Keep on the Sunny Side!

President Ronald Reagan loved to tell the story of a set of identical twins who were complete opposites.

One of the twins was a gloomy pessimist, but the other was an eternal optimist. The parents were a little curious, so they hired a psychologist to see what was going on.

The psychologist took the pessimistic twin by the hand and led him to a room filled with toys. “These are all yours!” the psychologist said.

In response, the boy began to weep uncontrollably.

“What’s wrong?” asked the counselor.

“Someday,” the lad sniffled, “all of these will break.”

The next day, the psychologist brought the optimistic twin to an old, run-down barn. Together, the man and the twin shoved open the barn door. In the middle of the floor was a huge pile of manure.

The twin’s eyes popped open wide, and, in only a few seconds, he had grabbed a pitch fork and begun digging into the pile.

The psychologist was stunned. “What are you doing?” he inquired.

With a grin on his face, the optimistic twin explained, “Well, with all this manure, there must be a pony in here somewhere!”

H. David Schuringa

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