Believe this or not, our world is NOT full of haters
Even though circumstances may lead you to believe otherwise
In the current state of the world — with the coronavirus pandemic coupled with the worldwide unrest that was sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May — one would think that civility, respect and caring for our fellow human has completely gone by the wayside.
It isn’t hard to believe this, and this pessimistic view of people and the world at large is fanned by the various media in the stories they print or air on the news. You would come to this conclusion, depending on the media which you consume. Or which stories you choose to focus on: the good news, or the bad news.
Some people, the eternal pessimists/doomsayers, will say “there isn’t any ‘good news.’” Since i prefer to live on the brighter side of the street — and thus focus my attention on the good in people and the world — I’m here to point out that yes, there IS still good news in the world, and there ARE still good, caring, helpful people. Take the following example:
The other day I read an article in our daily newspaper about an older White man from a small (and all-white) Minnesota community who went “above and beyond the call of duty” so to speak to help out a Black woman who had a flat tire on her trailer while passing through…
