Guest guest Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 If you are thinking it is going to be another lousy day, maybe this will help you. It did me. 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 and > asked > him, 'I don't get it!' > > > 'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?' > > > He 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,' he 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 he 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 of reacting to it. > > > Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious > accident, > falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. > > > > After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released > from the hospital with rods placed in his back. > > > > I saw him 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,' he 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. > > > > He 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.' > > > > He 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.' 6:34. > > > > After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. > > > > You have two choices now: > > > > 01. Delete this > > > > 02. Forward it to the people you care about. > > > > You know the choice I made. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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