text: does being a good, honest person really ever get you anywhere in life? i am sick of feeling like its only selfish people and people who cheat and take shortcuts are the only ones who get anywhere.  i feel like i am a good person, but yet it gets me no where.  i just want to be happy and surround myself with positive people, but there doesn't seem to be many people like this out there.  where are they hiding??? i feel the same way!  unfortunately there are a lot of positive people out there like you who just get fed up with watching the jerks get everything out of life and we just get walked-on over and over again.  you have fight as best you can for what you want and try to draw the line at a place so you can sleep at night.  don't worry.  there are tons of us out there!  just try to stay positive yourself.