Choices - Lee

[Guest guest]

Lee,

I know I said it was a poem. I was wrong. but it is

still good.

This is one of my all-time favorite stories, and I

try to develop this philosophy within my life. Each

time I read this story, I'm renewed. I hope you enjoy

it as much as I do.

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. Your 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 are, 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. " Aren'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 Micheal.

" 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. "

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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.

I hope you will choose #2. I did.

ENJOY LIFE IT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU GET

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