Optimistic Survivor Gifts

A marooned man builds a swing set from his lone palm tree.

Desert Island BBQ

"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.'

Emergency Phone.

Six Thinking Hats

"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!'

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

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

"Yes, we're stranded here... but think how healthier we are eating nothing but fish!"

'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.'

"Hoora! I made it through another day!"

"That's right - 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.' You just keep on thinking that..."

'Could I have a doggie bag?'

'No Jake, I don't want to watch you do it again.'

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

"Day 19,918: Once again, Gary cannot believe he's still alive."

Female chemotherapy warrior.

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."

Ahhh, spring baseball.

Flower growing from a bomb.

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

Drawing on an island.

"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!"

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

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

"It's amazing how far you can go with a positive attitude."

Happiness

'The key is not to take yourself too seriously: You have to be able to laugh at yourself...'

1986 is my year