Michael is the kind of guy some 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'd 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
positive all the time. How do you do it
Michael replied, "Each morning I wake
up and say to myself, Mike, 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 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 isn't 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 will affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad
mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice
how you live 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 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 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 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
me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said.
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 a choice to live fully.

Attitude is everything!

Matthew 5:
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek:
for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful:
for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children of God.

10 Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
for great is your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets
which were before you.

13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden
under foot of men.

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