I need to be more optimistic and less cynical (actually, I need to be way more optimistic and way less cynical). I don't know how. I know all these awful statistics about rape and stuff.
It's not really the matter of being cynical or optimistic, it's just a matter of coming off as highly uptight and arrogant, at times, but that's yours to worry about... I can't help you with that.
What has that got to do with rape statistics, and you? If you mean in GENERAL, that your head is crammed full of awful statistic about how bad people can be and often are, then stop reading that stuff, and read nice stuff! If you wanted to, you could do things in your life that someone less fortunate from another country could only DREAM of EVER doing! Like driving a car when you're a bit older, or earning enough money to be able to live on your own. These might seem trivial and boring to you, but there are so many in the world who would go their whole lives wanting a lot of the good little things in your lfie which are available to you right now. If you're 15.. I'd suggest go out and have fun with your friends. Play some arcade machines, read a nice book, kiss a girl, buy chewing gum and walk through a park! Smile at an old man and say hello politely, as one day you might be that old man!
