Where is the love?

There was a time when I believed all people had good in them.. when I believed that, with love, you could break through anyone's walls... I have always been an optimist, but years of heartache, betrayal, lavish displays of selfishness, and deceit, I wonder... is there ANY good in anyone? Was I living in an imaginary world? Through blood and tears, scars and pain, we learn to be strong... resilient... tough... independent... but who wants that? I would love to be weak... and not have had to endure the pains of life to get strong. I would rather not know my limits because I have not been tested to them. I would rather be delicate than having to have grown thick skin. I would rather be dependent because I had someone I could depend on. Being strong, resilient, tough & in dependent is not a virtue, but a curse.
My daughter tells me all the time, "I want to stay innocent as long as I can. I don't know why people are in such a hurry to grow up." Her words are more profound than anything I can explain. I wish I could be innocent again. I wish I believed in the good in people, rather than knowing what is going on in their secret lives. I wish I believed in men, family, friends, and love, the way I did when I was young. Time after time, I am tired of all the let downs.
It is true... if you can count the people you can count on... those that will love you unconditionally... your true friends/ family... on one hand, you have a lot, but why? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't we be inundated with love and kindness? Shouldn't we be able to count the people who will let us down and betray us on one hand instead of the people who love us on one hand?
I am tired... not of my dreams and beliefs being crushed by the very people that I'm supposed to be able to count on... I am tired of trying to keep my beliefs strong in that love will conquer all... I wish that people would stop being so selfish and started thinking of others... that they would start making decisions with love and care rather than selfishness and deceit... At least I do have those I can count on one hand...
When did men stop being the foundations of the family? When did people stop believing that it takes a community to raise a child, and leave everyone to fend for themselves? Is this life an excerpt of 'Lord of the Rings'? When did mothers start turning their backs on their children? And when did "friends" turn their backs on you for material things or money?
What has happened to our society? Where have all our values gone? Where is the love and goodness that the human race is supposed to make up of?