Living Cynic.

A Cynic, you say? Cynicism. A word I used to use without really understanding it. Not that I understand it that well now. But I guess I can speak about it now that I atleast know what it might mean. I don't want to start with writing the Oxford dictionary meaning of Cynicism. But I’ll atleast make you Google it.

Probably the worst thing that can happen to someone is becoming a Cynic. Negative always. Not the best thing to keep thinking about. Would you rather keep thinking why it's bad than thinking why it's not good? Why would you want to find reasons to make something seem bad? I don't mean 'bad' in the normal sense. I couldn't really think of any better word. Yeah, I couldn't think of a more negative word. That itself makes me less of a Cynic.

I've always tried to think positive. It's hard. Very hard. It's pretty easy saying something's bad. Finding what's good in the bad thing is tough. Take the famous half-full, half-empty metaphorical glass. It's a hot topic for debate. I could really go on about the damn glass of water. I could. Say, I was a Cynic. I'd start by saying, "Why glass of water? I want wine.". Or probably coke for lesser mortals like me. See, the use of "lesser mortals". Hah, I'm good with this Cynicism thing. Probably not, according to Cynics. No not at all. I'm doing it all wrong according to them.

Why live? If you've used this phrase way too often, congratulations. You're at the first stage of becoming a Cynic. I guess, if you add something like "Why live when we're going to die anyway?" would promote you to the second stage. If you want to go to a higher stage, that itself will promote you to the third stage. See? It's not that complicated. Now, you start by spreading Cynicism. Ask questions. And keep asking questions to which there are no answers. Not rhetorical questions. I mean questions that have answers but other people have no answer. And, you've guessed it right. You're now at the fourth stage. Higher? Well, now that you're at the fourth stage, you'll have to tell me the unforetold secrets of being promoted to the next stage. Uh, right. I just came up with all of this. I apologize, Cynics. I probably will go to hell. We all probably will, as you say.

And now think about it. Would you rather point out everything that I wrote wrong or think about the stuff I wrote right. I'd love some constructive criticism. Well, I atleast hope you find something worthwhile. I really do hope. Even though the "procedure" of becoming a Cynic that I wrote above is all crap, I can tell you one thing. If you're still reading what I've written and if you are thinking about it, you've come down one stage. And if you now stop reading it, atleast you're one stage lower than before. And that's how I'd like to be Optimistic.

I don't know about cancer. I don't know about AIDS. But I do think dying optimistic is better than living Cynic. I'm not saying we should all hold each other’s hands and sing "Lets Make This World a Better Place". I'm just saying, why waste time thinking about why it's not something else. It's not going to be something else. That's it. It's not.

Well, yeah. Before the Cynics come hunting for me, I'd just like to end by saying- Peace. I love you too Cynics *wink wink*.