Surely you've heard the story of the boy digging through poo. You have haven't you?

An old farmer and his wife have twin boys. One is an extreme pessimist, the other an extreme optimist.

One day they take them to a child psychologist. In an attempt to level them out, the doctor puts the pessimist in a roomful of toys and the optimist in a roomful of horse manure.

After an hour alone, they find the little pessimist sitting in a corner pouting, not playing with the toys because he was afraid he would break them.

The little optimist is quit busy digging through the pile of poo because he is confident that, with that much manure, there must be a pony in there somewhere.

(Insert chuckle).

Surely you've heard it?

While it's old and dusty, and just a bit corny, there is a kernel of truth in it: Our lives are often made better or worse by the stories we tell ourselves about the circumstances we find ourselves in.

There's another "surely" I'm thinking about today. It goes like this:

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