...mostly wondering about how easy it is to be a cynic. We all get there at some point, and maybe some don't ever 'get back'.
Well, I'm reading about cynic, and I see
1. a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. A. Sounds like an Athiest kidding kidding.
2. Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any external influence is beneath human dignity. A. Oh the indignity. I will claim personally I have done things of thought of reward. If I said any different I would be lying. I don't have much virtue in me, but I can work at it.
Now check out how cynical I am, I've given away stuff for other people, namely my parents, that they gave me to goodwill, because they never would. My cynicism led me to hope that they do get the reward, because it was their stuff, and I don't. Simply because the items weren't mine, and to preface WHY I did it, was because there's ALOT of clothes, and they can't put anything in their jammed closet. Isn't that kinda nuckin futz?
3. A person who shows or expresses a bitterly or sneeringly cynical attitude. A. That's me to a t. I've been there. I try to recognize when it happens, but I can't because usually my feelings again get in the way. A good example is when I'm buying something and the person doesn't even say "thank you?" I'd used to get bitter AND sneer at you because I'm so kind and your not, for a LONG time, fuming, then I realize they are probably having just as bad a day as me lol! Don't get me started on Road Rage Grrrr, or the Post Office. But I know your in just as much a hurry as I am.
Cynic yeah, cake.....opposite of cynic? Trust I would say, yeah not so easy.
