A man walking down a side walk sees a wallet slip out of a pocket and fall helplessly to the concrete. Immediately an internal struggle erupts within the man. He knows he should yell for the owner to stop and return his leather bound treasure. Upon looking inside, however, the greedy eyes of his nature notice the wallet is full and his decision becomes clouded. Human nature is the greatest antagonist to the moral progression of humanity. The utopian world that humans seek, one in which there is no crime, hunger, or racism is just out of reach, human nature slowing or even preventing its arrival.
The man closes the wallet and runs after its owner, returning it to his hand for nothing more than a kind thank you. The progression of human morality is difficult and slow but not impossible. If humans can look past material wealth and physical differences, but most importantly get involved with their world, society will progress at an exponential rate leaving the world a very beautiful place. It isn’t going to happen all at once but rather a series of steps, all that is needed is for someone to take the first.
