A very good story

Jerry is the manager of a restaurant in America. He
# Z; `- `2 u5 t9 Z$ O% Dis always in a
0 p3 c' Z8 K% e, h+ Q( t/ zgood mood and always has something positive to say.
9 U2 K% v5 U" b5 ?# d: [) }" TWhen someone would ask
* D6 |7 c- c" r; \him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
4 b- x. `; c' ]; g2 h3 ^% N2 Vwere any  better, I
would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
when he changed
# M  T+ a6 o: U8 X9 sjobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
to restaurant.
4 t, \/ j4 ~. }0 G' }The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
his attitude.
' B* y( e" \; M1 m) z5 p: v7 dHe was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
* k- E& y4 [9 W/ l5 n/ Aa bad day, Jerry
9 @: |5 g0 b4 c3 P  g* zwas always here, telling the employee how to look on
the positive side
' {: v' q2 b2 _of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Jerry
8 {$ w( n/ J  P* Uand asked him, "I don't get it!
No one can be a positive person all of the time. How
' i* X. d8 r. Y4 n5 p7 z( }do you do it?"
& n, r! _4 w4 _8 s# z+ lJerry replied,
" O  P. r, w8 ~3 X3 g) G/ s( R"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
* Z: f1 }' g( q: s3 Q& s& V: ichoices today. I
" f5 e8 V- i: v" zcan 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.

& ?* a9 Y9 e2 I# pEach time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
victim or I can
9 Y& f( ?; B: j5 [2 ?4 Wchoose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from
it. Every time
7 ]' p; z7 o4 a3 c0 Jsomeone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
+ X7 S" ^7 V9 L3 K: D% taccept their
5 J3 k* m3 [0 d+ Zcomplaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I always
choose the positive side of life."
"But it's not always that easy," I protested.
9 y, j- m5 b7 o. {8 _9 G- H"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
7 U; [$ S; ?) NWhen you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
3 _( k/ X& ?: j* C0 c6 dchoice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people
will affect your
5 s. {- \: }0 H5 z5 gmood. You choose to be  in a good mood or bad mood.
It's your choice how
you live your life."
& ]4 ]5 `: h; A0 T& l$ {8 k1 }9 NSeveral years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
% N+ d- E1 C8 x; ndid 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
armed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand,
  O' e3 R6 }/ @shaking from nervousness slipped off the
/ o% z2 o! |. ycombination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

5 B+ j# {+ F. m, y
: ?8 {4 P$ e5 q. HLuckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the
hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
/ t3 x* R9 \6 i5 W" O; n$ Qintensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

: e/ E$ d8 R# B: h3 o9 zI saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
1 X+ }8 T6 C8 S/ hWhen 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,
' H5 l9 |' a. N! Y( W- Fbut did ask him what had gone through his mind as
the robbery took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was that
: D5 b( }1 A: d( II 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
# q. G) i' S' t; u. b6 \5 Zlive or choose to die. I chose to live."

4 |8 l* U" {! `! ?0 u"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The
6 C2 b4 b/ T# y7 gparamedics were great. They kept telling me. I was
going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the
Emergency Room 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
, K/ k: F6 c1 ^7 m. ~' zknew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big
nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
asked if I was allergic to anything."


$ r) G( A( L+ S: l, E  q! E/ o'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
3 {* x4 _# E' z9 P  breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I
8 w3 Q6 H0 v' B2 g( v+ S
told them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
. i- N' ?; @# u3 R. ?: l+ f, qme as if I am alive, not dead'."
Jerry 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
, U3 L3 A: y" s/ Lenjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours that no one can
. i5 s9 G& B' J% k) `1 Gcontrol or take from you-is your attitude, so if you
can take care of that, everything else in life
. j3 X: z, k3 `3 |4 v4 g: V0 zbecomes much easier.
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9 o% i5 W, J4 `2 V; |2. You can forward it to someone you care about.
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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
) G& ^: ^3 d7 v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：
意思是———我好的不能再好了

7 S& L' e( Q  C8 wo, I know

too long to read
3 N6 e6 C( Q$ _2 {& ]* o8 ~I felt sorry

指间泪沙

sorry i am english very bad