aLgiE
18th Jun '07 Mon, 09:45
READ THIS ...........
LET IT REALLY SINK IN - THEN CHOOSE .
John 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, John was there
telling the employee how t! o 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 i n 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
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 John. "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.
note: jehn this is for you ... :)
LET IT REALLY SINK IN - THEN CHOOSE .
John 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, John was there
telling the employee how t! o 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 i n 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
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 John. "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.
note: jehn this is for you ... :)