The Grands

The Grands

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Deep South, United States
First I am a mother of two sons, Chad 35 and Ryan 32. Through these beautiful sons, I have been blessed with two beautiful daughter-in-laws, Kelli and Erin. As a result of these beautiful wives comes three beautiful grands, Connor first and the only one for fives years. Then, Kelli and Chad blessed me with another beautiful grandson, Cooper, who is now three. Ryan and Erin blessed me with my first granddaughter, Presley, and now Presley has brother, Harper, who is 2. My blog is really all about family. The reason I chose Magnolia Memories as my blog title is I am from Mississippi! I love Magnolia's. Memories is something that I make everyday. I still have my mother who will be 89 on her birthday in April. My life is centered around my beautiful family. Life is GOOD!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Two choices so be POSITIVE

You have two choices!!!!
>
>
>
> Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is
> always in a good mood.
>
>
>
> When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would
> always reply:
>
> "If Iwere any better, I would be twins!"
>
>
>
> Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when
> he changed
>
> jobs,so they could follow him around from restaurant to
> restaurant
>
>
>
> Why?
>
>
>
> Because Jerry was a natural motivator.
>
> If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always
> there, telling
>
> him how to look on the positive side of the situation.
>
>
>
> Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went
> up to
>
> Jerry and asked him. "I don't get it! No one can
> be a positive person all of
>
> the time. How do you do it?"
>
>
>
> Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to
> myself, I have two
>
> choices today. I can 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 victim or I can choose to learn
> from it. I
>
> always 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 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 choice.. You choose how you react to
> situations.
>
>
>
> You choose how people will affect your mood.
>
>
>
> You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
>
>
>
> It's your choice how you live your life."
>
>
>
> Several years later, I heard that Jerry accidentally did
> something
>
> you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business.
>
>
>
> He left the back door of his restaurant open in the
> morning, he was
>
> robbed by three armed men.
>
>
>
> While Jerry trying to open the safe his hand, shaking from
>
>
> nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers
> panicked and shot
>
> him.
>
>
>
> Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the
> hospital..
>
>
>
> After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
> Jerry was
>
> released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets
> still in his body.
>
>
>
> I saw Jerry about six months after the accident
>
>
>
> When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
> any better, I'd be
>
> twins. 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
> remembered that I
>
> had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to
> die. I chose to
>
> live."

>
>
>
> "Weren't you scared I asked?
>
>
>
> Jerry continued, "The 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
>
> expression 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 nurse shouting questions at
> me," said Jerry..
>
> "She asked if I was allergic to anything."
> "Yes, to bullets," I replied.
>
>
>
> Over their laughter, I told them "I am choosing to
> live. Please
>
> operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
>
>
>
> Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also
> because of
>
> his amazing attitude.
>
>
>
> I learned from him that every day you have the choice to
> either enjoy
>
> your life or to hate it.
>
>
>
> The only thing that is truly yours - that no one can
> control or take
>
> from you, is your attitude, so if you can take care of
> that, everything else
>
> in life becomes much
>
> easier.
>
>
>
>>
>
> >
>
>

1 comment:

roy/elisabeth dean said...

That is such a beautiful, inspirational story.....I'm going to try very hard to live by this!
I'll have to print it and put in on my fridge to see daily. THank you so much for sharing it!

I appreciate you stopping by today~ I've missed you too!

I hope you have a wonderful week and a blessed Easter. We'll both have to post pictures and "oooh" and "ahhhhh" over one another's families!

Take care~
♥,Lilly
PS...everytime I see that picture of Bella I smile! She is such a beautiful pup!