"It Is Better To Light A Candle Than to Curse The Dark" (K'Naan)

skeptic (noun)
1. a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
2. a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, statements, or the character of others.
3. a person who doubts the truth of a religion, esp. Christianity, or of important elements of it.

cynic (noun)
1. a person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness.
2. a person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative.

I look at the world with a pair of critical eyes, but I need to remember not to focus so much on the ugliness that the beauty is forgotten.