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Nope. You are discovering the sad truth.

Some people are great, but I am leaning toward the perspective that most are not so good.

A look in here might help a little: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

well I'm fabulous..and thats all that matters....lol

Nope, can't help you there. Sorry. :(

Well,I just spent a couple of days helping my sister in-law(who has MS)to not have such lonely days and we played cards and I took her outside in her wheel chair and we laughed our heads off today!When I walk in the stores or when doing my banking I always smile at people I meet.I say Hi to the reseptive looking people. So that is what I did this week so far.But you are looking for All humanity? We can only look to ourselves. You be the best you can be.Feel the best you can about your choices in life.This is the best time of our lives!!I dont care how old you are.Enjoy each moment and each day,others will feel it and it will rub off,maybe not to all but we do what we can ah?

Looking at all humanity for inspiration is no good...just as looking to help the whole world....in both cases, you start with one person. Look for someone inspiring, and blinker the other jerks out. THen, follow the lead of that one inspiring person and help one person, then another. Keep the blinkers on, be focused, but be outward looking. I do work amongst children in need in Bali especially. Some of my inspirations were people like: David Bussau-Founder of Opportunity International http://www.femail.com.au/david_bussau.htm

Nope. That would be a giant lie. Some people are ok individually, but as a group - people suck.

Ah, come on. Don't lose faith in all of us. Ok, I'll give you a quick anecdote that might make you feel better. This is a bit trivial, but I think it speaks to how humanity shows itself in ways large and small. I stop at a convenience store every morning for coffee. The other morning, I noticed a woman who was obviously in a rush trying to get her cup of coffee. I've seen her a couple of times during our coffee routine in the past. She seemed to be having a bad morning, not upset or anything like that, no attitude, just seemed to be having a rough morning. Maybe she was running late or something, I don't know. Anyway, as I finished making my coffee, I passed by her and told her that she seemed to be in a hurry and I would pay for her coffee. I kept walking and got in line to pay for our coffee. She didn't say anything at all. After she finished making her coffee, she gave me a timid look and asked me if I was sure I would buy her coffee. I said to her "of course". Her look changed to one of obvious gratefulness and her face lit up with a pretty smile and her eyes almost twinkled. The change in her demeanor was amazing. With a huge smile, she said "thank you so much, you just made my day!" Well, let me tell you this much, it was my pleasure and seeing the change in her mood was a wonderful feeling that made my day. Just this morning as I was getting my coffee, the cashier told me my coffee was paid for. She explained that this woman relayed the above account to her and wanted to return the favor to me. This was unnecessary, but much appreciated as I was in fact running late this morning! Bottom line is this: small acts of kindness make a big difference in the world. Even if it is to just one person, it can affect many. Pay it forward on a small or large scale, doesn't matter, just pay it forward. Be nice and people will be nice back. Do nice things and it will be returned to you 10 fold.

No

Everyone has greatness. We are also human! And we all have our weakness and strength! We must try to remember we are not always GREAT either.:):)

but people are not great, the majority of the people are rotton, soulless, shells of crap

I'd be happy to do that but I'd be lying through my teeth. Some are bad, some are decent but none are perfect.

To me that says you have certain expectations of others. Since you can't control anyone else's behavior it's not realistic to have any expectations. And an amazing thing happens when you let those expectations go - it frees you. It also prevents you from being disappointed all the time, and allows you to be surprised! Are you "great"? That's what you can control. When you lump all of humanity together as not being worthy, you're missing all of the special moments when an individual does something wonderful, spectacular, brilliant and loving. Look at individuals and the wonderful things each of them does. I don't know anyone who is great all of the time, but each of us is great at least some of the time, and many of us try to improve that so we're great more often.

I'm with you on that.

Somebody can, but not me. People suck!

All you have to do is look in the mirror.

Well one day i'll be there to save the whales. That's good enough.

Think of the needy and share what left you have with us ;)

UMMMMMMMM..not me

Losing faith in "all" humanity will only lead to despair. Reality is there is, in fact, much bad. Focus on the good - both in yourself and in others.

People are people both great and small. Put you faith in something greater that humans.

some of us SUK some of us don't just get used to the fact that just as there is "good" there is "bad"

i am wary of people and am a bit of a hermit, i am sorry but i will just shut my mouth cause i don't have anything nice to say

I was taught to never lie so I can't. But I can say that humanity is a very bad thing to pace your faith in........sorry!

People are fallible, ignorant, shallow, deceitful, violent, thoughtless, greedy and selfish. People are compassionate, curious, philosophical, honorable, peaceful, thoughtful, generous and self-less. People are people. You be the person you want to be and have faith in that and something higher then yourself. It doesn't matter what other people are if you are at peace with what you are.

