I read Shamble's original post and then read the thread again to see if all this "positive thinking" started that way or slowly eeked its way in and I think its some combination thereof............But if we're passing on personal "life quotes we live by".........I offer only two and neither fits in too well, but what the hell.

The world is a giant shithouse and we're the flies it attracts..........Gavin Lambert, "Inside Daisy Clover"

There is only what is; what should be never existed...Lenny Bruce, Stand-Up Philosopher

Spaw