Monday Apr 25, 2005

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you know, i was always the type who believed in the basic good in people. If a dude on the street asks for change, i dont just assume he's a bad person or whatever, i just give it to him. i share what i have with whoever needs it. that sort of thing. yesterday my roomates friend got followed home by a guy who held her at knifepoint, forced her into her apartment and robbed her and raped her. this is the third act of violence this year that has hit home like this, and i sometimes wonder just how long i can go on thinking that people are good. i still do, but its just so awful to even try to comprehend how much pain there is out there and i have no idea what would give someone the capacity to do something like that. it seems like as hard as i try to believe in humans, they constantly let me down.
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misterdoom:
Something during sermon in church today reminded me of you and this update. (Yeah... I go to church... Unitarian.) The sermon was about faith, and towards the end the minister read a quote from the Diary of Anne Frank. Basically it was about her belief in the basic goodness of man, even if what you see around you is pretty grim. And lets face it...Anne was in a pretty grim situation wasn't she? If someone about to get captured and killed by Nazi soldiers can keep a positive attitude about humanity... I think there's hope that the rest of us can too. Have faith...
fizhapnz:
thats fuck'd up. i dont understand what goes through peoples heads now a days. last year when i was living in ann arbor, i was on my way home - 2:00 am ish - this guy stopped me and asked me how to get to 23. i told him and i was on my way. one block later he was running down the street twards me. he stopped me and asked me if i wanted to pee in his mouth, i was dumbfounded and i said no. then he was like begging me and offering me money. i turned down his offer and was on my way.

that just goes to show that, who really knows a persons true intentions. i sure dont.

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