22022022 - " Attitude, after all, is everything "

 

Attitude, after all, is everything.

·        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 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.” 

 

·        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.

 

·        Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” 

 

·        After all today is the tomorrow, you worried about yesterday.