Life is full of choices

Life is full of choices

翻譯自《心靈雞湯》

生活充滿選擇

翻譯：穎

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'd be twins!" He was a natural motivator.

邁克爾是那種讓人真想恨一恨的人。他總是樂呵呵的，總是說些積極向上的話。如果有人問他近況如何，他會回答,"如果我還能再好，那我就是雙胞胎了！"他是個天生的積極者。


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 positive all the time. How do you do it?"

如果某天有個雇員過得不順心，邁克爾會告訴他怎樣從積極的一面來看待眼前的狀況。由於他的處世風格使我產生了好奇，有一天我問邁克爾，"我不明白。你不可能每時每刻積極樂觀。你是怎麼做到的？"

Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike, 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 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."

邁克爾答道,每天早晨我醒來，我就問自己，"邁克，你今天又兩個選擇。你可以選擇好情緒和壞情緒。"我選擇好心情。每當有壞事發生，我可以選擇成為一個受害者或者選擇從中學習。我選擇從中學習。每當有人向我抱怨，我可以選擇接受他們的抱怨或者我可以指出生活的積極一面。我選擇生活的積極的那一面。

"Yeah, right. It isn't that easy." I protested.

"是的，沒錯。那可沒那麼容易。"我表示異議。

"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 will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.

"其實真的很容易，"邁克爾說，"生活的充滿了選擇。當你拋開所有枝節，每一個處境都是一次選擇。你選擇如何應對種種情況。你選擇他人如何影響你的情緒由。你選擇情緒好或不好。說到底：如何生活由你自己選擇。

Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower.

那以後不久，我離開了工作數年的大企業去創辦自己的公司。我們失去了聯絡，但每當我對生活進行選擇，而非對它做出回應時，我時常想起他。幾年後，我聽說邁克爾遭遇了一場嚴重事故，從一座通訊大樓的60英尺高處掉了下來。

After l8 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.

在經歷了18小時的手術和幾周的特別護理之後，邁克爾出院了，背部裝有金屬桿。我在事故發生約6個月後見到了邁克爾。當我問他情況如何，他答道，"如果我還能再好，那我就成雙胞胎了。想看看我的傷疤嗎？"我拒絕看他的傷，但我詢問了他在事故發生之後的想法。

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered 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 operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l 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 me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said. 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'm choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."

"我想到的第一件事是我那即將出世的女兒的幸福生活，"邁克爾答道，"當時我躺在地上，記得我自己有兩種選擇：我可以選擇活下來或者死去。我選擇活下來。""你難道不害怕嗎？你失去知覺了嗎？"我問道。邁克爾繼續說："。。。護理人員很棒。他們不停地告訴我我會好起來的。但當他們把我推進手術室，我看到醫生和護士臉上的表情時，我真的嚇壞了。在他們眼中，我讀出了"他是個死人"這句話。我知道我必須採取行動。""你採取了什麼行動？"我問。"她問我是否對什麼藥物過敏。‘是的，'我說。醫生和護士停下了手中的活兒等待我的回答。我深吸一口氣大聲說，‘地心引力'"他們笑聲未了，我告訴他們,‘我選擇活下去。請把我當作活人而不是死人來實施手術。'"。

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I 1eamed from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. Attitude is everything.

邁克爾活了下來，多虧了醫生的醫術，但也要歸功於他的令人驚嘆的態度。
我從他身上學到了我們都有機會選擇充實的活著。態度決定了一切。