> A group of psychiatrists were doing a personality study on twins. The twins chosen for the study were very much opposites in their personalities -- one, an optimist & the other, a pessimist.
> The pessimistic child was taken into a room full of every conceivable kind of toy & left there to play. The optimistic child was taken into a room full of horse manure & left there to play.
> When it was time to check on the children, the doctors 1st looked in on the pessimistic child, only to find him sitting in the middle of the floor ignoring the toys. When asked why he wasn't playing, he explained that this toy & that toy had something about it that he didn't like.
> Then they looked in on the optimistic child, who had found a shovel amidst the mess, & he was feverishly digging away. When asked what he was doing, he replied, "I know there's got to be a pony in here someplace!"
> I told this joke at a technical school graduation (as the fraternity president). I then went on to explain my point: "As you graduates go out into the work force, you'll find that you will have to deal w/ an awful lot of "manure". Don't ever learn to like it, but don't ever stop digging!" ~

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