Some Perspective for the Dejected

If you're feeling down, be thankful: you could be doing something you hate.

If you're doing something you hate, be thankful: it could always get worse.

If it's worse, be thankful: at least you're in good company.

If you're not in good company, be thankful: there are plenty more fish in the sea.

If the fish have all gone from the sea, be thankful: somewhere, the sun is shining.

If the sun no longer shines, be thankful: its light will never strike you blind.

If the sun really did strike you blind and now you're doing some atrocious task that worsens by the hour, and you're all alone and knee-deep in dead fish on a dreary, sunless world... well, count your blessings. You could be dead right now.

If you are dead, be thankful: you could be alive and feeling down.

And if you are feeling down, be thankful: it could always get worse.

-WMX