A nice story :)
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A nice story :)
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, 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
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 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.
Want to 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.
Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly...each and every friend
He is always in a good mood and always has
something positive to say.
When someone would ask him how he was
doing, 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
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 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.
Want to 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.
Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly...each and every friend
Пристигна по имейла - от онези видове дето се препращат на който се сетиш, но точно тая част я пропуснах :)) Обаче копирах историйката за всички вас!
Re: A nice story :)
Уилям Сидни Портър(1862-1910) с псевдоним О`Хенри е наречен "майстора на късия разказ"-американец,в общи линии пише за иронията на съдбата,но без сарказъм.Разказът,който си пуснала ми напомня на него,макар че едва ли той е автора,просто стилът е подобен,има нещо забавно и оптимистично.
Не мога да кажа,че ми е любим,но ако ти попадне хвърли му едно око.
Не мога да кажа,че ми е любим,но ако ти попадне хвърли му едно око.
