OT.. or is it?

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a dear friend sent this to everone she knew and i sort of keep it on hand to read when I get on the pitty pot... which i do do, every so often!<G>another one i keep runing into is below it and it seems just when i get a real good case of self rightousness, danged if it will some how sowup as a book mark or something!!!

READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN.

THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW.

is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and

always has something positive to say.

When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any

better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, was there telling the employee

how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one

day I went up to and asked him, "I don't

get it! You can't be a positive person all of the

time. How do you do it?"

replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two

choices today.

You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad

mood.

I choose to be in a good mood.

Each time something bad happens, I can

choose to be a victim or...I can choose

to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining,

I can choose to accept their complaining or...

I can point out the positive side of life.

I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," said. "Life is all about choices.

When you cut away all the junk, every situation

is a choice.

You choose how you react to situations.

You choose how people affect your mood. You

choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.

The bottom line: It's your choice how you live

your life."

I reflected on what said. Soon

hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my

own business. We lost touch, but I often thought

about him when I made a choice about life instead 0f reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that was

involved in a serious accident, falling some 60

feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive

care, was released from the hospital with

rods placed in his back.

I saw about six months after the

accident. When I asked him how he was, he

replied. "If I were any better, I'd be twins.

Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him

what had gone through his mind as the accident

took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was

the well-being of my soon to be born daughter, "

replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground,

I remembered that I had two choices: I could

choose to live or ...I could choose to die.

I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?"

I asked.

continued, "...the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But

when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the

expressions on the faces of the doctors and

nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read

"he's a dead man. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting

questions at me," said . "She asked if I

was allergic to anything.

"Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped

working as they waited for my reply. I took a

deep breath and yelled, "Gravity."

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing

to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

lived, thanks to the skill of his

doctors, but also because of his amazing

attitude. I learned from him that every day we

have the choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything.

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for

tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has

enough trouble of its own."

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about

yesterday.

You have two choices now:

1. Delete this.

2. send a copy to the people you care about.

You know the choice I made.

here is the other one:

I dreamed death came the other night And Heaven's gate swung wide: With kindly grace an Angel Ushered me inside. And there---to my astonishment--- Stood folks I'd known on earth: Some I had judged and labeled as Unfit or little worth. Indignent words rose to my lips But never were set free----- For every face showed stunned surprise--- NO ONE EXPECTED ME !!!! Love.. . Granny Lee