A customer sat staring sullenly into his drink. "Something wrong?" asked the bartender.
"Well, two months ago," the young man replied, "my grandfather died and left me $85,000 in oil stock."
"That doesn't sound like something to get upset about," said the bartender.
"But last month, my uncle passed away," the young man continued. "He left me $150,000."
"So why are you sitting there so unhappy?"
"Well, this month so far, not a cent!"
Perhaps he had not read Horace's words about how to be happy:
Happy is the man and happy is he alone,
He who can call today his own.
He who is secure within can say,
'Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.'
Today is all we have, really. Now is the best time to choose happiness.
Today is all we have, really. Now is the best time to choose happiness.
-- Steve Goodier
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