“It’s not that we laugh at adversity, but what I got from my daughter goes something like this: “Yeah! They got a flat tire. Now their luck will turn completely around. [And then later, coming back outside and seeing someone helping them fix the flat]: See! It’s already happening.” So it turns into a sort of affirmation that this is sure to improve.”

— an anonymous dollcrafter’s mother

— in response to a posting relating to the I-Ching and the favor of fortune that follows arrival at the bottom of the ladder.