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>>John 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,
>>would be twins!"
>>
>>He was a natural motivator.
>>
>>If an employee was having a bad day, John 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 and
>>asked him, "I don't get it!
>>
>>You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do
>>it?"
>>
>>He 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," he 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 e 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 he 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 he was involved in a serious
>>accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
>>
>>After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was
>>released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
>>
>>I saw him 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," he 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.
>>
>>He 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 John. "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, 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." Matthew
>>6:34.
>>
>>After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:

quote:

Originally posted by Inda:
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>>He 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.
...

Thanks dear Inda!

*BEING POSITIVE*

Love and LIGHT BEING, Teo Do (Re, Mi, Fa, Soul....)

Good morning everyone.

What a nice post.
Staying positive.

Sue

Thank you for this post.
This is a wonderful message how we can keep on the positive side of things.

Have a nice day everyone, and look at all the unpleasant things as a learning experience.

Love
Vicky

It is always good to stay on the positive side.
Thank you for the reminder.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Thank you for sharing the message.
We must remember not to fuss and get angry about the unimportant things.It is better for our wellbeing to keep on the positive side.

yoko

Thank you everyone for your replies.

quote:

>>Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
>>about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew
>>6:34.

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Have a wonderful day.

Love, Inda