“8 You see, one of the fundamental gems of worldly wisdom I have learned in my travels to the East is also one of the most simple." Julian then paused as if to summon up a priceless gift. "And what might that be?" "There is no such thing as objective reality or 'the real world.' There are no absolutes. The face of your greatest enemy might be the face of my finest friend. An event that appears to be a tragedy to one might reveal the seeds of unlimited opportunity to another. What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.”