Sunday, August 19, 2007
August 19, 2007
Hi Everyone!! I know it has been along time with no updates, so here I go. Justin is doing well. He is still keeping his spirits high for the most part. He has a hard time understanding why we won't let him come home yet. We can't believe it has almost been one year since all of our life's changed. Justin teaches me so much all the time. He is truly amazing, and the greatest brother anyone could ask for!!! He goes to have his Jaw surgery on Aug. 23rd. He really wants it fixed. He still has so many people who stop by to say "HI", it really lifts him up! He had a small b-day party on sat. he went swimming!! We put a life jacket on him and off he went. Kary, Scotty and Shawn were all there to help him. He was pushing them under the water, trying to toss the girls into the air, just like old times. Shawn had him swimming laps, Justin's has always been part fish. It was great to see him enjoying himself. Shawn and Tuft looked like two kids playing in the pool!! Justin's B-Day is Aug. 25th, so if ya would like to call him please do. He would LOVE it. Thanks again- ~A~
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You guys are such a great and supportive family! I love the strength that you all provide and the encouragement that you give. It was great to see all of you a few weeks ago!
Justin, we had a great time with you last week. Wish we could see you more often. And, Happy Birthday! We hope you have a wonderful day.
Justin, I wanted you to read this. It's a motivating email I received yesterday. Love you.
John 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, John 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 and asked him, "I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He 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 ca n 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," he 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 your life."
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I le f t the Tower 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 he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him 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 I 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," he 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
He 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 John. "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."
He 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.
That is awesome..we told him that he would be fine if he would just get in. Let him know that Adam is very proud of him, and said that he's the man!
We want to see pictures of him swimming!!!
It is good to read the updates on Justin and hear things are going well....now i will check back to see how the jaw surgery goes. Going swimming sounds wonderful--I have heard how hot St. George is!! Happy Birthday Justin....and keep up the hard work. It is worth it in the end.
God Bless you and your family at all times.
Linda McArthur
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