Wednesday, November 05, 2008
heys all my friends out there pls do spend a few minutes of your precious time to read what i have to share next.
trust mi. its definitely worth a read!
here it goes.
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You have two choices.
Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood.
When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed job, so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.
Why?
Because Jerry was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious.
So one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I dont get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood, or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always 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. Everytime someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining, or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."
"But its not always that easy." I protested.
"Yes it is." Jerry 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. Its your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business.
He left the back door of his restaurant opened.
And then in the morning, he was robbed by three armed men.
While Jerry was trying to open the safe box, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When i asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I’d be twins. Want to see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door." Jerry replied.
"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that i had two choices: I could choose to live, or could choose to die. I chose to live."
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me i was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and i saw the expression 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 nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry.
"She asked if i was allergic to anything."
'Yes, to bullets,' I replied.
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skills of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that everyday you have the choice to either enjoy your life, or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours, that no one can control or take away from you, is your attitude.
So if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
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an extremely meaningful and inspiring email that i came across.
many a time, people choose to live in agony whenever obstacles struck them.
have they really spare a thought on how they can be happy, or how they should move on with their lives?
sadly, No.
in many cases, this seldom happens.
sometimes people refuse to face the reality.
sometimes they just choose to let things remain the way it is.
how to bid goodbye to the grievance, sorrows, and stress in this way?
happiness is a choice.
you decide your own happiness.
you decide how you want to lead your life.
its not whether you can or cannot do it.
its a matter of you WANT to do it or not.
i know, most would think its easier to be said than done. i think otherwise.
if you never try, you'll never know.
i always believe that everything do happen for a purpose.
obstacles are like humps in life that are meant for you to learn and gain something from it, not to dishearten or demoralise you.
when you overcome those barriers, not only you'll feel a great sense of achievement and satisfaction, you'll also find yourself a stronger and happier person.
let go the past, and move on. thats the way life should be. isnt it?
i hope my words have enlighten any friends out there who are still living in the shadows of your past, or struggling with an emotional war.
the pet phrase that always hops out of my mouth..
POSITIVE ATTITUDE! :D
a good good week ahead friends! =)
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