态度决定一切(Attitude Is Everything) jerrywasthekindofguyyoulovetohate.hewasalwaysinagoodmoodandalwayshadsomethingpositivetosay.whensomeonewouldaskhimhowhewasdoing,hewouldreply,"ifiwereanybetter,iwouldbetwins!"hewasauniquemanagerbecausehehadseveralwaiterswhohadfollowedhimaroundfromrestauranttorestaurant.thereasonthewaitersfollowedjerrywasbecauseofhisattitude.hewasanaturalmotivator.ifanemployeewashavingabadday,jerrywastheretellingtheemployeehowtolookonthepositivesideofthesituation.seeingthisstylereallymademecurious,soonedayiwentuptojerryandaskedhim,"idon"tgetit!youcan"tbeapositivepersonallofthetime.howdoyoudoit?"jerryreplied,"eachmorningiwakeupandsaytomyself,"jerry,youhavetwochoicestoday.youcanchoosetobeinagoodmoodoryoucanchoosetobeinabadmood."ichoosetobeinagoodmood.eachtimesomethingbadhappens,icanchoosetobeavictimoricanchoosetolearnfromit.ichoosetolearnfromit.everytimesomeonecomestomecomplaining,icanchoosetoaccepttheircomplainingoricanpointoutthepositivesideoflife.ichoosethepositivesideoflife.""yeah,right,it"snotthateasy,"iprotested."yes,itis,"jerrysaid."lifeisallaboutchoices.whenyoucutawayallthejunk,everysituationisachoice.youchoosehowyoureacttosituations.youchoosehowpeoplewillaffectyourmood.youchoosetobeinagoodmoodorbadmood.thebottomline:it"syourchoicehowyoulivelife."ireflectedonwhatjerrysaid.soonthereafter,ilefttherestaurantindustrytostartmyownbusiness.welosttouch,butioftenthoughtabouthimwhenimadeachoiceaboutlifeinsteadofreactingtoit.severalyearslater,iheardthatjerrydidsomethingyouareneversupposedtodoinarestaurantbusiness:heleftthebackdooropenonemorningandwasheldupatgunpointbythreearmedrobbers.whiletryingtoopenthesafehishand,shakingfromnervousness,slippedoffthecombinationtherobberspanickedandshothim.luckily,jerrywasfoundrelativelyquicklyandrushedtothelocaltraumacenter.after18hoursofsurgeryandweeksofintensivecare,jerrywasreleasedfromthehospitalwithfragmentsofthebulletsstillinhisbody.isawjerryaboutsixmonthsaftertheaccident.wheniaskedhimhowhewas,hereplied,"ifiwereanybetter,i"dbetwins.wannaseemyscars?"ideclinedtoseehiswounds,butdidaskhimwhathadgonethroughhismindastherobberytookplace."thefirstthingthatwentthroughmymindwasthatishouldhavelockedthebackdoor,"jerryreplied."then,asilayonthefloor,irememberedthatihadtwochoices:icouldchoosetolive,oricouldchoosetodie.ichosetolive.""weren"tyouscared?didyouloseconsciousness?"iasked.jerrycontinued,"theparamedicsweregreat.theykepttellingmeiwasgoingtobefine.butwhentheywheeledmeintotheemergencyroomandisawtheexpressionsonthefacesofthedoctorsandnurses,igotreallyscared.intheireyes,iread,"he"sadeadman.""iknewineededtotakeaction.""whatdidyoudo?"iasked."well,therewasabig,burlynurseshoutingquestionsatme,"saidjerry."sheaskedifiwasallergictoanything."yes,"ireplied.thedoctorsandnursesstoppedworkingastheywaitedformyreply.itookadeepbreathandyelled,"bullets!"overtheirlaughter,itoldthem."iamchoosingtolive.operateonmeasifiamalive,notdead."jerrylivedthankstotheskillofhisdoctors,butalsobecauseofhisamazingattitude.ilearnedfromhimthateverydaywehavethechoicetolivefully.attitude,afterall,iseverything. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/ed88c371e109581b6bd97f19227916888586b93a.html