I have a best friend who would do anything for me. I can't ask for much more from humanity. I am grateful for what I have, and I had much heartbreak by way of close friends before this one.

Nope. People suck.

i can't lie to you and tell you that people are great. but there ARE some great people. some selfless and loving people. and aside from that there is a little bit of greatness in everyone, maybe it's somewhere WAYYYYY deep inside, but it's there.

Just look at yourself and realize you are not alone!

Not me. Sorry. ;-)

I assure you that some great people do exist, sadly they have a tendency of dying young whatever that means.

There is phenomenal beauty, wonderment, brilliance and unbridled bliss that can come from people. Unfortunately, the climate required for these things to be displayed and shown to us is more often missing than present. People too often choose to engage in life from a position of fear rather than love, which is the core power that is required in order for people to display the above. Others will tell this explanation in different ways, but the lack of love is, in the end, the root cause of why you, me and others lose faith in people.

Just remember that we supposedly all evolved from single celled organisms. :D

Just as you can focus on the bad in humanity, you can choose to instead focus on the good. Negativity breads negativity, so I try to focus on the good I see all around me and spread positive energy to balance out the bad. You can see 'greatness' in people all around you. Look for it! It's in the simple things in life: One neighbor helping another A person holding a door One friend sharing advice with another Allowing traffic to merge Receiving a wave of appreciation for doing so Smiling at the parent of a child that's acting up Dropping change in donation boxes Volunteering for a cause Offering to car pool Someone else offering your child a penny to ride the pony at Meijer

The only one who can reassure you is you. People think, "I can't change anything." Wrong!! It only takes one person to do something nice for someone else to make a difference.

Volunteer at a food pantry or a homeless shelter. You'll find a lot of good caring people and your faith will be restored. However, the world does have it's share of selfish, bigoted, stank people.

Nope, sorry.

Black coffee and a hug

The only thing that you can be reassured of is that people will always surprise you, for better or for worse. People have the CAPACITY to be great, few actually utilize it. The larger the group becomes, however, the more motivated we become by self-interest.

Look for the small random acts of kindness people do for their fellow man. Someone leaving a bigger tip than necessary. A child sharing a toy with another kid. A smile or reassuring hand or hug to someone needing comfort. A child hugging an adult who is crying. Look for the small things. And if you can't find any where you are, take the first step and perform a few random acts of kindness yourself.

I'm going to tell you the cold, hard truth--that in this world, there is more bad than good. That includes people. But for every truck load of hypocrites and degenerates is one person who is truly remarkable. It's a sad fact that you're much more likely to meet the disappointments, but at least there's a chance you know a few people who are worthy. Once you are able to realize this, maybe you'll not lose faith completely.

I dont know if this really helps but it makes me feel like one person can really make a diffrence...in the mornings i always go to this gas station to get my daily dr pepper and cereal bar and there is always this older group of men (like in there 60's or so) and I would always smile and say good morning well then i swapped jobs and didn't get to the station till after they had all left about a month in to my new job i was eating out for lunch and one of them saw me walked up and asked how i was and were i had been durning the mornings and that they had missed my friendly smile and hello aww too sweet! so about once a month I come in to work a little early and make sure i stop by just to say hi..but just a friendly smile can make someones day. and if you want one better than that in dec our septic tank messed up at like 10 something at night and my husband call one of our friends to ask a question to see what he needed to fix it and our friend called a few more friends and got everything we needed and came out that night to help us fix it! you know you have GREAT friends when they come help dig up your septic tank at 10 at night!

yes they have a choice to make about what is best for their neighbors, think green!

I absolutley cannot. I can tell you that certain people are absolutley wonderful. However, as it stands I have no faith in humanity as a whole. I have no faith in society, no faith in any one group of people et. al. There are only a few outstanding individuals, I fear, however, that they do not make up the main composition of humanity.

When I think of all the pople who invented things I think in that regard they are great. I love having electric lights, Tv, computer, washer & dryer, refrigerator, air conditioning, food in the grocery stores so I don't have to plant it.

There are wonderful, beautiful people in the world living along side of jerks and losers. It had always been this way and always will.

nope. N looking around the next generation wont even know what humanity means.

you said it in your question, it isnt humanity, it is people

I cant say people are great at all. People are so corrupt. Especially people who are in power.

