You all will like this one-it reminds me of the YOU poem by Edgar A. Guest
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Subject: FW: Choices


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>> > >> > > >READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN.
>> > >> > > >THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW.
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > >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, 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, 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
>> > >> > > >0f 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 soon to be born daughter, "
>> > >> > > >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.
>> > >> > >
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