A Dose of Positive Attitude

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A Dose of Positive Attitude 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, 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 and asked him, " I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it? " 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, " 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 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 was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw 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, " 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.

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 . " 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. "

" 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. 6:34 states: 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 each day, each breath and mostly... each and every friend.

And remember to start each day with an " attitude of gratitude! "