Pepe’s story

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Pepe is the kind of person everyone would like to be.

Always in high spirits, always with something positive to say.

When someon would ask him how he was, he always said:

“I couldn’t be better!”

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He had changed jobs a number of times and many of his colleagues

followed him.

The reason they followed him was because of his attitude. He was a

born leader.

If one of his subordinates was having a bad day, he was always

there to indicate the positive side of the situation.

One day I decided to see him

and asked him.

I don’t understand. How can

you always be so positive?

How do you do it?

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Pepe replied:

“Each morning I wake up and say to myself: “Pepe, you have two

options now: You can be in a good or in a bad mood. I choose to be

in a good mood.

Every time something goes wrong, I can choose to play victim or to

learn something from the experience.

I choose to learn".

- Each time someone comes over to whine, I can accept their

whining or I can show them the positive side of life. I choose to

show them the positive side of life.

- Yes, of course, but it isn’t that easy, I replied.

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- “Yes it is”, was Pepe’s answer. Everything in life is a question of

choice. If you simplify the entire situation, it all sums up in one

choice.

- You can choose how you react to each situation, you can choos

how others influence your mood, you can choose to be in a good

or a bad mood

- In one phrase

You choose how to live your life.

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I gave much thought to what Pepe said…

Because we moved, we lost touch but I frequently thought about

Pepe whenever I had to make a decision.

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Years later I found out that Pepe did something you are not

supposed to do. He left the door unlocked and three armed

robbers entered his home.

When Pepe, trembling from fear, tried to open the safe, his hand

slipped. The robbers panicked and shot him.

Pepe was fonnd relatively quickly, so we rushed to the hospital.

After 8 challenging hours in surgery and weeks of recuperating

Pepe came out of the hospital with plenty of bullets in his body.

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Six months later I met Pepe and asked him how he was doing. His

answer as always was: “I couldn’t be better!”

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When I asked him what crossed his mind on the day of the

robbers, he said:

- “When I was injured, lying on the floor, I realized I had two

options: To live or to die. I chose to live.”

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“Weren’t you afraid?” I asked him. Pepe replied: “The medics

were great. They kept on telling me that everything was going

to be OK. But when I was taken into surgery and saw their

expressions, then I got scared. I could read it in their eyes

“This guy is dead”. Then I realized that I had to make a

decision.”

“And what did you do?” I asked.Pepe replied: “When the doctor asked me if I was allergic to

something, I took a deep breath and said: “Yes, I am allergic to f*c!in bullets!”.

While they broke out in laughter I told them: “I choose to live. Operate on me as if I am going to survive, not as if I were

dead.”

Pepe survived thanks to the doctors but mostly because of his

remarkable attitude. He had learnt that every day, we have the

choice to live fully or not. In the end, attitude is all that

matters.

In sumAnd overall

Who you areHow you feelHow others see youHow you live

Is your decision.

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