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The Power of a Positive Mental AttitudeThe older I get the more convinced I become that a person's attitude and outlook plays an incredibly vital role in their lives and in the lives of those around them. Life is about 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to those events. Those people who have figured out that a positive mental attitude will help them to achieve greater fulfillment in life are so much further ahead than those individuals who have a negative attitude towards life's events. It Starts When You First Open Your EyesI feel that we have to get in the habit of greeting each day with a positive attitude. This behavior will do wonders for building self esteem. It is a learned behavior and we must train ourselves to do this. Recognize that on any given day there may be bumps. The may be some stressful situations. We must find the positive in every situation. This is one of the key strategies to success in life. And it does wonders for our mental health. We are happier, and more open to enjoy life and all that is has to offer. Read This. Then DecideJohn 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 would ask 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, John 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 and asked him, 'I don't get it!' 'You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you doit?' He 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,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you respond to situations. You choose how people affect yourmood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.' I reflected on what he 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 he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna 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,' he 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. He 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 John. '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.' He 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.' Matthew 6:34. After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. You have two choices now: Forget this article or, Read it as often as possible to help you change your own attitude into one of positivity and openness. I have read this story before and it does not matter if it is a true account of actual events. The point is, it easily could be true. There are people out there like John, who choose to embrace each day and have a positive attitude. The power of positive thinking knows no limits. A positive attitude is everything.
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