We may be attracted to being cynical, but cynicism isn’t attractive.
When given the choice between being good and bad, we know to be good. The same with choosing to be kind or mean, hopeful or hopeless, generous or stingy.
When we know the choice is there, we know the choice we need to make.
And yet, we often choose to complain, frustrate, lie, obfuscate, deride, or make things generally difficult for the people around us. Often because we feel slighted. Or they seem unworthy of our kindness.
We also have an innate preference for bad news over good news. Bad news is exciting, scary; something that needs to dealt with. Good news seems frivolous and optional. Our true media bias is not liberal or conservative—it’s toward nihilism.
When we realize that being good is the choice we know we prefer, however, I suspect that bias makes even less sense.
Being good is quite obvious. So is sharing good news. More than just “yucking someone else’s yum”. We’re called to actually be the good news for other people.