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High on Tianmen Mountain a Chinese man walks along the trail
through a sea of red ribbons. One of the biggest hits of all
time, have you heard the song"Tie
a Yellow Ribbon Around the Ole Oak Tree"? How do you
think the man in the song would have responded had the oak tree
been covered with red ribbons? It depends upon whether
he was an optimist or a pessimist. If he was an optimist he
would say, "She loves me so much that she tied 100 red ribbons
around the tree instead of one yellow ribbon!" If he was a
pessimist he would stay on the bus thinking, "She must really
hate me to tie 100 red ribbons around the tree." I have to
believe that overall the life of an optimist is both happier and
more successful than the life of a pessimist. The pessimist
would live with more depressing thoughts and would be less
likely to even try, therefore becoming less successful in all
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