locke vs rousseau

I refuse to be jaded.
A friend in france recieved a postcard today that was short of the postage needed to pay its way from new mexico to Avignon. But it made it.
Linsey has left her bike unlocked at the school 3 days this week, and each afternoon when she returned to ride it home, there it was waiting for her.
We applaud and praise eachothers efforts, we congratulate those we havent spoken to in years, we give correct change, and return lost cell phones. We smile to eachother on the street.

All the dark in the world can not put out a single light.

I genuinely believe people are inherently good. I have faith in the individual, compassion, and human understanding. I understand the denaturing effect of power, greed, and despiration. We all need to servive. And while those things will always exhist, I still believe people are good.

Ria would always get stoked on the little things, like how no one stole bikes off the front of buses, or how when she left her car unlocked with the windows down, she got a coke and a giant stick. I'm pretty dang stoked on it too.

Dont get me wrong, I have had a wallet stolen out of my apartment, a man break into my house on multiple occasions, a car stolen, and just on a human level been made to feel inferior. I have reason to doubt- but I dont. Because I dont want to. I like having faith. As immature as my outlook has been attacked to be- I believe that people are good.