I am HUMAN

I don't do the things I do with some alternative motif in my heart. I don't ride around on a black horse I painted white. Any act of kindness that comes from me is true and whole hearted. I am not a friend to people because I want more followers, I don't use my connections for popularity or to hang with the newest crowd, and I certainly DO NOT forsake my beliefs in order to fit in. I do not treat you with respect because I have to, I do not take the time to care for you because some higher being wants me to be. I treat others the way they deserve, because I know that I should. I know that I would be less of a person if I treated others like dirt or for my own purposes. I don't believe in god(s), but that doesn't make me wired to be a horrible person. My book has black pages, definatly, but I sure as hell do not try to use white out to cover the worst bits.

Lately people cannot breathe without pissing someone off. The nicest gesture can lead to an explosion in your face. Good deeds and all. But why is it that the person who gives advice is held accountable for where that advice takes the receiver? It's almost like every time someone helps out a friend going through troubles, their words should come with a disclaimer; Warning, these words are purely for advice and I will not held liable for the outcome that follows.
And then you have the people that take what you did, and put a twist on it. Any act a kindness is seen as a strategic way to get what you want. I don't know many sane people that would take all the time required to plan out a way to get to someone through kindness to another. Personally, I find stealing away a boyfriend/girlfriend by contorting their views of a current relationship is down right dirty.

But I think what angers me the most about this, is that people don't see "human" as a reachable quality, or a personally trait that is even still in use. Humanity is what makes people good at heart, not the promise of gain. I know I'm crazy and childish for my belief in this, but everyone has good in them. Every human is given purity, but it's the way we are raised that makes us keep our greed and selfishness. I was not raised to manipulate. I was raised to be human.