Hello Sugar, I agree with mathew 634. If we have a positive aditude about everything then things will turn out all riite. So thank you for sending this. Original message:
> Wouldn't it be good to always have this thought and concept about attitudes? > all I can say is,"hmmm, Lord help me" > ATTITUDE > 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, I 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 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. > Sugar Says: > People are like stained glass windows: They sparkle and shine when the > sun is out, > But when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if > there is a light shining from within. > -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
