Recently, someone told me that they can’t stand unnecessarily good people because they don’t believe that people are that good.
As a matter of fact, they get suspicious when people are good to them.
What a sad way to think 
I still believe that there are loads of beautiful and good people in today’s World and you are one of them 🙂
Show some meaningless kindness to someone today.
Blessed be.
Jacqueline
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Oh Dear, to be that cynical is awful. The world is full of kind and good people who often put others first. If your friend looks hey can be seen all around.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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True words! I think he spoke from a place of hurt and I chose to listen and not chastise. I pray his hurt heals with time and he would see the beautiful souls around him.
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“Unnecessarily good”??? I personally think the world can use all the good it can get and that one can never have too much goodness! I wonder what experiences led that person to be so mistrusting? Curious. Ah well … I am not very good, but I try and shall continue trying … Hugs, Jacqueline!
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You got it right Jill. We need all the goodness out there right now. I felt sad to hear his expressions and didn’t want to pry too much. I hope that time changes his views kindly.
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The kind of world we live in today has made many skeptical and cynical. But yeah, we can at least try to look beyond our cynicism, to witness the left out beauty of the world. 🙂
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I can understand why they would feel that way. For a long time I was very cynical and jaded. Mostly because I had endured years of abuse physical, mental and emotional.
I still have provided trusting people. Even though I know not all people are evil once you have been abused your brain is programed to doubt. It is a way of protecting yourself so that you won’t get hurt.
I think I have improved somewhat but I will always have that seed of doubt and keep people at arms length.
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It’s natural and healthy to stay cautious from our side. We need to be our own protector, and for that we will always need that little seed of doubt within ourselves.
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True! I think such feelings emanates from experience. I however choose to keep looking beyond the peripheries and see the little beauty there is, as you rightly pointed out.
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The world we live in is rather harsh but “I still believe in the goodness of humankind.”
Hope you’re enjoying the holidays dear, Jacque!
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It can be a truly cold and harsh World, but we’ve got to keep holding onto positive thoughts even for our own sake. Thank you Khaya. I had a good holiday. I hope you and yours are doing great 🙂
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I believe in the goodness of people. You’re a great example of one. ❤️
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What a beautiful comment Grace. Thank you so much and I wish you the best of this year 🙂
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I wish you the best as well!!!
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Well, generally goodness is not expected so when some one is being too kind they are thought to have ulterior motives that is the sad reality of today.
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It’s really sad when someone becomes wired to think this way due to the harsh experiences that they must have had.
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I agree, the good suffers a lot thus making it hard to be good and makes it hard for people to believe that genuine goodness is a thing.
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That seems rather a shame. Very cynical.
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It’s a shame! I hope time will be kind to him and help soften his mind.
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Coming from a place of hurt – sad for them 😦 Random acts of kindness are happening in so many places now. We just need to open our eyes to see them .
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I believe this too Raili. I’ll keep searching for the goodness out there.
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May your New Year be filled with it, Jacquie !
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There are so many great people around. I wonder why someone feels this way. They must have some deep wounds. Wishing you a great 2017 Jacqueline. 😍
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Thank you, dear Brigid. I also came to that conclusion that his thoughts emanated from hurt. I hope time changes his feelings. Happy New Year and the best of this year to you and yours.
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Wishing you a great year Jacqueline.xx
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I hope some gift of kindness comes to the person you are speaking about and erases this negativity.
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I hope so too for their sake. It would be sad to remain so embittered through life.
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I believe there are more good people than bad for sure. Sometimes good comes off wrong and can be a little misguided. Results are important, but so are intentions.
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There are truly more good people than the bad one’s in this world.
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I see the good in people…every. single. day.
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Me too and I choose to keep looking for them 🙂
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Whoever made that statement must have a guilty conscience. 😃
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Some times a person gets weary of being good… But hey keep being good. And there are lots of people who are genuinely kind. I guess it is past hurt/experience that breeds suspicion. But I think it is quite exhausting been suspicious of good things that come ones way. Merry Christmas and a blessed new year sis.
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It must be exhausting to live with such cynicism all year round. It only breeds further bitterness in the person’s life.
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Whaaaatttt!! Unnecessarily good… what planet !! They must be unnecessarily evil… whaaattt.. or they have been so hurt…
I am unnecessarily kind and caring and proud of it… 😇😆😋😊
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So having read the other comments – life can get so bad that we find good suspicious – is a very scary place to be. What are we doing wrong to each other that good is bad and cant be trusted a very scary world. At the same time – i know of person who’s natural state is negative , greed, being pushy and they dont want to change or see an issue… .I feel a rock and hard place as there are those who just love being negative that is their comfort zone.
one can only stay quiet and listen – there is no other response because they are in the place they are – and one can only wish them well and and time – time will heal…
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Once I recognize a negative Nancy, I try my best to project my positivity on them and insulate my mind from all that negativism.
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I love this comment. I love to care about others. I doubt if I would be happier different.
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People expect you to be fake and make believe you’re happy when you’re not. Reality is cruel and the past a prison that you can’t break free. Every time you take a step towards freedom with phony positive affirmations the past pulls you back and reminds you who you really are.
Rest in peace to my co-worker David who was found dead in his apartment Christmas day. His family never bothered to check on him. Real Life is cruel.
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Oh My God! I wonder what led David to this sad closure? I totally understand what you mean Deborah and it’s such a pity that such false expectations are placed on anyone. Our past carries such a huge weight on our future which is why I choose to surround myself with those who can stand the truth of my pain and don’t expect me to be pretentious about my true feelings.
May your dear colleague rest in peace.
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I am with you Jacqueline xxxxx
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here is a good place for good people! be well!
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I do think it’s a sad way of thinking. I don’t believe people are born good or bad but we both have light and dark in us. I will say that I do think people think the worst of me so this post got me thinking about whether I should start thinking people don’t automatically dislike me. That is a massive assumption to make and quite a pessimistic way of thinking. Insightful as always 😄😄
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I believe that there are many good people out there and I never think it is unnecessary.
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I was brought up to always be kind to others and will try to for the rest of my days, bless you my sis.
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My brother told me once I was “honest to a fault”. Even my mom once told me I was “too” honest. Yep there are cynical people in my family. Sometimes it makes me uncomfortable to know they think that about me, it almost seems as if I am wrong. Thankfully, it’s who I am and they haven’t beaten me down yet! Thanks for this post and for allowing me to comment.
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Cynicism is the path to apathy. 😔
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If we don’t believe in good then what have we? Today I saw a gentleman jump out of his truck to help three women who were trying to change a flat tire–goodness still exists. I know many have dark days because of what they’ve seen, sometimes we have to be patient and help them believe that good people do exists. 😊
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