Tonight has been hell and I wonder if anyone can give me some words to re-inspire my faith in humanity?

Question

...that i am lacking so desperately this evening? My friend's father and his girlfriend died of carbon monoxide poisoning because of a faulty heater, and on the way to the wake in CT. my close friend of 13 years, who was driving, punched me in the side of the head for needing to stop at a rest area so I could utilize the restroom. She was running late from the start but we had more than enough time to get to the wake, which was 4 hours long. She was in a rotten mood, she argued with me for 15 miles about it, and when I insisted she stop, boom, socked me right in the ear. I'm fine, physically. I was stranded in CT though, an hour from where I live, and I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up for hours. I missed my friend's father's wake and funeral, though, and that just kills me.

When I came home, I found that my apartment had been robbed. I've never had anything but a wallet stolen from me before. Please - I could really use a non-religious hopeful story, etc. about humanity.

Thanks

I NEVER meant words of pity, just a few short words about people being humane and doing something positive in the world. I do apologize if this came across in a self-pitying manner; that was never my intent.

I never asked "why" this happened to me; I am more than aware things could be much worse and I am not so selfish as to sit around feeling sorry for myself. I was simply looking for a few encouraging words to give me the hope and faith I am lacking this evening, and I feel I made that clear. I find it disgusting that I should be faulted for wanting to hear about the good others are doing to feel a little better about the world at large this ONE night. I'm glad I'm not suicidal, because people like you, MITYMOUSE, would drive me to the brink. I called her my friend because she WAS my friend. To those of you that actually understood, my deepest appreciation.

*Beano - I wasn't talking about a life problem, I was saying I had a rough night. I didn't really need to hear those things; I would never presume to think that my entire life was horrible and worse than anyone else's. This, again, was ONE evening. A few inspiring, not awful, words would have been appreciated. I think I've made it quite clear that I am not comparing myself to anyone going through such tremendous pain. I don't know why the word "TONIGHT" was such a tough one.

To Rosalinda, De_Sepp, Ed-mike, Christian # 3412, Moonman, Moonshot, Radictis, Fae Nois, and Judles: Thank you all so very much for understandin exactly what I was asking for and sharing your stories. I am utterly moved. You've improved my evening a hundred-fold, and your stories will stay in my heart forever. I wish I could give every single one of you a best answer and a hug. Thank you ♥ ♥ ♥

Answer 1

I have been thinking of what to say to try and help you restore your faith in humanity. I am so sorry about your friends father and his girlfriend, that is a terrible loss. And to have all those other things happen, I do understand you are probably feeling pretty let down at the moment. I can't give you my whole story as there is not enough space to write it all down, I have had a quite a few really nasty and horrible things happen in my life and it is not over yet. I reached out for help and support and so very many people have taken hold of my hand with love and caring and have I guided me and shown me just how many caring people there are. I hope you find the same, you too just need to reach out. I care and I hope life for you is a wonderful adventure from this moment.

Answer 2

Think of all of the people out there that have good intentions. Almost everyone has had someone do something nice for them every once in a while. Do not lose faith in humanity. There are several cases of people doing kind acts.

Did you hear about the man in Asia that saved another person at a subway station, the Asian was having convulsions and fell on the track just as a train was coming. The stranger who had his children with him jumped over this person and held him down while the train passed over them. He had nothing to gain.

My father, and brothers worked for years as volunteers as EMTs and Firefighters. They would wake up all ours of the night and save people without earning a penny.

Soup kitchens across America, people doing kind acts all over the place.

Yes, there are bad people. But there also a lot of good ones. If you want to restore your faith in Humanity donate money or your time to a charity organization, help out your community. You will meet many people who put their life on hold for no other reason than to make other people's lives better.

I am terribly sorry for your loss, and your apartment. I hope things start to turn for the better. I know it might not mean much but you will be in my prayers tonight.

Answer 3

I was mugged the other day in broad daylight, broke my ankle (which is why I now feature so heavily on this site). With no mobile phone I triend calling out for help. No one came, until after about an hour, a homeless man, came to my rescue. He had no money to make a call, so walked 2 kilometres to the hospital to get some help. I never saw him again.

It is really humbling that those with so much coudln't be bothered answering my calls for help, yet a man who has nothing, helped, no questions, and expected nothing in return.

There is still some good people out there.

By the way. I'm not one for violence, but your friend deserves a slap to treat you like that.

Answer 4

Years ago I had a student in my 7th Grade class. he was a tiny kid that looked like the cartoon character "Doug". He was an interesting kid, but seemed to be more comfortable hanging around with my partner teacher. One day I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He told me he wanted to be a pilot. Since that had been my boyhood dream and I had learned how to fly, I talked to him about it. We talked about if every now and then during the school year. I told him about how it feels when the plane first takes off, the thrill of rolling an airplane in the sky, and the feeling of joy that comes from being alone up in the clouds. When he told me he was thinking about the military, I talked to him about the sacrifices military pilots make, but how flying a fighter would be a good dream to pursue. They year ended, the student moved on, and so did I.

