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Throw your heart over the barrier, body will follow

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Jerry was the owner of a successful restaurant. One day, when the back door of his restaurant was open, he was robbed by three armed men.

They forced Jerry to open the safe box. While Jerry was trying to open it, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.

Luckily, he was found quickly and rushed to hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was discharged with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

A friend asked him what was going through his mind as the robbery took place. “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” Jerry replied.

“Then after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, 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?” his friend asked.

Jerry continued: “The paramedics were great. They kept telling me that I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room 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.’

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And I knew I needed to take action.” So, when the nurse was shouting questions at me and asked me 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, ‘Bullets!’

Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I’m alive, and not dead’.” Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

His message: while you have no power on outside events, you have all the power over your mind.

Life is a struggle for those who consider quitting as a choice.

Stay focused to achieve

1. Have goals, decide on standards and stand by them: Goals always seem impossible until done. So, stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving towards your goals.

2. Believe in yourself and your capabilities: You are what you are and more importantly you become what you believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities and confidence to succeed.

3. Be enthusiastic, stimulated and lively: Even in tough situations, do not lose hope, or blame others. Always maintain calm and remain enthusiastic because nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

4. Remain positive, no matter what situation you are in: It all begins and ends in the mind. What you give power to has power over you, if you allow it.

5. Let go of what others think: You are who you are. Nobody’s opinion can take you away from who you are. So, avoid pointless, petty conflicts because you can’t control everyone and everything.