I know it's long but it's worth reading.
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU
START YOUR DAY TOMORROW.
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 to be a
victim or I 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. Your bottom line:
It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Michael 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 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. 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," 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 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.
ENJOY LIFE - IT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU GET!!!
1 Peter 5:7 Let him have all your worries and cares, for
He is always thinking about YOU and watching everything
that concerns YOU
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU
START YOUR DAY TOMORROW.
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 to be a
victim or I 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. Your bottom line:
It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Michael 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 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. 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," 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 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.
ENJOY LIFE - IT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU GET!!!
1 Peter 5:7 Let him have all your worries and cares, for
He is always thinking about YOU and watching everything
that concerns YOU
