Post by friend on Aug 13, 2003 23:24:11 GMT -5
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE.
> >
> > Michael 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, Michael 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
> > Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all
> > of the time. How do you do it?"
> > Michael 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 o 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," Michael 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 Michael 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 Michael was involved in a serious
> > accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours
> > of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the
> > hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months
> > after the accident.
> >
> >
> > When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be
> > twins. Want to 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, Michael 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. Michael
> > 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 Michael. "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." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his
> > doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that
> > everyday 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." - Matthew 6:34
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Michael 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, Michael 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
> > Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all
> > of the time. How do you do it?"
> > Michael 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 o 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," Michael 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 Michael 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 Michael was involved in a serious
> > accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours
> > of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the
> > hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months
> > after the accident.
> >
> >
> > When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be
> > twins. Want to 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, Michael 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. Michael
> > 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 Michael. "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." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his
> > doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that
> > everyday 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." - Matthew 6:34
> >
> > 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.
