What You Are Shown

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou, poet and civil rights activist

I expect that this is good advice in most cases. If anything, I would add to it. I would add that, "And when someone shows you how much or how little they care about you, believe that too." I have been fooled before. Well, actually I suppose that the truth is that I actually fooled myself.