The optimistic cynic

After listening to ideological dronings of mediocre speakers, them talking, teaching and dictating us on how to live our lives to the fullest, through, get this, giving people a chance and understanding them, all fantastic, all beautiful, all rubbish. Today, on my blog, I ma be takin' 'bout why we all don't have to strive for such 'relished' aspirations, today, I will be taking about the modern-day cynic.

The original cynics were, well, a bunch of bitter, old, Greek, men. Today, well, they are a bunch of younger, gayer, Asian, men. Well, a modern day cynic can be anybody, to be honest, I am not trying to tell you what to be, or define and box what it means to be a bitter person. You do you. But, I am also bitterly happy. Because for me, a cynical mind, allows for two amazing things. One, to never be disappointed and Two, often, as a result of one, usually, pleasantly surprised.

You see for me, the philosophy I have on life is simple. Keep you hopes low, and always expect the worst. That my friends, is what I like to call the optimist-cynic personality. An oxymoron maybe, but all contrasting ideas can work in union, a unique balancing act if you will, two weights complimenting each other. And like scales and weights, it all requires equilibrium.

A modern-day cynical optimist, knows risk and the taking of it well. Calculations taken, resources opened, factors considered, all to ensure the best result of any given obstacle. We by doing so, aid in the process of supplying that situation the appropriate amount of shit to give. The optimistic cynic knows that shit ain't free, and is not at the liberty to hand it out like hot shit-cakes. Big shits will be handed out due course, once the new cynics have concluded that it is safe, a probable success, an most importantly, deserving of huge shits. Little shits similar in the process of shit-giving. Thus, the value of our shits are exponentially greater than those who simply give, care, offer them at a wimpsy.

That is for me what it means to care little, but resulting in optimal results. The opportunistic way of remaining content, through realistic expectations.