A very good story

Jerry is the manager of a restaurant in America. He
* ?7 c1 V* E. o/ Ais always in a
1 Y9 w9 r4 i) ?/ R7 Sgood mood and always has something positive to say.
When someone would ask
" P" c7 {2 g% y4 A7 Vhim how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I
$ J) x' x- r  E% I* gwere any  better, I
would be twins!"
' h. D' R4 c# C; I/ lMany of the waiters at his restaurant quit their  jobs
9 z+ Z7 h* ^  c2 o" \7 T" w( uwhen he changed
jobs, so they could follow him around from restaurant
- S: v, W# i/ Y" s8 t& D; yto restaurant.
The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of
7 g8 E  ~' q: z9 W$ j3 @, whis attitude.
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having
a bad day, Jerry
; y- b5 ]+ u: Z2 w$ dwas always here, telling the employee how to look on
9 |: I  @1 ~2 C4 @7 j3 L. bthe positive side
of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
7 W" C7 J6 A' {7 i1 j3 Swent up to Jerry
, G3 l% F, p, U. C& C! X9 rand asked him, "I don't get it!
) t3 x% f& I2 yNo one can be a positive person all of the time. How
* {+ z! J" c# U! ddo you do it?"
+ q1 k7 K9 p' f3 E, }6 n' W! EJerry replied,
8 s4 F5 m: Z6 G0 d"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two
2 U/ M) H$ t+ L4 ichoices today. I
; N/ `9 X* b! X" tcan 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.

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
" z8 ^2 P* c+ F8 y1 Rvictim or I can
; [0 e+ i3 E3 `$ Schoose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from
/ I- V& L; G  [it. Every time
someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
+ n" h8 e3 f3 p/ eaccept their
9 _6 }3 x! W& @+ ?7 B* u- Ecomplaining 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.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said "Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a
# ~3 {6 n8 |# s! M3 Q( Vchoice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people
) _& `1 K5 T+ wwill affect your
mood. You choose to be  in a good mood or bad mood.
It's your choice how
; d: G+ g# R! _1 Q, Uyou live your life."
' w3 a3 @/ K, b3 U& WSeveral years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally
did 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
" C. C% t5 |4 ?7 ?8 Oarmed men. While trying to open the safe, his hand,
shaking from nervousness slipped off the
combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.


  l4 F, X9 m+ c: B, S3 J/ uLuckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the
hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
. M( ], S; @5 X" B0 S! X5 ]intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital
with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

) L* V" s* d5 J7 B+ |2 `+ A9 e3 j; jI saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
6 R6 S$ F8 ^) t4 zWhen I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
: V1 ?5 N5 y0 ]6 k% d$ I5 ~6 bany 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.

"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
, V2 {, @( E( Kremembered that I had two choices: I could choose to
- }) G8 Y1 M8 r8 h7 d9 \6 Blive or choose to die. I chose to live."
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8 h! B$ q3 Y- [) J8 ^"Weren't you scared?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The
0 R9 ?7 S: ]# j( r: ?paramedics 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
. L" m% m/ d/ _1 K( N: @scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I
knew I needed to take action."
2 I2 s! C, C; Y# t  e3 P+ V"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big
9 u: ]4 y% H6 c* Mnurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She
asked if I was allergic to anything."
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'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped
& I2 N! V: I2 x/ h) Q. C0 P% Eworking as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
  breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I
  u7 ?3 o  w9 ^% l$ `0 y) u
/ L) E0 P6 F* Q0 X, g" r1 ptold them, 'I am choosing to live. Please operate on
- e# K% `+ }# G/ R: E& c) r, Jme as if I am alive, not dead'."
, P  l  C8 X9 ^1 f/ qJerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but
& x9 S- p, [  U  valso because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
him that every day you have the choice to either
* S2 f5 n2 S0 ~% cenjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours that no one can
+ w+ s/ `/ t1 }% Z8 \, Tcontrol or take from you-is your attitude, so if you
can take care of that, everything else in life
0 s: ~- w- O" I( r1 }becomes much easier.
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% j) p& c5 ]8 i% m! _! B( b3 S6 DNow you have two choices to make:
1. You can just close the browser now OR

2. You can forward it to someone you care about.
1 G: A3 N1 y5 R, lI 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
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?

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：
+ e) P8 X5 L9 H( H, p* u意思是———我好的不能再好了

# x' V  b: @3 s6 ]0 Z% j1 M5 u9 S: c* Io, I know

too long to read
I felt sorry
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指间泪沙

sorry i am english very bad