How do you regain hope in humanity?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

It’s been a bad day, I’m emotionally exhausted from seeing not only my local government making choices I see as harmful, but also just people being terrible online. I know they’re not like that in person, that they just act like that out of boredom, but I’m finding it hard to continue to believe that people want to be good and keep that hope that humanity as a whole can make positive changes. What gives you hope? What makes you stop thinking in spirals like this? Please help.

[ShiftingMonke]

Short answer? I don't.

I think people are twitchy, scared, and stupid animals.

Long answer? I don't worry about it. I keep my world small. If I can't directly and personally influence the outcome, then iv lose interest and concern. I've got my own things to focus on: I've gotta feed my family, I've gotta pay the bills, I've gotta finish projects. If I have time to worry about stuff that's not my problem, then I've got the mental bandwidth to tackle another project.

But if you want something to bring you out now, look up good Samaritan/good sportsman compilations on YouTube. They might help.

[Juxtapose]

You don't have hope in humanity as a whole, you focus more on your own small world and what you can control in that. Get a small community of like-minded people together and ignore the rest of the world because there's only so much you can do.

[Alex8736]

for starters i deleted all social media platforms as my 2019 New years resolution and never went back. As a realist i don't believe anything unless i see it. Anyone can talk the talk but maybe 2 out of 10 can actually walk the walk as well

[Agape93]

No idea, I lost it long ago and the world hasn't given me reason to even want to hope.