Every morning I wake up and say to myself, "I can choose to get sex today, or I can choose not to get sex today. I choose to get sex!"
But then I get drunk and pass out in my bathtub...alone. The moral of this story is, look both ways when you cross the street and don't take rides from strangers...unless they offer you candy too. 1 luv sol >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [D] HOW DO YOU START YOUR DAY? >Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 16:28:04 EST > >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. > > > ><< message5.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
