is.
After a few months, the place did not change, nor did the faces change, but one thing disappeared.
No one speaks spontaneously anymore, words are counted before they are said, smiles have lost their warmth, and everyone is wondering: What was said about me after I left?
No one stole their money.. Rather, their trust was stolen.
Since that day, I realized that the most dangerous thieves are not those who steal money, but rather those who steal people’s peace of mind. It begins with a word, then a rumor, then a mistrust, until the people closest to your heart become a source of suspicion, and the success of others becomes a source of worry, not a source of joy.
When I contemplated the words of God Almighty: “The day when a person will flee from his brother, his mother, his father, his companion, and his children,” I stopped at this majestic scene. A person does not flee from the people he loves except under fear that the mind cannot imagine. God has made that escape one of the signs of the Day of Resurrection, because that day carries such fear that souls cannot bear.
But the question that bothers me: What horror do some people create in this world so that a person becomes afraid of his brother, wary of his colleague, and wary of his friend? What is the environment that makes people remain silent, not out of wisdom, but out of fear, and stay away from each other, not out of spite, but out of fear?
Institutions and families do not begin to collapse when opinions differ, but rather when trust is lost. Difference may generate solutions, but doubt only generates isolation, and only creates individuals who are preoccupied with protecting themselves instead of serving their mission.
Therefore, the greatest trust carried by everyone who is entrusted with people is not managing business, nor issuing decisions, but rather protecting hearts from division, souls from hatred, and trust from being reached by the hand of tampering.
If money is stolen, it can be replaced, but if trust is stolen, faces may remain the same… but hearts will never return to what they were.
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