Gotta keep on swimming

I watched a crowd walking in the streets and wondered what their life stories could be. Many, many stories for sure. But if I categorized them, I would find that some stories tell of the optimistic souls and the other half, pessimistic. The fact of life is that life goes on no matter what our troubles are. So, it's best to remain positive all the time; to keep on swimming...

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl. One was an optimistic soul.
But the other took the gloomy view.
"We'll drown," he lamented,
and with a last despairing cry,
he flung up his legs and said "Goodbye."

The other frog said with a steadfast grin,
"I can't get out but I won't give in,
I'll just swim around till my strength is spent,
then I'll die the more content."
Bravely he swam to work his scheme,
and his struggles began to churn the cream.

The more he swam, his legs a flutter,
the more the cream turned into butter.
On top of the butter at last he stopped,
and out of the bowl he gaily hopped.

Just move on no matter what...

A prisoner of war tried to keep his sanity by singing. He sang all day, all night in his prison cell. Irritated by his singing, his captors cut his tongue. But that didn't stop him. So, he hummed the melody of his songs. This time, they removed his vocal chord. That silence him indeed. But not long afterwards, his captors found him dancing to the beat of his songs he played in his mind. He danced all day, all night. Irritated by his silent dance movements, they amputated his legs and arms. But soon after, they saw him moving his head forward and backward to the melody of the songs in his heart. Finally, the chopped his head. But his 'music' stayed with his fellow prisoners who, inspired by his outstanding courage, launched an attack against their captors and escaped to freedom.