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We’re all so damn cynical these days. How can we not be? So much of our lives have grown to resemble some kind of twisted safari ride. Welcome to Your Life™, we hope you enjoy the ride. On your left is yet another story of prejudice based police brutality. On your right you’ll see two male congressmen in their wild habitat, engaging in the ancient ritual of partisan gridlock and getting nothing done. Oh, and what are we approaching straight ahead? That’s global warming! We’re all going to die… Hooray! ISIS here, ignorance there… what? We’re in luck! That furry orange animal in the corner is the rare Donald Trump; it is said that as a larva the Donald burrows under piles of money getting more orange as he grows, only to resurface every four years bringing with him a swarm of locusts, plague, and the pent up anger of an entire race! What’s that Donald? We should torture and kill people with animal entrails? Good plan! Engage in another full-scale war with a people we don’t like? Of course! Why not? It’s only human lives at stake, nothing important.
It’s no wonder that so many of us have just surrendered to cynicism and apathy. Why vote? My vote won’t do anything. Why recycle? No one else is going to. Why try? One person can’t accomplish anything. Why hope? Nothing’s ever going to change anyway. Every day seems like a hollow binary, choosing between the lesser of two evils, wading through a sea of grey hoping to find a even a pixel of color. That’s no way to live. What’s even the point of a life that only gets worse day by day?
The worst part is that we too often find ourselves on that train of thought, which would be fine if we didn’t have to constantly shovel in our misery for fuel. That outlook on life just doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s a waste of what little time we have to spend it wallowing in pity of ourselves and our world, and I think we would all stand to benefit from a little bit of idealism and a dash of optimism. But how would we do that? Continue reading