Dear First name / love
I was scrolling through my newsfeed a little yesterday morning and saw a post from someone that read in part “People are not good in nature. Don't kid yourself.”. It stopped me in my tracks for a second before a wave of confusion of sadness that he doesn't see it hit me.
Just within my own small world that same morning - without stretching far or looking beyond me at all - I had experienced people going out of their way to do something kind for me, a friend dedicating her entire birthday month to pay it forward daily in thoughtful and significant ways, conversations with teachers I know and love navigating heading back in person because of their love for the kids, my son's teachers going the extra mile to bring some sense of normalcy and warmth to school in 2020, several people reaching out just to check in, my husband teaching a very sick 10 year old how to DJ because it's the sweet boy's last wish. And the brightest light in my life, my sweet son who has exuded goodness in every action, expression, conversation and gesture since day one - bouncing around his day in the purest example I know of that people are GOOD in nature.
When I look beyond my own world, I see goodness and kindness all around, even amongst the heaviest of heavy. It's in there.
We must keep coming back to the goodness in our hearts, we must keep it at the forefront of what we do. We must allow it to be the thing that keeps our lips turning up and keeps us putting one foot in front of the other. We have to look for it, even when it's hard to see. So that even on the darkest of nights, it shines through. So that those who can't see it have the chance to one day.
Otherwise what are we doing this all for?
Oh yes, we are.
