Jeez, way to just casually say the whole meaning of, like, everything... "Happiness comes from going within and healing wounds, not projecting and expecting..." Yep. By some interpretations, that's what the cross symbolizes, or part of it. Well... Yeah, part.
I think most people are good. Certainly everyone is the hero in their own story. We recognize the bad in others as a mirror of the bad in ourselves, then react more to our own shadow than the other person.
Have you ever thought of returning to Mormonism, just better equipped with all the things you've learned? More in control, or something like that?