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.
When someone would ask
him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
4 u* N* d5 H5 n( Rwere any  better, I
would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
when he changed
) A0 w7 y! H- g) e5 Y! ejobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
to restaurant.
The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
his attitude.
! A7 d& |* P+ L/ z  m. {+ V* PHe was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
a bad day, Jerry
# S: s6 a* o+ w; }, Ewas always here, telling the employee how to look on
9 k! L( ]+ T: H3 f- @# c! Kthe positive side
7 |8 o2 @# \" E: ?of the situation.
. ~. m# {. I( j6 sSeeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
9 \, O5 B' @5 ~went up to Jerry
and asked him, "I don't get it!
No one can be a positive person all of the time. How
do you do it?"
Jerry replied,
* ~+ B/ N6 s" b! l& r0 {5 T4 g) B, y"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
- G$ J/ N- t+ O  N7 ~6 ]/ ?choices today. I
can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be
in a bad mood. I
8 y3 y6 S5 |6 ?7 r* E3 Qalways choose to be in a good mood.

" S) o  O8 ^. _2 [* ]; }4 k' yEach time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
. Q5 t* S* K3 o* Q/ k5 Lvictim or I can
8 w: ?/ g5 h! F3 ^* {: Uchoose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from
it. Every time
someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
accept their
+ Q4 j2 s. J% ]1 D# Ncomplaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I always
- R0 L; B5 k- G5 u. I4 ^choose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
+ F  q- {/ v/ vchoice. You choose
( [- w" D/ V: J$ }9 @) f5 \how you react to situations. You choose how people
8 S' B+ m1 J2 C/ X' ^6 dwill affect your
mood. You choose to be  in a good mood or bad mood.
; V0 L' @, S1 H3 ~It's your choice how
% e. }) M9 w9 t& o' {5 }/ j' iyou live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
did something you are never supposed to do in the
0 A2 N: `  `3 R) E; C% C* `restaurant business: left the back door of his
2 n! b2 S% z2 }8 _  erestaurant open one morning and was robbed by three
armed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand,
shaking 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
hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
! _  o6 J7 {3 Q( Q' f
" y# i' T; \( [; C7 }$ YI saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
any better, I'd be twins.

4 j+ Y6 I( \7 w  i$ A; [2 PWant 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.

% _$ W& C! P9 y+ P3 h4 R"The first thing that went through my mind was that
I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I
remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to
" z% I6 B0 I3 J# flive or choose to die. I chose to live."
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"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The
paramedics were great. They kept telling me. I was
, u( O) l. r) D/ U% y: ggoing to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the
" L+ k4 q0 V6 rEmergency Room and I saw the expressions on the
$ q3 b/ Y, s$ G" S7 E" [# L0 }faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I
' _, }/ K3 H! U. K: }$ F, Sknew I needed to take action."
, x: B/ S, O. P/ P0 Q$ ?- A6 d" J"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big
2 \8 l+ A- x7 r/ p/ rnurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
4 h# {+ j3 o7 k: Y6 }+ T' y  w6 Oasked if I was allergic to anything."


" h2 O  n7 U3 u7 K3 {, Q'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
: l9 [- w  Q  X; H1 ~! J8 y3 o  breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I
+ E& ]1 j- \. P
told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
me as if I am alive, not dead'."
# x5 g# [1 M! G* I% f( eJerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
/ Y. ~) T& J$ O- E; Zalso because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
him that every day you have the choice to either
+ N: u, |+ r: d' a; E. N" @enjoy your life or to hate it.
9 F" {% t1 o$ X, r7 m4 ?7 ^" ?: XThe only thing that is truly yours that no one can
. O7 V" N* {8 b, ^  |control or take from you-is your attitude, so if you
9 S# Q3 d' s/ ?can take care of that, everything else in life
becomes much easier.

8 n* m) R' f$ e. }: INow you have two choices to make:
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" a6 i( k" e+ b/ ^I hope you will choose #2. I did.

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
! |0 T; y* O9 `7 b向我这么有耐性看的可是没有几个了。
English is very interesting!
7 A' R, s9 x  {4 CI like English.

ppppp

Good!~~~Good!~~~

风吹沙地

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

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：
- k* U7 z, z# `8 f% w2 |意思是———我好的不能再好了

o, I know

too long to read
I felt sorry

指间泪沙

sorry i am english very bad