The boy in this photo (inset) was dying from a rare cancer. His parents put out a request for a donor who might be genetically compatible. 5000 people, or nearly so, showed up in the rain and stood for hours, waiting to be tested.

Humans, once they are able to see the good clearly, are not just willing, but eager to help, even at great cost. That much is very clear, no matter how much dark propaganda rages against it, making us afraid of one another, and eager to cling to power.

Clinging to one another is far better than clinging to Caesars and Pharaohs; we just need to see clearly, then to see each other as we really are. Aside from a very small percentage of sociopaths, humans do poorly because of confusion, not because of innate evil.

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Before going back to the mundane, please take a long, slow look at this image, and open your mind to the fact that all these many people, even with their errors and stupidities, showed up when they could see it mattered, prepared to help a boy they had never met.