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| You've got to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from mistakes, but never regret. sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past .. stop planning the future .. stop trying to figure out precisely how we feel .. stop deciding with our mind what we want our heart to feel and sometimes we just have to go with "whatever..happens..happens" | | |
| just wanting to wish Jon, Allen, and Jacky a happy happy birthdayy!! lol. n hoping to have a good time tonight. ;) | | |
| 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,
'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 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 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 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 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. | | |
| so let's start it off.
summer '06 is coming to an end...ROAR! >.< i'm gonna miss all u '88's bleh.
ben sam - goshhh!!!! u're like the brother i never had!! i've known u for two years and in those two years we've seen each other through a lot. u've seen me through a couple heartbreaks and i've seen you through a couple more. in those two years i've also seen you change. u used to be more quiet..more monotone...now u're so....WEIRDDD AND CRAZYY!!!! lol. i love hanging out with you and talking to you cuz i know i can talk to you about anything. i still remember that day at the gym when we just talked....uhh...after we worked out of course. lol. xP haha and everyday between 4th and 5th period was always ben-jason-susy time. xD bx science is just not gonna be the same without you. >.< then u started going out with jeanie and it was the happiest i've ever seen you. i just wanna tell you now how happy i am for you. and how happy i feel when i see you guys together. but u already knew that. x)
jason young - ahh...the young one. xP where do i begin? i think i've also known you for two years but we never really talked or hung out until dch. i'm gonna tell you straight out now that u are such a great guy. i seriously love hanging out with you. i'm so happy for you too. x) u always tried to make me smile all the time and u were so witty on the comebacks. xP too fast for me though. LOL. don't get fat in college! you worked too hard! xD
you guys are my number one seniors. xP i still remember that one day at the gym when it was just the three of us..actually i think it was more than once. xP we have so many inside jokes....ahhh i'm gonna miss all of thattt!!!! i'm also gonna miss you guys looking out for me...giving me advice and letting me give you advice in turn...making me laugh all the time and giving me the pleasure of returning the favor. when we grow up..let's own that chicken company together! ok?? xD
i've got more coming up, i think i might add more to what i have...but for now..lunch with lynda! i'm hungryy...>.< | | |
| keep it secret, keep it safe.
good luck in toronto guysss =)
yo...xanga's got all this new stuff now...i dont even know how to use it anymore..@.@ | | |
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