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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."
"Yeah, right. It isn't 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 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.
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.
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.
"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'."
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 a choice to live
fully. Attitude is everything.
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发表于 2016-7-11 08:54:50