Hope in humanity

CuddlykittenPup

Most people I've met here are wonderful and caring and giving.
It gives me tremendous hope that all is not lost. Some of the pro cuddlers I have met are so kind and with Magnanimous hearts .... beyond the description of words! I've realized over and over again we are more similar than we are dissimilar and there's so much positivity in the world yet somehow and unfortunately most remain stuck with what's negative.

I'm just incredibly grateful to have crossed paths with incredibly amazing cuddlers with hearts of gold and touch that rejuvenates!

Can't wait to see this community grow in more cities!

PixiePassions

Beautiful. 🩷🩷🩷

Jova114

I agree 100%
This community shows how kind and loving people can be

cuddlefaery

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.

― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

(one of my life-long favorite quotes, and one that has ever inspired my dogged belief in the goodness of humanity)

JohnR1972

Earlier in my career, I had the opportunity to work in 15 countries across 5 continents (roughly 35 international trips over a 10 year period) . I only spent a few days in some countries, weeks in others, and months in one (Mexico). During every one of those trips, except my trip to Peru, I was traveling alone.

My biggest take away from all that travel and work experience is that, generally speaking, people are great at finding what they are looking. I found beauty, wonder, and kindness everywhere I went - BECAUSE that is what I was looking for. I have no doubt I could have found all types of trouble to get into, ugliness and hostility in those same countries (as well as in the U.S.) if that is what I was looking for.

I believe CC is much the same. There are trolls and troublemakers of various kinds (who are usually banned pretty quickly but some of them seem to keep coming back). There are also a lot of truly great people. It all comes down to what we are looking for and focusing on. To help me remember this, I have a poster hanging in my office with this quote…

“What you think, you become.
What you feel, you attract.
What you imagine, you create.”

• Buddha

ManOutdoors

John, thank you so much for sharing. That is so true and that's a really good way to put it. "People are great at finding what they are looking for." Reminds me of a similar saying, "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford.

PrettyLuv

I like that quote John @JohnR1972. I should put that up somewhere.

Mela_B

This is such a beautiful sentiment. ❤️

JohnR1972

@ManOutdoors @PrettyLuv
Thank you. Over the course of the past 57 years I have repeatedly proven that quote to be accurate. It is just hard to recognize it in the moment, that is why I hung the poster in my office, as a constant reminder be mindful of my thoughts, feelings and imagination.

Jubal

Whenever discussions like this come up, I'm always reminded of the following (I do believe what RAH said, and try to live up to it from time to time):

"I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

I believe in my neighbors.

I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults. Take Father Michael down our road a piece –I’m not of his creed, but I know the goodness and charity and loving kindness that shine in his daily actions. I believe in Father Mike; if I’m in trouble, I’ll go to him. My next-door neighbor is a veterinary doctor. Doc will get out of bed after a hard day to help a stray cat. No fee — no prospect of a fee. I believe in Doc.

I believe in my townspeople. You can knock on any door in our town say, ‘I’m hungry,’ and you will be fed. Our town is no exception; I’ve found the same ready charity everywhere. For the one who says, ‘To heck with you — I got mine,’ there are a hundred, a thousand, who will say, ‘Sure, pal, sit down.’

I know that, despite all warnings against hitchhikers, I can step to the highway, thumb for a ride and in a few minutes a car or a truck will stop and someone will say, ‘Climb in, Mac. How how far you going?’

I believe in my fellow citizens. Our headlines are splashed with crime, yet for every criminal there are 10,000 honest decent kindly men. If it were not so, no child would live to grow up, business could not go on from day to day. Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries –but it is a force stronger than crime.

I believe in the patient gallantry of nurses…in the tedious sacrifices of teachers. I believe in the unseen and unending fight against desperate odds that goes on quietly in almost every home in the land.

I believe in the honest craft of workmen. Take a look around you. There never were enough bosses to check up on all that work. From Independence Hall to the Grand Coulee Dam, these things were built level and square by craftsmen who were honest in their bones.

I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies.

I believe in Rodger Young. You and I are free today because of endless unnamed heroes from Valley Forge to the Yalu River.”

“I believe in — I am proud to belong to — the United States. Despite shortcomings, from lynchings to bad faith in high places, our nation has had the most decent and kindly internal practices and foreign policies to be found anywhere in history.

And finally, I believe in my whole race. Yellow, white, black, red, brown –in the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability….and goodness…..of the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters everywhere on this planet. I am proud to be a human being. I believe that we have come this far by the skin of our teeth, that we always make it just by the skin of our teeth –but that we will always make it….survive….endure. I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure –will endure longer than his home planet, will spread out to the other planets, to the stars, and beyond, carrying with him his honesty, his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage –and his noble essential decency.

This I believe with all my heart."

~Robert A. Heinlein, on the Edward R. Murrow show in 1952

CuddlykittenPup

So many profound yet practically applicable things were shared by the community in this thread 🧵

Absolutely love all of you beautiful human beings 🎇🎇🎇!
Y'all are spreading love and healing souls one cuddle at a time 💟

Love is not just an emotion. It is your very existence Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

CuddleHugs01234

@Jubal Thats good! Thanks for sharing!

thawktrue2

Ya this is my second go around here. I didn't even realize there were forums. It goes about as forums go. Social dynamics in 2023 is hard enough lol. Often feels like walking on eggshells putting yourself out there. Some are really kind and accepting. Some are not so much. Kindness is not a weakness but some take it as you are a doormat. I hope for the best but kind of prepare for the worst. So far this time around everyone has been pretty cool. I think this is awesome for people that really need it. Keep the hope alive!!!!!and agree and thank you all for allowing such a community to exist.

SouthernDoll

@CuddlykittenPup

What a lovely post ☺️ I am so happy you’ve been enjoying your experience here at C.C. and meeting so many lovely people, it is very heartwarming to meet so many lovely souls that enjoy cuddling and talk just as much as I do ☺️☺️🤭😃

~ Happy Cuddling Everyone 🤗 ~