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Does Humanity Still Exist?

There are people in this world who care less for the lives of others.

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Does Humanity Still In Exist? Every day the news is filled with heartbreak, destruction, murder and fear. It has gotten so bad that many can't even see the news because of it. It's as if the world will never be in a good place.

There are times when nothing can be happening yet even that's a lie. In every part of the world, there is always something happening. People are being killed for what they believe in,who they are and even just for the hell of it. The numbers of deaths continue to increase.

Then we have children and young adults starting to go missing some declared dead if not still gone. People who are bullied to a point where they think the only option to escape is by taking their own life.

There are people in this world who care less for the lives of others. They are cruel and only seek out destruction and we left clueless in who we are surrounded by wherever they are a friend or an ending.

Yesterday evening a story broke out where a child with special needs was set on fire by kids he thought were his friends. This child was 10 years old and his assaulters were children ranging from 10 to 12 years old. How does that even happen, how could someone do such a thing think of it and even commit it. There are numerous questions yet none are ever really answered. Why does this happen?

Has society reached its point can we even call this a society or more importantly a home. They say there is always good and bad, sad truth that you can never have just good. That in order to know what's good you've have had to gone through the bad. Yet is that something we are worth going through. No one should have to ever feel pain, no one should be assaulted no one should feel dread, anxiety every second of the day.

That brings to the question does humanity still exist? What is humanity?

Humanity is defined as "the quality or state of being human...the quality or state of being kind to other people or to animals". Humanity I believe is compassion, the ability to connect with others no matter who they are and what they are.To be kind to someone and expect nothing in return. With all this chaos how does humanity still exist?

They say you have to find the light, the whole world is covered in darkness yet little by little there are spots of light. How do you ask? Well, it's in that spontaneous moment that we have when we stop and help someone. It's in the moments where you say Hello to someone and wish them a nice day when you smile at someone. A simple gesture can brighten someone's day. When you stand up for someone whose being treated wrong. Giving advice to someone who is lost.

This is humanity this is how I know the world has not lost to darkness because even then there is always little flakes of light. Each and every one of us has the ability to produce light and when we all give in to that desire the light will be brighter.

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