Finding Our Way

Relying on Human Goodness

We have a great need to remember the fact of human goodness. Today, human goodness seems like an outrageous “fact.” Every moment we are confronted with mounting evidence of the great harm we so easily do to one another.

We are bombarded with global images of genocide, dislocations caused by ethnic hatred, and stories of individual violence committed daily in communities around the world. The word evil comes easily to our lips to explain these terrible behaviors.

And in our day-to-day lives, we are directly confronted by people who are angry, deceitful, and interested only in their own needs. In organizations and communities, we struggle to find ways to work together amidst so much anger, distrust and pettiness.

But I ...