Are you being punished for some infraction?
Two boys go to their rich uncle's house for Christmas. The uncle takes the first boy, who is a pessimist, to a door and says, "Open this door and see what you got for Christmas." The boy goes in and sees all the wonderful gifts he has received, turns to his uncle and says, "Is that all there is?"
The uncle takes the second boy, who is always happy and cheerful, to another door and says, "Open the door and see what you got for Christmas." The boy opens the door, sees a room filled with farm animal waste, and happily starts digging in the manure. The uncle says, "Wait! Stop! What are you doing?"
The happy little boy turns to his uncle and says, "This is my best Christmas ever! With all this horse poop in here, I know there must be a pony in there somewhere!!"
I read Mr. Schrum's article looking for the pony.