Two kids, an optimist and a pessimist, have a job to do----shovelling a mountain of horse shit. The optimiust is happily shovelling and singing while he works. The pessimist looks at the huge pile and says, "This is the filthiest job I've ever seen. The stench is terrible. We could catch all kinds of disease from doing this. How can you be so happy???" The other kid answers, "With all this horse shit, there's bound to be a pony close by."

Personally, I'm a pessimist---but I live for the high points in my life. I strive to make my life, and the lives of those in my proximity, something better than it might've been otherwise. --- Still, I recommend to all the book by Allen Watts called The Wisdom Of Insecurity.

Art Thieme