A very good story

Jerry is the manager of a restaurant in America. He
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" W" w& x; l+ v3 Y. J  _: S) D2 K/ ugood mood and always has something positive to say.
When someone would ask
him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
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would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
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jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
to restaurant.
8 J5 q1 U; o8 @4 l9 GThe reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
2 u: F' {" U: M* l) w# V0 ?his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
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was always here, telling the employee how to look on
the positive side
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0 L' n* ]. E& L+ P/ E( k- zSeeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Jerry
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No one can be a positive person all of the time. How
do you do it?"
Jerry replied,
( w+ \9 c, M2 t/ k' F6 z  C" j+ h"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
/ p* c8 Y; ~; p* r; Zchoices today. I
can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be
in a bad mood. I
always choose to be in a good mood.
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Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
victim or I can
2 R- k3 h/ ~$ l8 _1 rchoose to learn from it. I always 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
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$ o) U# X1 _! d" I3 uchoose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
' l4 X& {0 V0 ^5 o/ j"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
5 @2 S# S% S! aWhen you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people
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6 ]1 V- P9 ^* s5 g6 bmood. You choose to be  in a good mood or bad mood.
6 b. w2 k1 w9 k3 ZIt's your choice how
you live your life."
- X/ ^8 T3 {" m8 OSeveral years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
$ I4 [9 l$ ~2 h& v+ Gdid something you are never supposed to do in the
' k. W: ]* [1 X+ T2 R& Qrestaurant 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,
& f/ f$ C0 S9 c5 M1 g; F" \5 g5 Mshaking from nervousness slipped off the
' j! `8 r/ y$ ]( Z9 T6 o+ k9 hcombination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

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Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the
hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
5 Y' t% B  Z( `% ?; R: Z3 k* n4 c' M9 Rintensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
( j+ |5 `5 S& H2 J7 Awith fragments of the bullets still in his body.
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" H5 d1 [9 I3 l. }I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
5 o+ q% {  |2 I' p& @9 }( Hany better, I'd be twins.
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2 f* s/ _& _/ h# M, F4 P9 i/ VWant 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.
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"The first thing that went through my mind was that
) m$ S0 ^' _, L$ q2 DI should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I
  j0 ~1 f# F/ u0 `0 G7 gremembered that I had two choices: I could choose to
live or choose to die. I chose to live."
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"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The
. f! G! v5 x! b9 zparamedics were great. They kept telling me. I was
1 A: B+ s6 A6 ^) E5 Dgoing to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the
6 U* N, h4 ?/ ^5 `2 n4 EEmergency Room and I saw the expressions on the
faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
) d4 e0 B1 Y& e5 o. vscared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I
knew I needed to take action."
' ^% K; o# ]2 C6 _+ R! k; k- g' Q* W"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big
% N4 v  d7 H5 f4 b$ {) lnurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
asked if I was allergic to anything."
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'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
% E# U5 J! b2 j: Hworking as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
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. l1 B# j& X) r$ D, J+ N; t, ftold them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
me as if I am alive, not dead'."
1 O8 p" _& w" @. |" T# KJerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
him that every day you have the choice to either
enjoy 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
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有个人爱你

要是再有几个问题的话就是一个练习呀~~~

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!
I like English.

ppppp

Good!~~~Good!~~~

风吹沙地

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

意思是———我好的不能再好了

壮志凌云

字太小了吧 看起来累  有点

风吹沙地

以下是引用ppppp在2003-12-25 20:02:00的发言：
0 k5 Q. d4 z6 t5 M& b. S3 |# h* h意思是———我好的不能再好了

$ d) \: F0 w' h; Q! |o, I know

too long to read
I felt sorry
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指间泪沙

sorry i am english very bad