Me the Cynic

I remember very clearly my college graduation ceremony. It was hot in the field house. There was a lot of snickering about "Cum Laude". Mostly I remember the message from the commencement speaker. His message was about avoiding cynicism.


Sadly, it didn't stick. But I think for him to reach me, he would have had to go back to elementary school. For as long as I can remember, I have had a distrust of organizations, but at the same time I believe that people are generally good. It's groups of people I have a hard time trusting.

So here we are just days from a likely Federal Government shutdown, and why? Because generally good people get together and create organizations that don't work. It is possible that D, who is deployed along with so many others, will work without pay. Now tell me why I should trust the elected officials? It is not just the soldiers who work without pay; it is the families at home that go without groceries. And what are they talking about now, even before the shutdown? Whose fault it is. People! Please! Show me that I am wrong!

I have NEVER voted, nor am I ever likely to do so. Civic duty, you say? How about the civic duty of the people that get elected? In my opinion, it does not matter who gets elected because they all do the same thing...very little. They do a little dance, skirting the real issues, and making statements that don't tell you anything. I believe that since I don't vote I can't complain about the decisions. What decisions? Where are the sweeping changes, and major overhauls? Stuck, in the purgatory of politics.

Professional politicians are celebrities. They say the right thing to the camera, and behave badly otherwise.  I am tired of and angry with American politics. I want to be wrong, for once in my life, I want to be wrong. I want to believe that organizations actually care for people, not just ideologies and bottom lines. I don’t want to be a cynic…it makes for a lot of worrying, and I’m a mom I already have my fair share.