Something to think about.....
02-19-2002, 01:29 PM
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Something to think about.....
This was forwarded to me, one of those emails, but it does make you think about your perspective/outlook on life.
Something for us to think about......
> > > >
> > > > 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.
Something for us to think about......
> > > >
> > > > 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.
02-19-2002, 01:38 PM
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I also have the same outlook as Michael. People are always asking me how I can be so happy all the time. It's really very simple as you can see....
Now I need to forward this onto my friends so that maybe they can understand.
Now I need to forward this onto my friends so that maybe they can understand.
02-19-2002, 01:49 PM
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As a Christian this should be a very easy attitude to adopt, because God has everything in control and when I leave here I have a better place to go.
As a magician, I've been told that I should dress just a little better than the audience I'll be entertaining. It was put this way: Dress as though, when you leave this party, you'll be going to a better party. I try to live the rest of my life that way, because, in fact, I do have a better party to attend when this one is over.
Thanks for a cogent reminder.
As a magician, I've been told that I should dress just a little better than the audience I'll be entertaining. It was put this way: Dress as though, when you leave this party, you'll be going to a better party. I try to live the rest of my life that way, because, in fact, I do have a better party to attend when this one is over.
Thanks for a cogent reminder.
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That outlook on life is all good and dandy if your starting in an episode of Full House. I'll take an example of what Michael said. In the real world, YOU don't choose to live or die. You know what does? The distance you fell, what kind of surface you fell onto, body position during impact etc.. Those are the things that DECIDE if you are going to live or die. If it was as easy as choosing, NO ONE would ever die!! You can't always be in a good mood. It's unnatural. If this indeed is a true story. I wouldn't find it surprising if this man had some mental problems. Perhaps to much ceratonin in the brain. Who knows. Life isn't all sugar kisses and lollypops and if you go around having this kind of attitude in life, you are going to be excessively taken advantage of and most likely go no where in life. Unless you think being a good moral person is being successful enough.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ace039
[B]That outlook on life is all good and dandy if your starting in an episode of Full House. I'll take an example of what Michael said. In the real world, YOU don't choose to live or die. You know what does? The distance you fell, what kind of surface you fell onto, body position during impact etc.. Those are the things that DECIDE if you are going to live or die. If it was as easy as choosing, NO ONE would ever die!!
[B]That outlook on life is all good and dandy if your starting in an episode of Full House. I'll take an example of what Michael said. In the real world, YOU don't choose to live or die. You know what does? The distance you fell, what kind of surface you fell onto, body position during impact etc.. Those are the things that DECIDE if you are going to live or die. If it was as easy as choosing, NO ONE would ever die!!
02-19-2002, 02:59 PM
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However, sometimes getting good and pissed off is the best course of action. See my yesterday thread ""Geo Metro and S2K, the saga continues -- sometines it pays to really vent."
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02-19-2002, 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by ace039
Ok, so your saying rather than being a realist and viewing everything as they really are. I should view/pretend everyone loves one another and the world is a big bunch of love. And by making my decisions on this assesment. I should be a happier and better off person. This doesn't seem right at all. Seems like he and anyone else thinking like this is living in their own little world. It may come off as if I'm angry or mad, but I'm far from it. There are times when you SHOULD be in a bad mood. Michael's whole theory on life goes down the toilet when we start to mention death. Would you expect Micheal to be in a good mood if his whole family died somehow? But yet he says, being in a good mood is as easy as saying "I'm going to be in a good mood".
Also to add. I would probaly also be in a good mood %90 of the time. But things such as school, job, parents and the basic ups and downs in life allow me not to.
Ok, so your saying rather than being a realist and viewing everything as they really are. I should view/pretend everyone loves one another and the world is a big bunch of love. And by making my decisions on this assesment. I should be a happier and better off person. This doesn't seem right at all. Seems like he and anyone else thinking like this is living in their own little world. It may come off as if I'm angry or mad, but I'm far from it. There are times when you SHOULD be in a bad mood. Michael's whole theory on life goes down the toilet when we start to mention death. Would you expect Micheal to be in a good mood if his whole family died somehow? But yet he says, being in a good mood is as easy as saying "I'm going to be in a good mood".
Also to add. I would probaly also be in a good mood %90 of the time. But things such as school, job, parents and the basic ups and downs in life allow me not to.
Michael also brings in one more step and that is choosing to be an optimist. You can either regret for your whole life that you wrecked the car. On the other hand you can say I love my new car and if I hadn't wrecked my old one I wouldn't have it.
02-19-2002, 03:35 PM
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An interesting perspecitive for sure! I don't think it's as easy as this urban legand makes it sound (yea, it's been around a while)...but there is truth to it. Somehow, I am able to apply it to larger problems (death, blown engines, money problems, etc.) but not to small problems (lost my keys, forgot to make a phone call, etc.) where it would be more helpful 
I've read that making such a decision when you first wake up, and reflecting on the good of the day when you go to sleep, can make a big difference in attitude. Now, if I could just remember to do those things!
I've read that making such a decision when you first wake up, and reflecting on the good of the day when you go to sleep, can make a big difference in attitude. Now, if I could just remember to do those things!
