STEEL IS CHEAP, TRUST IS RARE

Steel is cheap. Trust is rare. We build fences around our lives. Locks on our doors. We tell ourselves this keeps us safe. And sometimes, it does. But a wall does more than keep others out. It changes how we live inside. You may notice something. When a storm comes, people help each other easily.

We survive together. But when the sun stays, something shifts. We start to compare. Quietly. Almost without meaning to. A thought appears. “Do they have more than me?” And little by little, the door feels heavier. Imagine this. A neighbor knocks. He lives in a big house. Everything looks easy for him. He asks to borrow a simple saw.

For a moment, something tightens inside. A small voice wonders why he needs yours. You notice the voice. And you also notice something else. Your hand. It can stay closed. Or it can open. So you lend the saw. Not to be good. Not to prove anything. Just because someone asked, and you were able. Later, the saw comes back. The blade is bent. The handle is cracked. There is a pause. A breath. You feel the loss. And you feel something softer too.

Metal can be replaced. An hour. A receipt. And it is done. But the moment you did not close your hand? That stays longer. Sometimes, giving changes nothing outside. Sometimes, it changes something quietly inside. And that may be enough for now.

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