每天早上醒来我都告诉自己说:“今天你有两个选择,你可以选择一个好心情,也可以选择一个坏心情。”我选择了好心情。Jerrywasthekindofguyyoulovetohate.Hewasalwaysinagoodmoodandalwayshadsomethingpositivetosay.Whensomeoneaskedhimhowhewasdoing,hewouldreply,"IfIwereanybetter,Iwouldbetwins!"杰里真是个让人喜欢得不行的家伙。他总是心情愉快、情绪高涨,总能说出积极的话来。每当别人问他一切可好时,他就回答:“好得不能再好了!”Hewasauniquemanagerbecausehehadseveralwaiterswhohadfollowedhimaroundfromrestauranttorestaurant.ThereasonthewaitersfollowedJerrywasbecauseofhisattitude.Hewasanaturalmotivator.Ifanemployeewashavingabadday,Jerrywastheretellingtheemployeehowtolookonthepositivesideofthesituation.他是个与众不同的经理,有好几个服务员都跟着他在不同的餐厅做过。他们跟着杰里是因为他的生活态度。他天生善于激励人,如果哪个雇员不走运了,杰里就会告诉他要往好的一面看。Seeingthisstylereallymademecurious,soonedayIwentuptoJerryandaskedhim,"Idon'tgetit!Youcan'tbeapositivepersonallofthetime.Howdoyoudoit?"我对他的生活态度深感好奇,于是有一天我走到杰里跟前问他:“我不明白!你不可能事事都顺心,你是怎样做到一直都这么积极乐观的呢?”Jerryreplied,"EachmorningIwakeupandsaytomyself,'Jerry,youhavetwochoicestoday.Youcanchoosetobeinagoodmoodoryoucanchoosetobeinabadmood.'Ichoosetobeinagoodmood.Eachtimesomethingbadhappens,IcanchoosetobeavictimorIcanchoosetolearnfromit.Ichoosetolearnfromit.Everytimesomeonecomestomecomplaining,IcanchoosetoaccepttheircomplainingorIcanpointoutthepositivesideoflife.Ichoosethepositivesideoflife."杰里回答说:“每天早上醒来后我对自己说,‘杰里,今天你有两个选择。你可以选择一个好心情,也可以选择一个坏心情。’我选择了好心情;每次有坏事发生时,我可以选择成为受害者,也可以选择从中及吸取教训,我选择了从中吸取教训;每当有人向我抱怨时,我可以选择听他们抱怨,或者给他们指出生活中积极的一面,我选择了指出生活中积极的一面。”"Yeah,right,it'snotthateasy,"Iprotested.“对,话是没错,可是做起来可不容易。”我说。"Yes,itis,"Jerrysaid."Lifeisallaboutchoices.Whenyoucutawayallthejunk,everysituationisachoice.Youchoosehowyoureacttosituations.Youchoosehowpeoplewillaffectyourmood.Youchoosetobeinagoodmoodorbadmood.Thebottomline:It'syourchoicehowyoulivelife."杰里说:“其实也容易,生活就是由很多选择组成的,出去那些不值一提的事情,那么生活中的每件事都是个选择。你可以选择如何回应这些事件。你可以选择周围人影响你心情的方式。你可以选择有个好心情或是坏心情。重点是:你可以选择如何来过你的生活。”IreflectedonwhatJerrysaid.Soonthereafter,Ilefttherestaurantindustrytostartmyownbusiness.Welosttouch,butIoftenthoughtabouthimwhenImadeachoiceaboutlifeinsteadofreactingtoit.我仔细地考虑着杰里的话。不久后,我离开餐厅业去追求个人发展。我们失去了联系,但每当我对生活做抉择而非被动接受生活时,我就会想起杰里。Severalyearslater,IheardthatJerrydidsomethingyouareneversupposedtodoinarestaurantbusiness:heleftthebackdooropenonemorningandwasheldupatgunpointbythreearmedrobbers.Whiletryingtoopenthesafe,hishand,shakingfromnervousness,slippedoffthecombination.Therobberspanickedandshothim.几年之后,我听说杰里犯了个在餐饮业不该犯的错误:一天早晨,他没关后门,三个持枪匪徒走进来,拿枪指着他。当他们试图打开保险箱时,他由于紧张,手从保险锁上滑下来。匪徒紧张之下开枪打穿了他的手,接着又有三枚子弹正中他的腹部。Luckily,Jerrywasfoundrelativelyquicklyandrushedtothelocaltraumacenter.After18hoursofsurgeryandweeksofintensivecare,Jerrywasreleasedfromthehospitalwithfrag...