The Dark Side of Us

If you’ve read enough of my blog posts, by now you probably realize that I’m a pretty optimistic person. Even when I run into touch situations that get me down, I usually don’t stay down for very long. I’m what one would call a “glass half full” person. As such, I usually think the same thing about others. For instance, even when someone has messed up, I’m always trying to see the good in a situation or the good in that person. And most of the time, this really does seem to work out. We humans are a wonder considering how well the good majority of us follow a rule of law. We aren’t chained in place, we simply rein our baser instincts in for the most part.

Recently, I’ve been listening to a podcast called Cold that does a deeper dive into the Susan Powell disappearance back in 2009. In listening to this podcast, it is pretty tragic hearing everything that happened and it gives you insight to just how complex we humans can be. I know this isn’t the first time I’ve wondered if a type of person can changed or be “repaired” for use of a more callous word. We all have our issues and “skeletons” but I always find myself giving pause in these situations that go so extreme. What happened to have it end up that way? Was there no other recourse? Was there some way this tragedy could have been avoided? Can we really change who we are fundamentally and if so, what is considered fundamental? I realize there is so much we don’t know about the human mind and for that reason these cases always leave so many of us baffled.

My husband doesn’t get why I listen to these sort of murder mystery cases, but despite my positive outlook on life, I’ve always been drawn to puzzles of all sorts. Perhaps it is the need in me to fix or try to make something better. I think all of us or at least hope a lot of us have this every now and then. Otherwise, where would or world be?

Thanks for reading and have a good week.