> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY!
> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> >>> 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 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," Matthew 6:34
> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> >>> 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.
--- Begin Message --- READ THIS.......LET IT REALLY SINK IN......
> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY!
> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> >>> 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 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," Matthew 6:34
> > > >>
> > > >> >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> >>> 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.
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