The broccoli mustache
Have you ever found leftover broccoli in your fridge that has been there a bit too long?
You don't even have to open the container to know that it's beyond the point of no return.
Can you imagine wearing a mustache made of that stinky stuff all the time?
That's like what cynicism does to us.
Cynicism smears rotten broccoli right below our nose, which makes us perceive everything we encounter as stinky:
- Home & family
- Work projects & environments
- Politics
- Spirituality
- Other humans
- Ourselves
No matter how beautiful a thing is, cynicism stinks it up for us.
It also makes us pretty unpleasant to be around. Rotten broccoli is quite the repellent.
The great news is we don't have to keep it, even if we've worn it for years or even decades. We can wipe it off and instead choose healthy skepticism, which frequently leads to improvement by way of important questions and genuine curiosity. God wants us to have skepticism. Cynicism? Not so much.
Cynicism and skepticism look similar, but smell completely different.
Note: this concept was inspired by a conversation I had a while back with my sister, where we were discussing the difference between cynicism and skepticism. We landed on a super funny but also awfully disgusting visual of a mustache made of something much more stinky than rotten broccoli. This is my more sanitary version. ;)
