I heard about this positive farmer and this negative farmer. When it would rain the positive farmer would say, “Lord, thank you for watering our crops.” The negative farmer would say, “Yeah, but if it keeps this up, it’s gonna rot the roots.” . When the sun came out, the positive farmer would say, “Lord, thank you for giving our plants valuable nutrients.” The negative farmer, “Yeah, but it keeps it up, it’s gonna scorch the crops.” One day, they went bird hunting together in a boat. The positive farmer just a new bird dog. He was so proud of him. He shot a bird, fell in the water, said to the negative farmer, “Watch this!” The dog jumped out of a boat run on top of the water, picked up the bird, ran back on top of the water, put it in a boat. HE said, “What’d you think?” The negative farmer said, “I should have known it. That dog can’t even swim.” — Tell Yourself a New Story, Joel Osteen