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From a friend…. Long but….

 

“Good People Are Still Everywhere (They’re Just Not Trending)

 

If you judged the world solely by your news feed, you would assume everything is on fire, everyone is angry, and civilization is hanging on by a thread held together with duct tape and hot takes.

 

But here’s the quiet truth:

 

That’s not the whole story.

Not even close.

 

The problem isn’t that goodness disappeared.

The problem is that goodness doesn’t perform well online.

 

Outrage spreads faster than decency.

Fear gets more clicks than faithfulness.

And chaos always makes better headlines than consistency.

 

Nobody goes viral for waking up, going to work, treating people well, paying their bills, and going to bed at a reasonable hour. But that’s how most of the world actually lives.

 

Think about it.

 

Every day, somewhere:

   •   A parent keeps showing up, even when they’re tired.

   •   A teacher stays late for a kid who needs extra help.

   •   A nurse cares for strangers like family.

   •   Someone stays sober today when yesterday almost won.

   •   A neighbor helps another neighbor without posting about it.

 

None of that trends.

But all of it matters.

 

We’ve trained ourselves to believe that the loudest voices represent the majority. They don’t. They just represent the algorithm.

 

Most people aren’t extreme.

Most people aren’t cruel.

Most people are just trying to do the next right thing with what they’ve been given.

 

And that kind of goodness is quiet.

 

It doesn’t announce itself.

It doesn’t need applause.

It just keeps showing up.

 

Here’s where we need to be honest, though. This isn’t about denying real problems. The world has serious issues. Injustice is real. Suffering is real. Pain is real.

 

But despair isn’t wisdom.

 

Cynicism isn’t insight.

 

And believing everything is broken doesn’t make you informed—it just makes you tired.

 

Hope, on the other hand, takes discipline. It requires perspective. It asks you to look beyond the loudest voices and notice what’s actually holding things together.

 

Usually, it’s ordinary people doing unordinary good without a spotlight.

 

And maybe that’s the invitation for all of us.

 

Be one of the good ones.

Even if no one claps.

Even if it doesn’t trend.

Even if it never goes viral.

 

Because long after the outrage cycles move on, quiet goodness is still what builds families, communities, and futures.

 

Good people are still everywhere.

 

You just have to look past the noise.”

 

- Harold Long