I saw this today and thought I would share it with my MM family.  It sure made put a smile on my face at the truth to it.  :)


LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE.

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 doctorsand 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.


After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.


God Bless, and smile,it could be contagious.

Thanks for that inspiring story, Michelle.  You and your brother seem to be able to choose to keep your faith and see the positive side!  
Many hugs,
Stephanie

Hi Michelle,
Since my MM experience I always try to see the positive in situations. I would probably still be stumbling through life taking things forgranted if it weren't for find out I had MM, but now I treasure and value all that surrounds me - I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for my husband - it has brought us so close, I love my kids, I watch the sunsets and smell the roses. LIFE IS GREAT!!!
Thanks for this post
Moira  ;;D

Thanks for the sharing, Michelle.  I too choose to LIVE!  ;;D and will do my best in staying positive when facing the challenges I've been faced with.  ;)

What a motivating story..

Thanks,
Shan

Michelle,

Thanks for sharing such a positive story. Even through the worst, John found the positive side. It is always about choice.  

You know my story and the movie quote that took me from depression to living life to the fullest. As Morgan Freeman said in the movie Shawshank Redemption "you can get busy living or you can get busy dying". I chose to get busy living!

"Don't worry, be happy"! Life is Grand!

I know you and Shane are focusing on the positive.

Love and Hugs, [smiley=hug.gif]

Lore

When Tyler had his stroke I was shocked and stunned. However I already had the belief that everything happens for a reason and if you choose to get stronger because of something you will.

Well watching Tyler cross the street the first time alone after his stroke taught me if he could do something he was so afraid of then I could be brave for him too.

Not only did Tyler find out how strong he was, by having to do things that scared him. (he was afraid of having a stroke when crossing the street and getting hit by a car, or of having a stroke going up stairs and falling down them). My daughter has learned that she can survive high stress and to keep fighting, since she watched Tyler fight MM and win, she feels she should be able to fight anything also. I have also learned of my inner strength.

I still believe things happen for a reason, and we choose how to react and whether it will make us stronger or break us.

The story is so true!!!! Life is easier when you choose the positve path, the negative path is harder it takes more enery and it's not good energy until the day you start to look at it differently in a positive way.
         SUCH A GREAT STORY!!! FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE!!
                                                   MM FRIEND LENA