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So yesterday I talked about one of the most corrosive forces overtaking our society.

It's a disease, and many otherwise good people have caught it and might not know

that they haven't so many have been infected that it has become an epidemic in the united states

a pandemic globally and that disease is cynicism cynicism plagues the mind it warps perspective and it rots

character from the inside out. You may not always

see it on the outside, but it is eating away on the inside. I mentioned Abraham Lincoln's warning.

Our greatest danger is not a threat from armies on the outside, but from the enemies within our

borders, one that can kill us by suicide. That enemy within is cynicism.

It's easy to look around at our current culture and see others who are cynics. It's easy to

recognize the cynics around you. We all know cynics. Many of us are related to them, maybe even

married to them. But what about the one that stares back at you in the mirror

in the morning? Is that person a cynic? Are you sure? I felt we better follow up and do a neck

up checkup. The cynic might not only be out there. It might possibly be if even only a little in here. With only a little

bit of this disease in your system, it can eventually be fatal. It eats away at you, even if

slowly, until it ultimately consumes you entirely. This isn't just metaphorical. It's a medical fact.

According to the American Academy of Neurology, those with high levels of cynical distrust

are three times more likely to develop dementia, depression, and suffer other health problems

such as heart disease, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's, and other cancer-related early deaths.

If you are more likely to lean towards mistrust, suspicion, and conspiracy, you may be suffering

from something more than grouchiness, something insidiously bad for your health, well-being,

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