Message-ID: <18140514.1075855520977.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 03:27:00 -0700 (PDT) From: judy.hernandez@enron.com To: suhernan@llgm.com, leslie.smith@enron.com, yvonne.acosta@enron.com, regina.blackshear@enron.com, amber.ebow@enron.com, lisa.shoemake@enron.com, dora_thurmond@uniteddc.com Subject: FW: [Fwd: good story] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Judy Hernandez X-To: suhernan@llgm.com, Leslie Smith, Yvonne Acosta, Regina Blackshear, Amber Ebow, Lisa Shoemake, Dora_thurmond@uniteddc.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 04/07/2000 10:25 AM --------------------------- Enron North America Corp. From: Maria Sandoval 04/06/2000 01:36 PM To: Andrea R Guillen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Phenicia Olivier/HOU/ECT@ECT, Bernice Rodriguez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Melissa Rodriguez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Cassandra S Dutton/HOU/ECT@ECT, Lorraine Becker/HOU/ECT@ECT, Angela Henn/HOU/ECT@ECT, Melba Lozano/HOU/ECT@ECT, Chantelle Villanueva/HOU/ECT@ECT, patty.soria@halliburton.com, elizabeth.gutierrez@eott.com, Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Elizabeth Soto/HOU/ECT@ECT, amolina@unifirst.com, apena26@hotmail.com, Pamela Sonnier/HOU/ECT@ECT, Brenda Barreda/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Yolanda Pena/Corp/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: FW: [Fwd: good story] ---------------------- Forwarded by Maria Sandoval/HOU/ECT on 04/06/2000 02:35 PM --------------------------- From: Brenda Barreda@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT on 04/06/2000 12:06 PM To: MY BUDDIES, Iracema Hernandez/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: FW: [Fwd: good story] ---------------------- Forwarded by Brenda Barreda/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT on 04/06/2000 01:05 PM --------------------------- Enron Engineering & Construction Company From: Definia Richardson 04/06/2000 01:02 PM To: Brenda Barreda/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT cc: Subject: FW: [Fwd: good story] ---------------------- Forwarded by Definia Richardson/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT on 04/06/2000 01:02 PM --------------------------- "Richardson, Anthony AJ SHCAP" on 04/06/2000 11:16:20 AM To: "'Definia.Richardson@enron.com'" cc: Subject: FW: [Fwd: good story] > > READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. > > THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > > > 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 would > > 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 a > positive > > person all of the time. > > > > How do you do it?" > > > > Michael 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," Michael 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 affect your mood. You choose to be in > a good > > mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live > life." > > > > I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left > the Towe > > 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 Michael was involved in a > serious > > accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. > > > > After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, > Michael was > > released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. > > > > I saw Michael 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 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, " Michael 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. > > > > Michael 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 > > Michael. "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." > > > > 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 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: > > 1. Delete this. > > 2. Forward it to the people you care about. > > > > I hope you will choose #2. I did