I found this thread when I made a key-word search in the Pavlina archives for threads discussing "attitude". And I read the opening post in this thread, and realized that I resonate withdeisring positive conditions for humankind - including nuclear disarmament (not to mention a general trend toward disarmament - which somebody mentioned later).
Perhaps through the principle of Attraction (Law of Attraction), in my personal life I've wound up with a group of intelligent, ethical, well-intentioned friends. Which is a good thing.
But in my work life and in projects within the community, I've been disappointed by people (probably more often than not). Disappointed usually by people's willingness to be picky and petty with each other, or their lack of commitment, lack of honesty, tendency to not follow through, things like that. Occasionally, these things have hurt or inconvenienced me personally - more of the time, they've hurt the project, objective, or business we were mutually involved in.
This being the case, and while as I say I do have
friends who are good people, I've come to a place where I don't expect much from people generally. And not expecting much, I'm sometimes pleasantly surprised when they do something helpful, unselfish, contributive, honest - or something that displays self-discipline.
This is honestly how I feel, though I'd truly like to say that I have great expectations for humanity. I believe if I could really feel this, it would be better LOA-wise.
Anybody else wrestled with this one?