Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.
Jesus had the resilience to continually going back to God in prayer to face his fears of dying. He did not give up but kept fighting with God to get the faith to move forward.
Spiritual awareness means never settling for the superficial view that human resistance is responsible for our difficulties.
Once our faith in God is strong, it becomes easy to overcome the temptation to be cynical in human relationships.