Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 Hello, Now I know where I've failed, I made the wrong choices to often, no more stinkin'thinkin' for this old girl. turn over a new leaf, get out of the rat race, look up, think positive, don't gripe; smile, Hmmmm suppose that will work? Yep it will, God is on my side. Love and Prayers, Ardie Fw: (no subject) >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:53:01 -0700 > > > > >This is good reading and great for thought! > > >We sometimes need a reminder!!!!!! > > 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, 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. 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 thereafter, 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 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. Forward it to the people you care about You know the choice I made. Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly--each and every friend. > > > > > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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