Life is full of choices

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Life is full of choicesMichael 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'd be twins!" He was a natural motivator. !h;IF-?}B7q

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{;W R+D 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 positive all the time. How do you do it?" AC)K%b*gZS/eX
Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike, 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 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."
V4sB(B Ks#l!N "Yeah, right. It isn't that easy." I protested. _sN/`N gFD
"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 will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.
+|~1yS&Yh7y VG Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower.
A%_$o%R-_(M"] After l8 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 did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. 0R~g.H D7Vw6Er
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered 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 operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l 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 me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said. 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'm choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
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Reply #1 onlychen's post

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Good morning!

this is not wrote by me .I just like it ,so putting it up here.If u also like these words ,pls read them .

moring :lol

:P you are the frist one say "morning"to me on the bbs$ge%@2F#g}_&C|
nice to meet you !

Reply #5 onlychen's post

Haha! Enjoy your stay here! :handshake

begger here:L

Reply #5 onlychen's post

morning ,LZ!o F0C;_C)^0C
so i 'm the second one at here to say "morning " to you.
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hoping you have a nice day at here.:loveliness: :victory:

Morning guy, especially to the one upfloor!:D

Life is to make choices

of course we have many choices to make during my life:loveliness: :loveliness:

the words is too small,
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it is so easy for words

Is this an article of college English?

Thanks for your sharing, onlychen !1Z0_ Y
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Happy to know Michael and his story!
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"TY%uqq|o&VH7P*@ K He is a great man! :) :victory:

it's so right!

Reply #15 dancy0103's post

:victory: %c8z b` mo y2g0SHe
I am very happy to know you read it ,what's more, you like it .

attitude is everything!  i really like this sentence

Have read it ,the story is educative
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The man is great

morning! I am jim!

seems it is extracted from the <chicken soup for the soul>
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Yes,life has a lot of choices,but the most important is that how to make the right choice.*b1^
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Always think twice before you made any choice will be a good way to the happiness.

LIfe is full of choice ,that's right

All of our human beings need to cultivate a positive attitude, especially when we troubled by some bad things.

Thanks for your sharing,I readed it twice

i like this story. everyday everything mostly we are making choice indead of doing things, not a easy thing