There comes a time in life when a person with a good heart, who trusts and believes in all the good, has to realize that all the good in the world can not stop the lying, secrets, manipulation, attacks and evil that someone continues to throw at them. They will always try to take advantage of the people with good hearts. Sometimes we are called gullible, naïve, or even fools. That is not it at all. We WANT to believe that people change, we PRAY that God will change us as well as them. 

If you believe in good, then you know there is evil... in many forms. Many times those attacks come from those that we know well and that is the most hurtful but we must remember that meanness and manipulation comes from within them not us. As hurtful as it may be, it is not for us to retaliate. They are responsible for their actions and they will someday pay the consequences. Ours is to focus on what comes from within us and to keep a gentle heart, our heads held high, our eyes looking up and to continue to pray for strength. In other words, put it in Gods hands because it is not ours to carry. (Philippians 4) "Let our gentleness be evident to all." Show it, practice it and live it