Niko Nguyen
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

i think i’ve started losing my faith in humanity—

losing my love of people, my belief in the good of humankind.

because people kinda suck.

we’re all horrible & mean & nasty & selfish.

or maybe, i’m feeling this way because I’ve started to realize

that i myself am horrible & mean & nasty & selfish.

but either way, i’ve started to see the cracks

in this once beautiful idea that humans are innately good,

in my delusional belief that everyone cares.

i guess i should try ending this thought puke on an optimistic note though,

because that’s typically how things like this are written, right?

identify the problem, discuss the problem, contemplate ways to address the problem.

i think that’s how it works.

so the problem: it’s me, it’s humanity, it’s my realization that not everyone is good.

how can i fix it?

there’s not much i can do; all i can control is myself.

so do i fix how i view the world? or do i try to change the world?

or maybe i’ll try to be a good person.

…yeah, that seems like a good start.

i’ll begin there.

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