Crazy Paul
03-18-2002, 10:11 PM
I think everyone should read this....
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN.
>> > THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY.
>> >
>> > 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, 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 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. 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 family, 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.
>> > You have two choices now:
>> > 1. Delete this.
>> > 2. Forward it to the people you care about.
>> >
>> > You know the choice I made.
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN.
>> > THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY.
>> >
>> > 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, 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 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. 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 family, 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.
>> > You have two choices now:
>> > 1. Delete this.
>> > 2. Forward it to the people you care about.
>> >
>> > You know the choice I made.