Everybody says no person does/is good.
Everybody claims all the people are evil.
Everybody explains how everyone is like devil.
None is faithful.
None is reliable.
None is truthful.
All have embraced falsehood!
Goes the lamentation of entire manhood.
Like none is just in every neighbourhood.
As each laments people are mean, I wonders; what they mean.
May be they don't know they have given themselves bad label too.
Or are they not included in the generality of people?
If you say mankind is unkind remember, you are a part of (not apart from) mankind.
To believe every person is an evil doer reveals volume about who you are.
No individual is contrary to what he calls people.
You are exactly your label on humanity.
The reason some people wrong label everybody is not farfetched.
We usually see others through magnified lenses of who we are.
If you are not good, you easily conclude every other person is bad.
What you label people is most likely to be your experience with them afterwards.
You prophesy doom upon yourself by declaring every human being is evil.
Anything you tag generality of mankind comes back to you.
Infact, it is better and safer to generalise good instead of evil.
Likewise, it is best to see and treat each person as an entity (not all).
Truly, there are bad people everywhere but there are also good people everywhere.
This calls for better understanding and discernment.
"When you close your eyes that wicked people should pass by, good people will also pass by without knowing" according to a Yoruba adage.
Mind you, you attracts what/who you focus on.
When you focus only on the bad, everything is bad in your sight including what is good.
Should good people come your way, you are most likely to term their good works 'evil in disguise' if you don't believe there are still good people on earth.
Be careful what you say about all based on your experience with one/few.
It is totally unacceptable to conclude others are bad because one made you sad as if none makes you glad.
Irrespective of what you or another suffered in the hand of somebody or some people; is not a yardstick to conclude all human beings are harmful.
Generalisation of evil has no root.
To say everybody is cruel doesn't rule out that someone somewhere still mean/do well.
Several encounters and dealings with all (which is impossible) is required to conclude all of us are the same bad people.
On this note; don't fall to temptation of generalising wrong things on everybody.
Never speak of humanity in a bad light.
Put good labels on people.
Say people are good instead of saying people are evil.
If anyone maintains that mankind is evil, ask the person: who are you? Then, answer the question by saying: you are whatever you say people are! Proceed to give him relevant enlightenment like the content of this piece.
_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
Everybody claims all the people are evil.
Everybody explains how everyone is like devil.
None is faithful.
None is reliable.
None is truthful.
All have embraced falsehood!
Goes the lamentation of entire manhood.
Like none is just in every neighbourhood.
As each laments people are mean, I wonders; what they mean.
May be they don't know they have given themselves bad label too.
Or are they not included in the generality of people?
If you say mankind is unkind remember, you are a part of (not apart from) mankind.
To believe every person is an evil doer reveals volume about who you are.
No individual is contrary to what he calls people.
You are exactly your label on humanity.
The reason some people wrong label everybody is not farfetched.
We usually see others through magnified lenses of who we are.
If you are not good, you easily conclude every other person is bad.
You prophesy doom upon yourself by declaring every human being is evil.
Anything you tag generality of mankind comes back to you.
Infact, it is better and safer to generalise good instead of evil.
Likewise, it is best to see and treat each person as an entity (not all).
Truly, there are bad people everywhere but there are also good people everywhere.
This calls for better understanding and discernment.
"When you close your eyes that wicked people should pass by, good people will also pass by without knowing" according to a Yoruba adage.
Mind you, you attracts what/who you focus on.
When you focus only on the bad, everything is bad in your sight including what is good.
Should good people come your way, you are most likely to term their good works 'evil in disguise' if you don't believe there are still good people on earth.
Be careful what you say about all based on your experience with one/few.
It is totally unacceptable to conclude others are bad because one made you sad as if none makes you glad.
Irrespective of what you or another suffered in the hand of somebody or some people; is not a yardstick to conclude all human beings are harmful.
Generalisation of evil has no root.
To say everybody is cruel doesn't rule out that someone somewhere still mean/do well.
Several encounters and dealings with all (which is impossible) is required to conclude all of us are the same bad people.
On this note; don't fall to temptation of generalising wrong things on everybody.
Never speak of humanity in a bad light.
Put good labels on people.
Say people are good instead of saying people are evil.
If anyone maintains that mankind is evil, ask the person: who are you? Then, answer the question by saying: you are whatever you say people are! Proceed to give him relevant enlightenment like the content of this piece.
_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
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