"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law
and the Prophets." (Matt. 7:12 NASV)
A man fell into a pit and couldn't get out.
A Realist said: "You have fallen into a pit."
An Objective person said: "It's only logical that someone would fall into that pit."
A Subjective person said: "I sympathize with you down there."
An Evasive person said: "Let's avoid the subject of his pit altogether."
A Self-pitying person said: "You haven't seen anything until you've seen my pit."
A Christian Scientist said: "You only think that you are in a pit."
A Pharisee said: "Only bad people fall into a pit."
Confucius said: "If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit."
Buddha said: "Your pit is only a state of mind."
An Evolutionist said: "You are a rejected mutant destined to be removed from the evolutionary cycle."
An Optimist said: "Things could be worse."
A Pessimist said: "Things will get worse!"
A Christian, seeing the man, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit.
(Author Unknown)