The Light At The End of The Tunnel

I received this joke from a friend via email a couple days ago:

Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas, and oil,

The Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

And although very funny, I have come to realize how completely sad this is. There are many people in this economy that have the mentality that there is no hope. For those of us that are still in the business, I would like to think we are the select group of those who refuse to let that light be turned off. We get up every morning and do our job knowing that we will be rewarded for our efforts if not tomorrow, or next week, it will be very soon. Do you agree?