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  • > Well worth the read everyone. Have a great day!!
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    > READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Michael is the kind of guy some people 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 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.
    > > > 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.
    > > >
    > > > You know the choice I made.
    > > >
  • Amen sister -- thank you for the reminder!

    Kristin