"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. “其實很容易，”邁克爾說。“生活就是選擇。從每一事物剔除一切枝節后剩下的都是一種選擇。你選擇如何應付生活中的種種情形。你選擇他人會怎樣影響你的情緒。你選擇是心情愉快還是心情惡劣。說到底：如何生活是你自己的選擇。”我琢磨著邁克爾的這席話。

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.

那以后不久，我離開了工作數年的大企業去創建自己的公司。我們失去了聯系，但當我對生活做出一種選擇而非對它做出反應時，我時常想起邁克爾。幾年之后，我聽說邁克爾遭遇一場惡性事故，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個小時的手術和數周的精心護理之后，邁克爾出院了，背部裝有金屬桿。大約事故半年之后，我見到了邁克爾。當我問他怎么樣時，他回答，“如果我還能再好，我就成雙胞胎了。想看看我的傷疤嗎?”我拒絕看他的傷痕，但的確問了他事故發生時他是怎么想的。

"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. “其實很容易，”邁克爾說。“生活就是選擇。從每一事物剔除一切枝節后剩下的都是一種選擇。你選擇如何應付生活中的種種情形。你選擇他人會怎樣影響你的情緒。你選擇是心情愉快還是心情惡劣。說到底：如何生活是你自己的選擇。”我琢磨著邁克爾的這席話。

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.

那以后不久，我離開了工作數年的大企業去創建自己的公司。我們失去了聯系，但當我對生活做出一種選擇而非對它做出反應時，我時常想起邁克爾。幾年之后，我聽說邁克爾遭遇一場惡性事故，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個小時的手術和數周的精心護理之后，邁克爾出院了，背部裝有金屬桿。大約事故半年之后，我見到了邁克爾。當我問他怎么樣時，他回答，“如果我還能再好，我就成雙胞胎了。想看看我的傷疤嗎?”我拒絕看他的傷痕，但的確問了他事故發生時他是怎么想的。