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2006-08-16 08:27:25 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
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.
2006-08-16 08:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by jean 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When you are weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all. I'm on your side. When you need a friend and friends just pass you by, like a bridge over troubled waters, I will ease your mind. Come on, I ****** that up, smile and the world smiles with you. How about making a wish.............. When I was a kid, my parents would never send me to the shops on the other side of the bridge as I would lean over it and watch the river, the fish and if I was lucky, someone fishing. I made a wish: read on.
Boy on a Bridge:
As a boy I stood and watched the river flow below,
And saw the angler cast his line, but little did I know,
That when I aged, became a man, that I would thread the flood,
And as I fished, got what I wished, and saw the child above.
A childhood dream of what will be, can truly be,
For if your childish wish is strong, yes, one day you will see,
The magic of that moment when it at last comes true,
As if someone or something great ordained it just for you.
So if you have a dream, just close your eyes,
But make no wish against your enemy, whom you might despise,
Just for one moment think of what you really want or where you long to go,
Don’t be afraid, be firmly brave, for wishing can always make it so.
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2006-08-16 08:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is funny story that will make you smile.
here we go:
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have.
Give more.
Expect less
NOW ............
Enough of that rubbish . . . The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:
When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ***, it always comes back to bite you.
2006-08-16 08:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 08:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My coworker's daughter just learned how to open doors, so when she was here last week she would say "bye bye now! see later!" and open and close the door. Then she'd run down the hallway and in the other door to the room. Repeated over and over for like 10 minutes. It was cute, it made me smile!
2006-08-16 08:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by toyo_uke 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Roses are Red
Jay's feeling blue
Who can make you smile
Eventhough we don't know you
Do you like candy
do you like it sweet
or perhaps a shopping spree
Go give yourself a treat!
Think of something happy
Like the other day
when you made someone smile
just by being you Jay!
......................I hope I made your day!
2006-08-16 08:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by Ronique 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cheerios!
2006-08-16 08:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by lolitakali 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The dolphin picture you use instead of an avatar is pretty. I live in Texas, too.
2006-08-16 08:35:32 · answer #8 · answered by tonialmo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just farted in my cubicle and my boss walked in right afterwards. He made a face and tried to hide his disgust as he was asking me a work related question.
2006-08-16 08:38:38 · answer #9 · answered by barter256 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-16 08:39:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