[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

It does make sense Ammi and it's a far better philosophy than a pathetic cynic like me.

...hmmmm, not necessarily a cynic, maybe more of a 'realist' in that I maybe overlook/excuse/tolerate/try to understand bad behaviour etc more than some may do but that's not necessarily a good/positive thing either because some people are just 'bad' and shouldn't be excused/understood...it is. I think, the hardest thing to get that balance and a balance in life generally...because you have to feel negative things as well as positive ones, otherwise you're just another extreme....

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...hmmmm, not necessarily a cynic, maybe more of a 'realist' in that I maybe overlook/excuse/tolerate/try to understand bad behaviour etc more than some may do but that's not necessarily a good/positive thing either because some people are just 'bad' and shouldn't be excused/understood...it is. I think, the hardest thing to get that balance and a balance in life generally...because you have to feel negative things as well as positive ones, otherwise you're just another extreme....

True.

I don't think cynicism really does much good. Most of us don't need a cynic to point out all the negative attributes of the human race but a cynic tends to just complain which solves nothing.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Simple Minds

True.

I don't think cynicism really does much good. Most of us don't need a cynic to point out all the negative attributes of the human race but a cynic tends to just complain which solves nothing.

..yeah, I think we certainly don't need our own negatives/flaws pointing out..or a lot of us don't..(I mean just general things..not breaking laws/harming people etc..)... because we fairly much feel rubbish about them ourselves anyway and are quite often our own worst critics and cynics...so longs as we're not oblivious to them either, then we pretty much do a great self critical assessment....and so long as we treat others with respect/the same as well....