Optimism Seekers Gifts

"I have a positive attitude...but it might be a false positive."

Necessary glasses

Newspaper headline is CUTE PUPPY RESCUED. Cat says: 'Sigh! It's all bad news in the papers, isn't it?'

The world is my oyster, but I can't figure out how to open it.

I had a very rewarding week. Weird. What? You sound almost happy, satisfied. HOJ. So strange for someone with such a meaningless, dead-end existence to find amid his personal rubble a nugget of joy. Defeat snatched from the jaws of a vague sense of contentedness. It's almost enough to give me hope.

"It was a golden age, a time of optimism and hope for the future, an age of enthusiasm and excitement...anything was possible!"

A free wish? I could do with a new cap!

"My glass is half empty"

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

Road Forks in the Road: No Way and Yes Way.

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

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

"You can all unroll yourselves now. We're heading back up."

Six Thinking Hats

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

Protest

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

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

"Things are looking up!"

"I think I can". (train)

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

"It all looks fine to me."

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

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

'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.'

Untold Love Stories. The Shadow and Pollyanna. It's no use, Lamont, you know what evil lurks in the hearts of men and I believe there's good in everybody.

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

"We're having a special today on bright futures."

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

'Look at it this way ... one bad job can can give you all the experience you'll ever need.'

Life is like a tube of toothpaste

GLAD-YOU-ATION

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

Pollyanna, the Hamster

'Next time, Featherton, I'd like to see your sales projections without the clouds.'