迈克尔是个天生的乐天派，他总是能保持良好的情绪，总是能说出很多积极的话来。他也让我懂得了一个道理，那就是人生中的每一天我们都可以选择充实地生活，态度决定一切。
Michael 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'd be twins!" 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
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
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
"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
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.
相关单词：thereafter
thereafter解释：adv.此后，以后
thereafter例句：
Thereafter they did not speak.此后他们就不再讲话了。
On the opening day all tickets are a dollar, thereafter,they'll be two dollars.开张那天票价一元，以后两元。
相关单词：enterprise
enterprise解释：n.企业单位，商业公司，事业，计划
enterprise例句：
They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.他们决心把事业进行下去。
The enterprise has excellent prospects.这家企业的远景极其美好。
相关单词：scars
scars解释：n.伤痕( scar的名词复数 )；精神上的创伤；有损外观的地方；裸岩
scars例句：
Slowly the war scars faded. 战争的创伤慢慢地消失了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
I've got scars from head to toe in tribute to my courage. 为了嘉奖我的胆量，我得到浑身的伤疤。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：declined
declined解释：v.辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的过去式和过去分词 )；（道路、物体等）下倾；（太阳）落下；（在品格、价值上）降低
declined例句：
We asked her to come to our party, but she declined. 我们请她来参加我们的晚会，但是她谢绝了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
He declined to charge his memory with so many details. 他不愿在脑中记这么多细枝末节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：consciousness
consciousness解释：n.意识，觉悟，知觉
consciousness例句：
The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
相关单词：allergic
allergic解释：adj.过敏的，变态的
allergic例句：
Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。
相关单词：yelled
yelled解释：v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
yelled例句：
He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：fully
fully解释：adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
fully例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
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