To kill my cynicism

Every now and again I get very cynical about life, and about humanity. At these times I feel people are generally bad, immoral and untrustworthy. These feelings do not represent how I normally feel about the world, in fact I like to think of myself as being overly optimistic about humanity's future and potential.

What sets off these feelings? I have no idea. Maybe it is just a bad day, or bad week, or maybe I just seem some blatant propaganda that makes me start to hate society and in turn people. Who knows what causes these feelings in otherwise optimistic me!

One thing I do know, is the type of things that make me return to my optimism. Today for instance, I was feeling particularly cynical from the moment I woke up until I was standing waiting for my mocha at Barnes and Noble.

A family, mother, father, and young (probably four year old) girl, came up to the counter. This little girl is the epitome of adorable. She is looking at the muffins and sandwiches in the display and says, "But I forgot my money!" and her mother says, "That's alright, I have some." Then the little girl walks up to the counter. Her eyes don't even reach the counter top. She then tells the person what she wants.

The reasons this killed my cynicism were the way that her parents were looking and smiling at this girl, how this little girl brought a smile to every one's face who could see what was happening, and the pure innocence and purity that this little girl represented.

After this incident, everything seemed to bring light to my day. It was raining when I stepped out of the store, I love the rain. The amount of light coming through the clouds was illuminating the world the way I love it to when I drive through the rain. The taste the mocha left in my mouth reminded me of times long past that I wish I could relive sometimes, and there was lightning every now and again.

Whoever that little girl and her family are, I want to thank them for making my day much better then I thought it was going to be when I awoke. Thank you for killing my cynicism and returning me to my optimistic view of society, people, and life in general.