A good outlook

[Guest guest]

" How's this for choices? " Enjoy....

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 cannot be a positive person

all of the

time. How do you do it? "

replied, " Each morning I wake up and say to myself, " Mike, 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

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 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 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. "

You have two choices now: 1. Delete this. 2. Forward it to the people

you

care about.

I hope you will choose #2. I did. I thought this made a lot of sense. I

hope it does to you too.