Fuck off with your idiotic thinking, positive affirmation is littered throughout the newage propaganda. Practising such a thing would have got you locked up two hundred years ago as a dangerously deluded idiot incapable of assessing reality. Being cynical is the domain of those with accurate observational skills, Dr Wayne Dwyer and his cronies aren't writing about being cynical. I swear to GOD Parker you are a massive closet homosexual. You have got the whole white knight thing going on, now you are promoting gay new age concepts that encourage letting go of accurately assessing the world around you. Next thing you know you will be telling us you are a vegan and have joined a chanting group that wears togas.
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." — George Bernard Shaw
Ahahaha, I don't know if you are massive troll or massively deluded.
White knight? Closeted? Man...
Wayne Dyer is a man respect.
But, let's go the definition of cynical
cyn·i·cal
ˈsinikəl/
adjective
adjective: cynical
1.
believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
"her cynical attitude"
doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile.
"most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city"
synonyms: skeptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving; More
antonyms: idealistic
contemptuous; mocking.
"he gave a cynical laugh"
2.
concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them.
"a cynical manipulation of public opinion"
You always take issue and go to extremes, you have a severe distrust of anybody who disagrees with you or doesn't have your viewpoint. And you argue obsessively that your view and only your view is correct.
If there are many paths to Rome, why is it that only your path is the quickest one?
I know BigRo agreed with article but I'm Irish too and we're generally horribly cynical here. Yes I used two adverbs side by side. When the economy was great people bitched about how money destroyed us, how materialistic we'd become etc. When shit hit the fan and the economy collapsed people bitched about economy, how much hubris there was etc.
It's probably something to do with our colonial past and being a poor nation, always the victim.
On the plus side, getbig's cynicism is positive. It opens your eyes to the lies of the supplement industry, the reality of "professional" bodybuilding (read schmoe squatting to stand on a pro stage) etc.
And I agree, especially about the last part. Cynicism is not bad, because a good dose of it is needed.
One shouldn't look at everything with a naive Smurfette outlook, but to be real about things. Nor should we have a depressive, negative "it's a rainy day everyday" outlook either.