I don't remember who wrote this, but I firmly believe that it is true: Everyone does the best that they can BASED ON their own current view of the world. We don't set out to be evil, we don't set out to hurt others, we don't set out to make mistakes. My advice is to stay away from too much TV. It forces us to focus on the bad aspects of humanity. Look around you and count the great people you know instead. Then be that kind of person;)

Not me....I am become very pessimistic as of late...

They're not all as such, but there certainly are many good people doing great things in the world today. Do not lose faith in two people, due to the wrong doing of one :)

The majority...no! Too busy trying to keep up with the Jones's, pay the bills, keep their kids happy, healthy, safe...etc... But I think just the fact that over 50 people have responded lets us know that at least someone is thinking about it...maybe even doing something about it. Every day I live my life by 1 simple little motto, and teach my kids this as well..."treat people like you want to be treated". That's all...nothing more, nothing less! If you want to be treated like a jerk...act like one! Simple, but very effective.

Not in any blanket statement sort of way, sorry. The good news is, there are many great people out there, so it's not a waste of time looking for them.

Theres a U in humanity, Im in Humanity, Try to focus on you, an find your purpose in life, what you desire, how you make others feel, what makes you the happiest, find the good qualites that make them unique from you, learn from them, Some things You must ignore, talk about real life things, you can never cause conflict with ones tales, it is in fact your tale. It is what makes a person interesting, unique. life is what you make it, everyone has there own balance, few I feel can really 'balance' with me. Learn people, they show you the world, your a person share your world, your amazing.

This year for christmas, we are teaching our children about the TRUE spirit. We are giving only one gift each, and spending our time as volunteers for the local homeless shelter.

I will admit at times my faith in humanity is a bit shaky. However I know there is still some good in this world.

Barack Obama just got elected to be the next president of the United States.

Well I say Don't give up on people Beef Chunk. Keep the Faith I said a pray just for you. You sound smarter then all this people suck think!..I don't think I suck..I'm rather a nice person. Thanks for letting me bend your ear.

I don't know if you live on the eastern coast, however I go to Penn State. Every year we have a danceathon to raise money for kids with cancer. Before this weekend, we do tons of fundraising and one of our main fundraisers is called canning. This is where hundreds of organizations send students all over to stand on a street corner and collect money from people driving by. I just returned from one of our canning weekends, and with just 10 people standing outside for a total of about 12 hours, we made $5000! On our organization's last trip, we made among 160 people $60,000. And this is from simply standing on a corner, hoping that people will give us money. Also, last year, among all of the groups, our danceathon made 6 million dollars. I believe that the fact that people are so generous in this day and age with the way the economy is going, that people definitely are great.

Culture and socities rise and fall its like a pendulum it its in continued perpetual motion look at the Republicans they had their time now they are old news

there are great people...u can see them ur location itself. put a smile on ur mind and face and look arround.

Think of it this way. Yes, many things in our world suck. However, if there were no good people around, what would our world today look like? The answer: NOTHING like it does. For every war and attack, there are people that have rebuilt, persevered, and created something new and better in it's place. The human race would not have lasted this long if it wasn't for the basic goodness of man. I went through a period where I lost that faith too. Honestly, it's a great time to get invested and in touch with your own humanity. Volunteer some time at an organization of your choice. Do some good in the world and watch it spread.

as much as i would love to reassure you that we are a good and loving species, full of empathy and respect, i cannot. our world has become filled with people who do not think about their actions and words. people walk around blindly and utter horrible things to each other and about others. they have no sense what they are doing to their fellow human and they dont care. the value of a human life in america today is zero. no one cares. whatever will advance the individual is probably the road that will be taken. now, what can you do with such a pessimistic response? you can choose to do two things... try and forget about this and go on your way. you can try to continue your life as you have; searching for the monetary items that you think will cause you happiness. OR...you can decide to do something about this lack of faith. what can you do? perhaps, like me, you can spread the word about your disgust. maybe if you do the same as ive done, and do something, however small, about your disgust, then someone else(just like you) might do something else...

Smile at three random people tomorrow and see if you get a smile back. If they smile back, and they will, there's your faith in humanity. At least it's a start.

I wish I could but I am looking for the same thing myself...

Before you loose faith in all of humanity, stop by your local hospital and spend some time with the people that take of the children, especially the newborns. Then come back and tell us that you are loosing all faith in humanity.

Just google "CNN heroes". There are a lot of great people on earth, they just work behind the scenes.

Never lose hope in all humanity. I believe that there are only two emotions that cause people to behave as they do. These two emotions are Fear and Love. Always choose LOVE. You and I are strangers. We might not even like one another if we met somewhere (and I am not referring to you or myself, but we know that some people are more difficult to like than other's lol) ar What I can promise you is that I unconditionally love you because that is the path that I have chosen to follow.

