Social Commentary: Humanity

(this idea came to me while taking one of my many interesting "customer" calls at my desk).

For those that know me personally, I think they would say I am a balanced person. The type of guy who is known as a optimist pessimist. The type of person who saw the cup as neither full or half full, but just a cup with some water in it. However, today, I can honestly say that I feel that the scales of my indifference tipping towards one side. 

As I advance in my years on this planet, my hopes for what could be the full potential of humanity and people all together, starts to wane.  Common sense would lead me to believe that this far into our brief existence we would have shed our negative behavior and attitudes that would hinder us to move forward to a better place.

Do I have hope for humanity? The easy answer would be no.  Now, do not get me wrong, there are moments where humanity show flashes of potential. For example, my mother while walking her dog fell down on the street, dislocating her shoulder. Now if it was not for the kindness of her neighbors, my mother could have been seriously hurt. But seriously how long can those flickers of hope last to ward off the impending darkness.

I see the path on which humanity is going down. I see the pain, the hate, the bitterness that is to come. I thought that when the world became more connected and more open, we would see people coming together to advance the common goal of man. But it seems what should bring us together, seems to be what pushes us apart. 


But in the end...I still hold on to hope.