People are Good

Recently there have been some terrible stories in the news. "somebody's been shot, somebody's been abused, somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car..." My coworkers sat around telling of scary people they came in contact. "this is a sick world, with sick people in it!" 

Truth is, news is just that news, that is, something out of the ordinary. Good things happen more often then terrible things, but the news makes the bad things seem common. 

People are good. My sweet coworkers put together a little thank you book for me, some stranger held the door open for me at a gas station, someone let me in in traffic, my classmate complimented my hair, I got a text from an old friend,...none of those made the news but they meant something to me. People are good. Life is crazy, bad things happen but we can be good, we must be.