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Someday I will stop expecting people to be compassionate and reasonable. I will stop believing that they are basically good, and unselfish. I will stop thinking that people are kind.
Once I can do that, I won't be surprised and disappointed all the time. I hate the shocked, sinking feeling I get when I realize someone I trusted to do the right thing, to be a kind person, has demonstrated a closed mind and ignorance approaching the level of cruelty. I've never assumed that people will all get along or think the same way, but I have always assumed that people - people who are my friends - would treat "the other side" with respect and human decency. They don't. I hate that, and I hate the fact that I can't see them the same way anymore.
So here's hoping I lose those high standards soon, huh? Better to be a cynic prepared for the worst than an idealist constantly upset by it.
Once I can do that, I won't be surprised and disappointed all the time. I hate the shocked, sinking feeling I get when I realize someone I trusted to do the right thing, to be a kind person, has demonstrated a closed mind and ignorance approaching the level of cruelty. I've never assumed that people will all get along or think the same way, but I have always assumed that people - people who are my friends - would treat "the other side" with respect and human decency. They don't. I hate that, and I hate the fact that I can't see them the same way anymore.
So here's hoping I lose those high standards soon, huh? Better to be a cynic prepared for the worst than an idealist constantly upset by it.