Grade Optimist Gifts

"It's not a bad report, Dad. I passed everything except chemistry."

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Optimist

Six Thinking Hats

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

"There are no such things as problems, only opportunities."

"Raymond's prospects look good, Daddy. . . He's pretty sure he's picked all six lotto numbers!"

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

Always expect the best

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

"I thought those D's meant dedicated!"

"Well, so much for my lucky hat! I've worn it to five interviews and not ONE callback!"

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

'Wow, that is a really big goal!'

Pollyanna, the Hamster

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

'Every day son, I feel on top of the World!'

Flower growing from a bomb.

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

'Well, Mom, he's a redhead...and I guess you could say he's a glass-half-full sort of guy.'

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"