cynicism – Meditations on God

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Look For Good

Look for the good in people.

Close-mindedness, judgement, and cynicism are lazy attitudes that do nothing to improve your life.

All these attitudes do is shut you off to the possibilities around you.

They prevent you from seeing past your own opinions and perceptions.

These attitudes also leave no room for the potential for growth and change, both for you and the other person.

People are much more than what we see on the surface.

And they are certainly much more than what we decide they are.

Look beyond your opinions and your prejudices to see the whole person.

You do not have to like everything you see, but, with very few exceptions, if you look hard enough, you will find some good in everyone.

If nothing else changes, at least you will.

June 11, 2023

Cynicism is an easy out.

Looking for the good in life, in people, and in our circumstances requires much more effort and intention.

A positive attitude and outlook must be cultivated, nourished, and maintained.

Cynicism, on the other hand, excuses us from trying.

It closes us off to possibility.

With optimism comes the potential for disappointment.

Cynicism offers no potential at all.

Cynicism is a decision to stop living altogether, accepting mere existence as a safer alternative.

Conversely, optimism is a decision to live openly and purposefully, accepting that to do so will often be painful and disappointing.

‘To Live Openly And Purposefully’ by Robert Van Valkenburgh

HOLISTIC BUDO: As in Life, so too in Budo. As in Budo, so too in Life.

July 4, 2022