A very good story

Jerry is the manager of a restaurant in America. He
is always in a
good mood and always has something positive to say.
0 w, b9 M" ]2 x# O+ v1 S! |1 wWhen someone would ask
him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
! I% ^! ~3 n6 Iwere any  better, I
1 T$ S( |% ~6 _# Z# t5 j- `7 C% Fwould be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
when he changed
2 c: N# J+ S' L4 S! @  I% fjobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
* r8 F. _/ J1 T  }5 ~" y' ito restaurant.
The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
a bad day, Jerry
/ o0 L7 B* R+ P- bwas always here, telling the employee how to look on
the positive side
2 w+ O: Q; }% u8 s- Fof the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Jerry
and asked him, "I don't get it!
9 l. |5 i3 A) O" F2 V! ENo one can be a positive person all of the time. How
do you do it?"
Jerry replied,
7 Z& l) P9 x" N/ F4 _"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
choices today. I
* z; |- X! S: w# P0 @/ ^can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be
4 G# x  c1 j7 tin a bad mood. I
always choose to be in a good mood.

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
9 A+ [; n4 I, f9 W$ q$ t- Bvictim or I can
7 B8 ]1 I1 i0 bchoose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from
it. Every time
: s) e$ p$ l! vsomeone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
+ a* P' z% O! c+ o4 H! Faccept their
complaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I always
choose the positive side of life."
5 i  K2 R  t/ V+ }- P* ?' M# ~"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
0 ?  d1 q2 Y. x+ W7 q/ q* g" h! uWhen you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
' f! p3 M5 i- S4 S& Cchoice. You choose
8 w! m5 J5 C5 h2 ~+ K1 ^' ihow you react to situations. You choose how people
will affect your
mood. You choose to be  in a good mood or bad mood.
It's your choice how
you live your life."
6 f/ Q* r+ P' `1 G. ^Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
& }+ o4 J1 l4 {  A' Ldid something you are never supposed to do in the
restaurant business: left the back door of his
restaurant open one morning and was robbed by three
armed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand,
# E: D0 L1 S: w2 sshaking from nervousness slipped off the
combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.
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Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the
3 R2 ^+ M! @' d3 i6 {6 E' ?hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
( Z. r2 `1 c& x  m$ G9 Vintensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
! ~# M4 ~$ b8 @
/ E" r' P% j* k# {I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
) f# b% ~: k* f4 d) Y, }6 h3 F* P* S. xWhen I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
any better, I'd be twins.
# H# r. u( ]( l/ e. |. b
1 {6 u, a* E5 R8 K  d* ]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.
7 o5 j+ J' N0 q
! s9 p4 G5 P% o& t- r+ m1 O7 C"The first thing that went through my mind was that
6 F; A. F5 O( QI should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I
; L. w  m. `4 E; K3 |' |& [& Fremembered that I had two choices: I could choose to
5 y1 w0 L% G; Hlive or choose to die. I chose to live."

; \: r! ]( }% S" @! t: {( s"Weren't you scared?" I asked. 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 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."
5 H2 [6 d0 G7 b1 W; G8 P$ G9 z% d* }"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big
nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
2 |0 n  C& _, C: L* D- k- i; b' h2 yasked if I was allergic to anything."
: ?9 Z8 @) x; S9 l

'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
* ], Z! c- A% ]1 v% h6 aworking as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
0 Z* Y! f1 o- z- G9 U- Y2 }  breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I
3 r- L: L2 e* n. k- B
told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
me as if I am alive, not dead'."
! Z8 a5 E4 _, ?1 i/ p/ CJerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
# ?) g! W" B5 x$ g( v( A+ thim that every day you have the choice to either
  x+ q2 C6 {; S, L1 ]( I' ^, venjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours that no one can
control or take from you-is your attitude, so if you
can take care of that, everything else in life
- E9 J0 J& U8 w& Q! c3 B2 gbecomes much easier.

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指间泪沙

sorry i am english very bad

too long to read
I felt sorry
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风吹沙地

以下是引用ppppp在2003-12-25 20:02:00的发言：
. u/ b# {' a- u2 g% v意思是———我好的不能再好了

o, I know

壮志凌云

字太小了吧 看起来累  有点

ppppp

意思是———我好的不能再好了

风吹沙地

If I were any  better, I would be twins!"
what's the meaning?

ppppp

Good!~~~Good!~~~

DNA

下次要发个短小精悍的
向我这么有耐性看的可是没有几个了。
English is very interesting!
, o1 ^3 n- y+ a( c" }! k- cI like English.

有个人爱你

要是再有几个问题的话就是一个练习呀~~~