"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)