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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 h! aving 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 wh

en 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. "

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about

yesterday.