Ignorance is only appreciated when it's gone. Being a young adult, I no longer live in the realms of ignorance as I once had as a child. It is a tough transition from always taking everything at face-value to always being a skeptic. From accepting things as fact, like Santa Claus, to questioning everything from why the sky is blue to why our society is set up the way it is. The lyrics," 'People killin', people dyin' children hurt and you hear them cryin'," from the Black Eyes Peas song "Where is the Love" is our world today and has been for a while now. It is hard to turn on the TV because bad news is on 24-7.

Looking at the news from CNN, here are some heavy recent events:

1. Bombings in Brussels, Istanbul and Yemen.
2. More than 2,000 victims of gun violence in Chicago.
3. The Orlando shooting.

As a kid, it was painstakingly easy to believe everyone is good. Now, with these events happening so often, it is almost impossible to believe that anyone is still good.

There have been countless lives stolen from this world, and we have become numb to these astonishing occurrences; we have been desensitized. Yes, we are still shocked and disgusted by these events, but it still does not feel close to home, until it is home. We need to remember that the words and hashtags we use are more than just that, they are symbols of those human beings stolen from us, and they are calls to action. With the awareness that words have more weight than merely letters strung together, we can unite together to mourn our loss, and make a plan.

“People killin', people dyin'. Children hurt and you hear them cryin'.”

With such horror in the world every day, is goodness even possible?

It has always been my belief that people are good but bad things happen to them that makes them do bad. This is by no means a way of excusing those who have brought destruction to others because there is no excuse. Justice must prevail and those who have done wrong must be served. Yet, I hold the opinion that humans are not born liars, scam artists, thieves, or killers. We are not inherently evil people and only those who have a superior morality do good in the world. People are good, our actions are bad.

In such tough times, like now, we need to have hope in humanity -- hope that humanity is still good. Trying to always see the good in the world without being ignorant of the bad is nearly impossible. Yet, with bad there comes the opportunity to do good, to be good.

Here are a few headlines from the Good News Network to give you a reminder of the goodness in the world:

1. Kids Who Don't Have Beds Get Sleepover at Cowboys Stadium, Take Home 100 Twin Sets

2. L.A. Sheriffs Offer Tattoo Removal to Inmates Who Want to Change Their Lives

3. Sacramento Opens Public Bathroom Facilities For the Homeless

These headlines do not ignore the bad in the world like poverty, gangs, violence and homelessness but they show how we can make the bad better. Rather than only witnessing the bad, like a homeless man on the street in tattered clothes begging for money, we can do something good. With every bad thing in the world, it gives us the opportunity to do good, and to help decrease the bad. Be the reminder to the world that we humans are good and can make a positive impact. Use your actions to restore the faith that we are so desperately in need of.

Be good, do good.