Clever Dumb and Dumber

Have you really considered how many opportunities you have had to gladden yourself, and how many of them you have refused?
- A Course In Miracles, Text, Chapt. 4, IV, Paragraph 8

Actually, we often choose to put ourselves in misfortunes, just like the end of a Jim Carrey movie Dumb and Dumber. Well, they are somewhat clever because they don't go on grunting about their misfortune created by their refusal. We can learn from them...