Protect your heart without punishing everyone for what one person did.

One betrayal can quietly rewrite your policy toward everyone, and the new policy feels like wisdom rather than injury. But treating every new person as a repeat of the last one means the person who hurt you is still making your decisions, and the people paying for it never did anything.

When suspicion rises with someone new, ask whether it comes from what they have done or from what happened before. Respond to the evidence in front of you. Caution belongs to the situation, not to the whole category.