There's always a gulf between what we want and what we truly want. And what we think we want is a third thing.
( Magnanimous Peter, aka ReliableInsider )

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (C.Jung)

Maybe the investment metaphor is the right one.
Don't trust just the most trustworthy person.
Trust hundreds of people in a hundred different ways.
Some of those investments will end in tears. But if you can sufficiently diversify your portfolio, and reach out in a wide circle to the people around you, and if you follow your dreams and travel the world . . .
you will end up rich in experiences.

Life should be an adventure. Not a municipal bond fund. ( ReliableInsider aka Peter )

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
(R.D.Laing)