Humanity

The definition of Humanity is;
1. all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
2. the quality or condition of being human; human nature.
3. the quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence.
Typically, I like to live in a bubble, thinking and hoping that most people in the world are kind and caring, and worth the air we breathe. When I opened the mail after getting home today, my bubble was quickly popped and I was sadly reminded of the horrors of humanity, and the evil that we have in this world.

I'm not sure why, or how our family came to deserve so much affliction over the years, but for some reason we have been chosen. As if our current legal battle isn't absurd enough, now I am being sued personally for a fender bender I was in over 2 years ago! For the LOVE of Humanity! What is wrong with people in this world? Thank goodness that I have insurance, and they will be taking care of this, but still, do I really need this extra stress in my life? Just in case you hadn't guessed, the answer to that question is NO!

This comes at a time when our family is in the middle of brainstorming about what we can do to help the needy for Christmas, even though we really can't afford it, and on the same day that the shipment of Pay It Forward bracelets that I had requested from the Pay It Forward Foundation came in the mail! Can you believe the irony of that? Our family is trying to do good for the world, and our community, and SMACK, I get served with a lawsuit, by...now this is the good part, someone from OUR COMMUNITY. She lives in the same town, a mere few miles away! That right there makes me feel like throwing my hands up in the air and saying forget it! Forget about helping people, I'm the one that needs help and the people in this world and this community aren't worth it anymore! Our family wanted to hold a Christmas dinner for the not so fortunate in our area this year, but what if she showed up! She's probably the type that would try to get something for free even though she doesn't deserve it. It is just so disgusting how one person can ruin things for everyone.

I don't even know what to say to all of this other than that Humanity, and humans are just simply amazing. What type of person can do something like this without thinking twice? How was that person raised and what has happened to them to make them so mean and terrible? I just don't get it. On the bright side however, I think that someone paid our garbage bill for us this month so that's encouraging. Perhaps there are still a few nice people out there. Even though I'm not in the giving spirit anymore, I went ahead and put one of the Pay It Forward bracelets on to try to remind myself of the good, rather than wasting my brainpower on the bad. I guess I better get busy paying it forward some more though before I get served with another insane lawsuit.