英語美文：Attitude is everything 態度決定一切

英語美文：Attitude is everything 態度決定一切 (ZT)

邁克爾是個天生的樂天派，他總是能保持良好的情緒，總是能說出很多積極的話來。他也讓我懂得了一個道理，那就是人生中的每一天我們都可以選擇充實地生活，態度決定一切。

Michael is the kind of guy who is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. 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 big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though 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 off 60 feet from a communications tower.

After l8 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. I asked 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-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, 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 operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a 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'm 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.

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• 英語美文：I learned from you every day. Thanks for sharing -楚江- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 11:05:03

• Good script, thanks, -antonpot- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 12:38:14

• 謝謝楚江和antonpot留言，周三快樂。 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 14:02:05

• thanks! -任我為- ♂ (43 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 16:33:44

• We allhave a choice to live fully in a positive attitude. -活著樂著- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 17:43:06

• 問候任我為和活著樂著 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 17:59:05

• Thank you for sharing this article - -billnet- ♂ (47 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 18:33:43

• My pleasure. Have a nice evening. -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2009 postreply 20:15:19

• a minor typo + my reading -任我為- ♂ (480 bytes) () 03/20/2009 postreply 20:29:35

• 謝謝任我為，朗誦的真好。謝謝更正typo, 周末快樂。 -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2009 postreply 06:01:18