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The Optimist
Posted on July 21, 2008 08:19 by Brian Buffini
There’s a story of identical twins - one a hope-filled optimist who could see no wrong and the other a hopeless pessimist who believed the worst about every situation. The twins’ concerned parents decided to bring them to the local psychologist.
On examining the two boys, the psychologist suggested a plan to balance their personalities. "On their next birthday, put them in different rooms to open their gifts. Be sure the pessimist gets the best toys you can afford and the optimist gets a box of manure."
On the day of the twins’ birthday, the parents carefully followed the instructions and observed the results. As they peeked in on the pessimist, they could heard him loudly exclaiming, "I don't like the look of this computer... I'll bet this iPod will break... Timmy has a bigger toy car than this..."
Tiptoeing across the hall, the parents peered around the door to see the optimist twin throwing the manure up in the air and laughing excitedly:
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"You can't fool me! With this much manure, there's gotta be a pony here somewhere!"
So how are you looking at your circumstances? Are you complaining about what you have or don’t have? Are you willing to put up with some short-term discomfort for the pony on the other side? It’s your choice. I hope you make the right one.
It’s a good life!
Brian
http://www.buffiniandcompany.com/Blog/post/2008/07/The-Optimist.aspx
Thank you for sharing, Brian.
:-( -> :-| -> :-)
DL
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“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.”
--Charles M. Schulz
