Cynisism to Naivette

If you've read the previous entry then there is no doubt you'v come across my seemingly queer assertion "so naïve in their cynical approach" . I might not have decided to type this post explaining it save for the fact that my mother chose to contest my assertion, stating that it was an oxymoron. (I'll show her who's the moron....okay, bad pun....and her observation is correct if one only looks at the surface meaning of my phrase. However, I have a tendecy to waste my small allotment of free time pondering the deeper meaning of silly phrases that I usually make up to begin with.)

Well, I'm not one to state things that I can't support and I had, actually, been thinking about the naivette of cynism a lot lately (one of my friend's attitudes to life brought me to this, admittedly strange, conclusion).

My thinking is, and know that this will probably not come out in an verbally economic way, that many cynics are...caught up in the romantacism of being cynical. I mean, it was great with Eyore, but, come on.

Those who boast cynisim are so caught up looking for the evil in life, they miss the good. An example: Eyore was so caught up in what might happen if a butterfly was to land on his house, he never stopped to wonder at the beauty of that small insect, or why it was he was blessed by multiple visits by it.

Cynics seem to be in some sort of contest, who has the gloomier outlook on life, and they spend so much time proving to other people that they are cynical, that they miss the good (the good that they are steadily driving out of the victims of their complaints).

To be naive is to be gullible, ignorant, and forthright. Is not someone who ignores the good in favor of the "Almighty Bad" ignorant to God's grace around him? Is one who believes every bad tale about human kind, but is skeptical about the tales of heroes, thinking, well surely they held a personal stake in the matter, gullible? And forthright? Well, we've already established that those who are cynical are in a competition to see who can be the most cynical, therefore, they share every bleak and cheerless assertion they have with anyone unlucky enough to hear their assessments.

We've all been victim to the dreary ponderings of some cynical person standing next to us in line for some activity or another. We've heard them complain at amusement parks, bewail the hot sun on summer days, or the bracing winds of autumn. I enjoy those things, I thank God that I've been blessed with them.

The most tiring thing, I find, about these pessimists are their tendency to bemoan things that they are not willing to fix. It's great that they don't appreciate the state of children in Rwanda, but ask them to donate to a charity for those children. No. They are too cynical to believe the money will do any good. So then ask them to start their own charity, to speak out against the horrors going on inthe world. Once more, no! They "know" that one person couldn't possibly make a difference.

I don't complain when the problems in my life could have been fixed with more initiative on my part. And, I try not to complain, ever, because I realize how blessed I am to have what I have, while others have trouble making it through the day. One day, I plan on trying to help those people, in whatever why I deem most effective. But until I make that effort, I shy away from the horrors forced into my view by those to naive to look elswhere and realize the wonders around them, while I do look elsewhere.

We are only human, and yes, we can only do so much, but lets appreciate the gifts God has seen fit to bless us with and use them to better the world. And, if that's too much trouble for some, then I hope they will keep their noses out of the world's trouble and look to life's blessings instead. Everyone will be much happier that way.