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 N* l+ _8 T$ E3 o. h& BWhen someone would ask
him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
- ^3 o. F0 H4 Swere any  better, I
& ?5 h* u* @* Pwould be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
- l. h6 w9 h/ a! Q& z- bwhen he changed
jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
+ I2 R& C! m9 ?6 h$ x# E- Yto restaurant.
/ T0 ]/ J$ |. ^( UThe reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
his attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
a bad day, Jerry
was always here, telling the employee how to look on
the positive side
  y% [* h3 T! d( b" @: R$ a. uof the situation.
, S3 q; t% J8 z% }# o4 P  X6 L5 cSeeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Jerry
and asked him, "I don't get it!
- _: o! X- ~  I% h5 o' X! ^No one can be a positive person all of the time. How
2 W- C4 r! X; T# `( wdo you do it?"
Jerry replied,
"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
5 x& M. Z! T! y, wchoices today. I
$ o  f) u* N2 k, N% G7 O; dcan choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be
+ h  |* P  y* ?2 a7 cin 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
choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from
- Y# _% t2 ~* H. t0 D0 [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 always
: {( W+ t1 H( Zchoose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
' x+ h, \/ H& N2 @% s: k3 ]" k8 x"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
+ q& a* |' t! p3 h' i" mchoice. You choose
3 ^  o) f7 M* `" @9 f, ]how 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
. P5 k8 j/ t+ s. ryou live your life."
$ ?! z4 i$ }1 {! sSeveral years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
7 J9 Q( @6 ~( f" Adid 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
# ^. F% X) U5 `8 L8 s& qarmed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand,
3 g; `4 Y6 D8 j5 M2 Y+ bshaking 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
' y- [3 s  e4 u1 ]intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
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I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
- q, X' C. j, j  S  M4 ]) A& r+ tany better, I'd be twins.
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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.

! c1 V# p' Q4 P"The first thing that went through my mind was that
7 T9 E. o2 Q( p! P" K- ^. }3 XI 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
' P* @, ?' D* Z7 f; a1 a" d# ^live or choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The
paramedics were great. They kept telling me. I was
" t& X; A# W& f# o3 ogoing to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the
: E; D2 ]' h, C* ZEmergency Room and I saw the expressions on the
faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
) s# H4 @9 P1 A- N% [% E0 }- lscared. 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
/ t7 d% c3 G( S* Wnurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
asked if I was allergic to anything."
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) n/ x4 G5 V- ]# z& J9 h'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
  breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I

0 J6 C" Y. _% B8 B/ |told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
2 \. v/ v! ~9 E- `' S6 Z- hme as if I am alive, not dead'."
  ~3 k* ^2 U* B6 @Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
' N, P' T. k3 n8 A! l5 r" P6 g9 Lalso because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
( e& K" t7 I: f* J% W: Uhim that every day you have the choice to either
+ X: x& u4 z; A' o) c. benjoy your life or to hate it.
* k9 B. D$ u& F) \8 N% ?The only thing that is truly yours that no one can
1 T4 `/ r+ a' E  b; Lcontrol or take from you-is your attitude, so if you
can take care of that, everything else in life
7 v& X% e/ G; k( c8 Y4 J* ~7 \) Hbecomes much easier.
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% k7 U8 {$ z# X+ `7 R9 n2 O1. You can just close the browser now OR

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I hope you will choose #2. I did.
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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
3 i9 v$ ]. y* [0 H! s! ^0 }* s向我这么有耐性看的可是没有几个了。
+ H( [3 q8 ~6 W4 [6 g/ ^2 DEnglish 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?

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：
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