Challenge your trust

Recently during the Tsunami crisis, many countries donated lotsa money towards the Red Cross and other organisations.

Some of my frens say that the ppl are merely competing over which country will donate the most money.
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There are also many movie stars in HK and other celebs who donated money too, and ppl say they're tryin' to improve their reputation.
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Well, I just think, there isn't any harm to look on the bright side of things and trust more in human kindness.

I recently read a Christian book called "Enemies in smiling faces".
One of the "enemies" mentioned is the tendency to "depreciate the image of God".
This chapter stated that it's not good to be skeptic about human kindness 'coz all humans are made in the image of God.

Doesn't mean that we lower our defenses against potential backstabbers, but we can at least have more hope in the society at large.