Virgie and Hoshi >> >>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 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 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." Matthew 6:34. >> >> >> >>After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. >> >> >> >>You have two choices now: >> >> >> >>01. Delete this. >> >>02. Forward it to the people you care about. >> >> >> >>You know the choice I made. >> > >> > >> > > __________ NOD32 1.1502 (20060422) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ruthie and mallory, my mellow yellow rainbow girl To join my list for blind women age 40 and over: hit enter on the following link: [log in to unmask] to join my welcome-friends group for men and women, hit enter on the link below: [log in to unmask]