A few years ago, I was standing at a school and a person called my name. I turned around and it was him! He's now a Naval Aviator flying an F/A18 Hornet off of carriers. He thanked me for listening to his dream and encouraging him to pursue it. I was stunned. It turned out that his parents didn't really want him to go in the military, but he really needed someone to support his dream. All this time I thought we had just been talking about the joy of flying.

I guess what I'm telling you is that you obvoously know how rotten people can be, but you never really know how deeply you can touch people in a good way. Hang tough, keep the faith, and remember that as long as there is one hopeful person, then there is hope for a better world. Be that person.

Answer 5

I work at Wal-Mart where there's a LOT of shop-lifting. Well, there was a cop on duty that caught a guy shop-lifting and had a talk with him. He says "hey, I know you just stole that" so he hands it over and the cop says "do you have anything else?" The guy denies it and the cop says "I'm not gonna do anything about it this time. Just think about it." So the guy's about to leave the store, but turns around, goes to the Customer Service desk, and hands over the rest of the stolen items. They call the cop over to the desk and the cop congratulates him for being a good man. The guy wasn't arrested.
I knew the cop, and he was a christian, but the shop-lifter obviously wasn't. There's GOT to be SOME good at work in the world.

Answer 6

Death happens but it is not the end of true life. There are many people that we are Friends to that do not know how to be friends back. This is on them not you. Continue to be caring and compassionate for this is how you will fulfill Gods will for you. If no one else has told you they love you child then you're hearing it now for the first time today.
I am not religious, but I am very spiritual, and have a close relationship with God. Your pain is real and valid, pray for strength. There is no such thing as a problem that doesn't have some kind of gift. Find the gift.

Answer 7

This sounds like the Lord was testing your faith in your fellow humans. We are not always promised good times and rainbows. We are not told we won't be tempted to sock a person right back who hit us or to hate a person who does us wrong. We ARE told, however, that we will be given a way out of the temptation to sin that befall us.

Loving people is not always easy. Being kind is not always easy. But, when you think of the things that Jesus did for us on the cross, it becomes a little easier. In times of heartache and sadness, look upon Him to deliver you from the pain in your soul and know that He can be totally depended on when even every person in the world betrays us. There is nothing we experience that Jesus doesn't understand. Pray for His guidance in this time of sorrow and trouble and don't give into the temptations of this world and you will be blessed for it!

Answer 8

I am sorry you have had a bad day! It is sad that so many people seem to think that there is anything wrong with feeling sorry for yourself sometimes. We all have bad days sometimes, and we all deserve an occasional self-pity party!

There is simply nothing wrong with that, and there is nothing wrong with asking for a kind word. We are all worthy in God's eyes, no matter what! Sometimes bad things happen, and sometimes good things happen. Sometimes very special people come into your life and love you, when you least expect it. That is a real miracle, when love comes to you unexpectedly. This is when you know that there is good in this world. *sm*

Answer 9

I worked on a court-martial once. The accused had sexually assaulted three young women, two of them years before. The whole staff busted its tails making this court go smoothly, taking care of the victims' needs, etc. The lawyers did their job and got a conviction and a harsh sentence.

I wouldn't have blamed these young women for letting their feelings about the accused affect their opinions of the rest of the military (especially males). I wouldn't have blamed them for being bitter; courts-martial are a rough process even for the victors.

After all the cringeworthy details they'd had to publicly dwell on, it would have been more than fair if they'd just gotten in their cars and gone home.

They didn't, though. They approached me afterward, hugged me and thanked me for my role in getting this done.

These women recounted agonizing hellish moments in front of an audience (which had to be even more agonizing), went through the wringer...and still cared enough to reach out to me through their own pain and say thanks.

I think of them often, and it's a gut check when I am pondering some woe-is-me relatively minor injustice in my day to day life. Mine are all relatively minor injustices compared to theirs.

That's my faith-in-humanity story. That's what folks are capable of when they do it right.

Doing it right is a choice.

Answer 10

Humanity is comprised of people, people as a whole tend to be mean, dumb, selfish creatures. The person however tends to be smart, compassionate. Although it is easy to get caught up in the negative, murders, robberies, scandals, we tend to forget about the positive effect people can have.

Consider Ghandi, a small unassuming man, that inspired a nation to free itself though civil disobedience.

Princess Diana of Wales, who through adversity and scandal brought national attention to mine fields and the danger they present to people.

Think of the support that came from millions of people after Hurricane Katrina, and the Tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

We need individuals to inspire us, to remind us that we are part of the collective human race, and we are tied to each other.

I'm sorry you have had such a bad night, just remember that these bad spells won't last if you don't let them. (In other words, look for the negative and you'll find it) I hope this uplifts your spirit and things work out for you.