I felt the same way many times. People are selfish. Think only of themselves, they rather take then to give. They rob, murder, and lie. I got into a car accident a few years ago, and was rushed to the hospital. My daughter called a friend who quickly went to the accident scene to secure my car. It took him only about seven minutes, and that was all it took for my personal items, and my DVD player to be snatch from the car. I couldn't understand how people would rather take the opportunity to steal from me instead of helping me. That's what I would of done for any stranger. But after my experience with the nurse, the doctor, the EMT's that treated me like royalty I began quickly to have faith again. Now I look for the good in people much harder, and cherish my friends even more. There are still a lot of good God fearing honest people out there we just have to walk over the trash to find them. Keep the faith.

I felt the same way many times. People are selfish. Think only of themselves, they rather take then to give. They rob, murder, and lie. I got into a car accident a few years ago, and was rushed to the hospital. My daughter called a friend who quickly went to the accident scene to secure my car. It took him only about seven minutes, and that was all it took for my personal items, and my DVD player to be snatch from the car. I couldn't understand how people would rather take the opportunity to steal from me instead of helping me. That's what I would of done for any stranger. But after my experience with the nurse, the doctor, the EMT's that treated me like royalty I began quickly to have faith again. Now I look for the good in people much harder, and cherish my friends even more. There are still a lot of good God fearing honest people out there we just have to walk over the trash to find them. Keep the faith.

Sorry, can't help you there.

Then the Lord saw that the WICKEDNESS (emphasis mine) of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of his heart was only evil continually. Gen 6:5 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the GREATEST. (emphasis mine) And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be the first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." Mk 9:34-35 Now FAITH (emphasis mine) is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb 11:1 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Phil 4:13 For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 2nd Cor 13:9 Before we can expect changes for the better in people, we first need to examine ourselves. We're fallen.

it's easy to loose faith in the world, but you need to keep your mind on all the amazing things,ideas and people in the world. Just think about this website, a community of people trying to help one another with there problems/questions, what an inspirational idea!

There are good people and there are bad people always have been always will be. But I am a firm beleiver that good over rules evil and there are still some good people.

Mine is pretty much lost as well. I have found in places I did not seek fine;real;genuine people but that is so very rare!

People (as a whole) aren't great. Some are, some are not. That's all I can say.

*pokes nose* Hah?

My son pointed me to some good wisdom here: http://www.shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=11458 Hope it helps! On a sillier note . . . there is a funny country western song out recently: "God is great, beer is good and people are crazy." So I guess its all based on your perspective.

Not entirely, no! ... but it takes those who can see the rot in order to repair the damage ... people like yourself, you can see the problems in mankind, then perhaps you could begin making the difference to improve whatever and wherever you are able. As much as there is negative, there is too a few good roads where some good people travel and live ... Be or remain one of them ... Peace

Well we seems to be in the same boat! I'm a teenager and in today's society, that means I'm followed in stores to make sure I don't steal anything, I'm expected to be rude and snotty, and I'm the subject of rumors and insults all the time. These days I really find it hard to find a sincerely kind person. High school is really the worst place for losing your faith in humanity. I seem to have realized that there's no point in being rude and obnoxious and try my absolute hardest to be kind. I really can't say that I myself have a good, steady faith in humanity and I'm not sure I ever will. But I can say that I've learned to measure my life in my happy moments, instead of the bad. A smile can make me soar, a 'hello' can carry me through the day. Treasure the great moments and put the bad behind you. Share kindness with everyone you meet, look into your heart and share your love with the world. What I do know is that through the bad, there will always be something good. Humans can be cruel and demeening and vicious. Be honorable and amazing and self-less. I have a favourite quote by John Lennon that I always carry with me for when I need a pick-me-up. "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE". He's absoulutly right. Love is pure and true and simple and the most incredible high you will ever experience. Surround yourself by people who love you and you'll be just fine, faith in humanity or not. And share the love, because you have to give before you can get. Sending love and peace your way! :)<3

The problem is not humanity , but the forgetting that there is a greater mysterious force in life than the human. The problem is the over-inflated ego which is like a form of possession. Then you have from this all the vices that often cause harm. When we relax and trust this inner core of unshakable life, the rest is like a poorly written screenplay of gimme more and not enough. Harrison pointed out the illness in the song: I, Me, Mine......................I love the deeper humanity with an open trusting heart.

youre hanging out with the wrong people, just hang out with someone else

By not being such a drama queen and being something worthy of humanity yourself.