Optimism Ponderer Gifts

'Unfortunately sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn't all it at first seems...''

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

'Chocolate milk, carrot cake,candied yams...see, there's a solution to everything!'

"This could be the year someone actually goes up there."

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

Boptimism

"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.'

"Even if forced to slave all day, in my mind I'll always play!"

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

Optimist

"You're new here ... it's customary on dismal Monday mornings to be miserable."

"Pollyanna, your teeth are shot. Stop sugar coating everything!"

Six Thinking Hats

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

Happy Days Are Here Again

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

Protest

"May I offer a very different scenario?"

Arthur Schopenhauer

'I tried being pessimistic. I was terrible at it.'

Smiling Cake: Brave yet stupid pastry...smiled all the way to the small intestine

Well, everything's going great! I guess it's time to bring in the naysayers.

"The pizza came late and it was cold!"

The Ekert Saga: 'Ah, another week of school begins...might as well try to make the most of it!...You're crampin' my style, Ekert.'

"Things are looking up!"

"You might ask, 'Can two people who love each other find happiness in an era of skyrocketing deficits?' I think they can."

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

"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!'

Well, she certainly is one of our more positive employees!