Jerry was always in a good mood as the manager of a restaurant. When asked how he was doing, he would say "If I were any better, I'd be twins." Jerry motivated his employees and helped them see the positive side of situations. One day someone asked Jerry his secret to always being positive. Jerry explained that every morning he chooses to be in a good mood. He also chooses to learn from bad situations rather than see himself as a victim. Even when people complain, he chooses to focus on the positive aspects of life. Years later, Jerry was accidentally robbed at gunpoint after leaving his restaurant open. He was shot but survived due to his positive attitude during surgery.

1. You have Two Choices

2. Jerry is a manager of a restaurant and he is always in a good mood.

3. When someone would ask him how he was doing he would always reply

4. « If I were any better, I would be twins. »

5. Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs

6. So they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.

7. Why?

8. Because, Jerry was a natural motivator.

9. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

10. Seeing this style really made me curious. So one day I went to Jerry and asked him:

11. « I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person at all the time. How do you do it? »

12. Jerry replied, « Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have Two Choices today. I can choose to be in the Good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood.

13. I always 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 always choose to learn from it.

14. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or can point-out the positive sides of life . I always choose the positive side of life. »

15. « But it is not always that easy » I protested.

16. « Yes, it is » Jerry said.

17. « Life is all about choices.When you cut away all the junks, every situation is a choice.

18. You choose how to react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or in a bad mood. It’s your choice how you will live your life . »

19. Several years later.

20. I heard Jerry accidentally did something that you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business.

21. He left the back door of his restaurant open after closing.

22. And then???

23. In the morning, He was robbed by three armed men.

24. They want? #123*+!@$%&*-

25. While Jerry was trying to open the safe box,

26. His hand, was shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination . The robbers panicked and shot him.

27. Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.

28. After 18 hours of surgery

29. And Weeks of intensive care,

30. Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of bullets still in his body.

31. I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.

32. When I asked him how he was,

33. He replied, « It I were any better, I’d be twins. Want to see my scars? »

34. I declined to see his wonds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.

35. « The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door », Jerry replied.

36. « Then after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I chose to live.»

37. « Weren’t you scared? » I asked.

38. Jerry continued, « The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine.

39. But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expression of the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.

40. In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man’.

41. I knew I needed to take action »

42. «What did you do? » I asked.

43. « Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me, said Jerry, she asked if I was allergic to anything. »

44. ‘ Yes ’, I replied.

45. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.

46. I took a deep breath

47. And yelled, ‘Bullets!’

48. Over their laughter, I told them,

49. ‘ I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.

50. Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

51. I learned from him that,

52. Every day you have the choices to enjoy your life or to hate it.

53. The only thing that is truely yours – that no one can control or take from you – is your Attitude.

54. So if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.

55. Thank you