the problem i face

I have experienced pain at a young age. Since then I have promised myslef to never to hurt anyone, to defend those who needed it, and to always do the right thing. Even if the right path is the harder path. But as i get older, in a world where kindness and justice aren't always valued, i find this goal harder and harder to meet. As i grow, i meet various problematic people and events and i can't help but become more cynical and find my efforts pointless. i try and remind myself that i don't do what is right for the rewards. i do what is right for that very reason. simply because it is the right thing to do, not for recognition. Fighting to be good in a society where kindness is seen as weakness, is my problem.