The cynical circus

We live in a world where anything is possible and yet the majority of the world stays within a constant system of cynicism. It isn't enough to do anything that makes you feel good to some people. It isn't enough to simply do what makes your heart happy to them either. Everything is put under a microscope and everything is criticized heavily. I don't get this logic of perfectionism. What is so hard about allowing yourself to finally be happy? Does life have to provide you with certain conditions to achieve the emotion of happiness? Well, not in my book.

I see the media pushing out images of perfection as to that being what some sort of invisible standard to achieve for the world. This is wrong. This is so very wrong. It sends a message of self hatred to children that disturbs me deeply. I don't want to look at some invisible standard that has a bar far too high for me to ever reach. That was exactly what my mother was like during my childhood and it took me years of self therapy to overcome the damage. She never was satisfied with a test score unless it was perfect.  Never satisfied with what I was doing in any sport unless I was on top. That isn't good parenting, that is a concentration camp.

Being cynical about everything is poisonous. It deludes us to our truest nature of joy. I must admit to myself that it is a battle against constant exposure to media that being cynical is a constant threat. Now that social media is an ever present thing, it gets worse by the day. Twitter and Facebook, and even Instagram seem to get a huge lashing of cynicism from people on the quest for "likes". I don't really understand what is so important for other people to like you? Probably stemming from a lack of self love that creates a vacuum or void where the self love is supposed to be.

Personally, the world can always use more love. We have enough success to last us into the next century. What about the lovers, the poets, the artists? What about the healers, the song writers, or the dancers? Let us focus more on joy and abundance together. It is only when you can appreciate yourself that you will find joy. It is only when you can appreciate others that you will find new doors open to you. Being cynical only leads to more cynicism. Negative never creates positive and vice versa.

For one day, try not complaining about anything and enjoy the fact that you are alive. Try that and watch life itself change. It really isn't that hard.