ant to help us find the good within ourselves. A teacher, when one was younger, tried to show one right from wrong; a counselor tries to help people work through problems, such as showing one that he/she is a person that is good. Even a friend can make a comment that makes one feel proud for something kind that one did. These are all humanistic approaches to life, perhaps not practiced all the time by these people, but practiced nonetheless. In conclusion, to practice humanism is to spread kindness and peace each day and to not let the minor, snippy remarks and crabbiness of others bother us. We must try to realize that this person might be having a bad day or be experiencing a loss or hardship. This may be hard to do at times, but to practice humanism one has to see the good in another even if this individual hurt you in particular. Maybe this person has not been taught how to be happy and kind to others because he/she goes home to a family who is unhappy. He/she has been brought up with ignorance of happiness, and nobody can condemn ignorance, for ignorance is nothing but having a lack of knowledge. Perhaps if more people tried to practice humanism, violence would decrease and people would lead happier and more fulfilled lives. Maybe the answer to the question, “Will a humanistic approach from people spread peace globally?” is to think as Socrates. “To know the good is to do the good,” and a person who commits an evil act did not commit it voluntarily, but out of ignorance. Maybe we all need to show the “good” to those who possess ignorance by helping them find good within themselves. ...
