Cynicism is love that got hurt once and was not tried again

Cynicism is not a thinking style. It is a disappointment you never let yourself feel, and it settled into an attitude. You care about something, it breaks, and you rush past the hurt until it becomes a permanent expectation that everything will disappoint.

A classmate once asked me why I cared so much, because it would never make a difference. He was trying to protect me, but he was also the one with his shoulders slumped, tired and bored. He was living the very life he was warning me about.

Try saying these three sentences about one thing that went wrong in your life: I cared about this. It hurt when it broke. I don't know yet whether to try again. Say all three, and check out my book Why I Love in the link below.