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> > > > > > >>THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW...

> > > > > > >>

> > > > > > >> 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, Mike 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 will affect your mood. You choose to be in a

> > > > > > >>good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your

> > > > > > >>choice how you live 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 did ask him what had

> > > > > > >>gone through this 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'. " He lived, not just due 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. You

> > > > > > >>have two choices now:

> > > > > > >>

> > > > > > >>1. Delete this.

> > > > > > >>2. Forward it to the people you care about.

> > > > > > >>

> > > > > > >>I hope you will choose #2. I did....

> > > > > >

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> > > > > > >>You know when people see a cat's litter box, they always say,

> " Oh,

> > > > have

> > > > > > >>you got a cat? " Just once I want to say, " No, it's for

> company. "

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