A Thought For "tomorrow"

[happylarry]

Hi All , I have been an avid reader of many, many different posts on Thai Visa lately and I have come to the conclusion that many posters may be able to make use of the following story.

Some of you may remember seeing it , as it did the rounds on the internet a few years ago.

Anyway I found that the moral within the story has made a substantial impact on my life and I often think about it in times of stress when I need to be objective.

Tomorrow

Here is something to read and think about that puts everything into perspective.

Jim is the kind of guy you love to hate.

He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.

When someone asked him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better , I would be twins!”

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, Jim 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 Jim and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?”

Jim replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 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…I can 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’s not that easy,” I protested.

“Yes it is,” Jim 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 affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: its your choice how you live your life.”

I reflected on what Jim said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jim was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jim was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw Jim about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied. “If I were any better, I’d be twins. Want to see my scars?”

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask 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 be born daughter” Jim replied. “Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that 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.

Jim continued, “the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER 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.”

“What did you do?” I asked.

“Well there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me, “ said Jim. “She asked if I was allergic to anything. “Yes I replied.” 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 am choosing to live….Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”

Jim lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything. “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

You have two choices now:

• Ignore this story and discount it as rubbish.
  
• Learn from it and live a better and happier life from this day onwards, and share these thoughts with your friends.
  

You know the choice I made.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

That is a great story happylarry. It is refreshing to see upbeat stories. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[moldy]

That is a great story happylarry. It is refreshing to see upbeat stories. Thanks for sharing it with us.

A tought for tomorrow- when am I just going to be human again and enjoy life with simple humility.

[happylarry]

Hey Moldy

Thanks for your reply but....what does it mean...can you elaborate a little please?

[Goldenbead]

Great story! Thanks.

[micksterbs]

'Tis true, 'tis true.