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Discussion in 'General' started by imcherokeeangel, Jan 15, 2010.

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

    Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly---each and every friend
     
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  2. wow i havent read anything this inspirational on this board ever.

    Thank you for the excellent post, I actually feel a bit better right now.
     
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  3. Amen.
    Amazing story.
     
  4. Great story, truly words to live by.


    Thanks for posting!
     
  5. Thanks, Y'all! I been seein so much negativity on here lately, I figured it couldn't hurt to post something positive :)
     
  6. I thought this was about Michael Scott when I saw it. Nice Post.
     
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  7. Ahhhh I needed something like that today. Great post :)
     

  8. lolllll me too...glad im not the only one :laughing:

    yeah good post cherokee :love:

    i was totally hoping for something from the office though :(
     
  9. Thanks for sharing that.

    Kind of how I try to live my life.
     
  10. Great post. You made my day just that much better which is alot considering the past 2 weeks havent gone so well.
     
  11. I'm so glad you all took the time to read this :D

    So...um...who is Michael Scott? :confused:
     
  12. that was a great post. it's funny how simple stuff like this can help put things in perspective sometimes
     
  13. #15 NORRIN RADD, Jan 15, 2010
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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuGIgf-ICHM]YouTube - The Office - I declare bankruptcy! Michael Scott[/ame][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lh4RPd8Vwk"]YouTube- Michael Scott -isms[/ame]

    That's Michael Scott.
     
  14. This is incredibly inspirational. Makes you believe that there's hope no matter how down you're feeling.

    Fantastic story.
     
  15. thanks for sharing this + to you :)
     
  16. Yeah that was him.
     
  17. This story makes an excellent point. So much of your life can be improved by choosing to approach life with a positive attitude every day no matter how much the world tries to get you down.
     

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