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You all will like this one-it reminds me of the YOU poem by Edgar A. Guest
Mom(MNL) -----Original Message----- From: Glen Parkey [mailto:gparkey@arn.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 6:36 PM To: Patty Schneider; nancy Roberts; Sammye Romine; Yphon LaRoche; Mary Nell Lemert Subject: Fw: Choices -----Original Message----- From: joe sanchez <joesanchez@ev1.net< To: 'joe_sanchez@au.chpai.com' <joe_sanchez@au.chpai.com<; 'gparkey@arn.net' <gparkey@arn.net<; 'brookeb@yesmail.com' <brookeb@yesmail.com<; 'paul_parkey@abercrombie.com' <paul_parkey@abercrombie.com< Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: FW: Choices < < <-----Original Message----- <From: phylene@attglobal.net [SMTP:phylene@attglobal.net] <Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:23 AM <To: Bette Branson; Barbara Reynolds; Lisa Ryan; Lorraine Welch; Lori <Martin; Laurie Marino; June Smith; April Sanchez; Anne Gronning; Gunhild <Lavoll; Nancy Mekelburg <Subject: Fw: Choices < < <----- Original Message ----- <From: " Stan Hooley and Joan O'Donnell" <hooley.odonnell@pdq.net< <To: "Rovins, Betty and Bart" <bbmj@coastalnet.com<; "Rinkoff, Feiga" <<fhrink@aol.com<; "Mudgett, Carol" <camudgett@aol.com<; "Jacoksen, Phylene" <<phylene@attglobal.net<; "Horrigan, Kathleen" <kathleenh@steiner.com<; <"Coyle/McLoughlin, Kevin and Catherine" <cemmcl@hotmail.com<; "Bombard, <Diane" <dmb914@msn.com<; "Beadle, Mary" <mbeadle@home.com< <Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:21 PM <Subject: Fw: Choices < < << << < << < < <READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. << < << < < <THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. << < << < < < << < << < < <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, 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," 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 << < << < < <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 << < << < < <0f 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. << < << < < < << < << < < <You have two choices now: << < << < < <1. Delete this. << < << < < <2. Forward it to the people you care about. << < << < < << < << < < _____________________________________________________________ <____ << < << < < Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <http://explorer.msn.com << < << < < << < << < < << < << < << < << << < << _________________________________________________________________ << < << Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com << < << << < << << < < << < < << < < << < < << < <
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