"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'."
“我首先想到的是我那即將出世的女兒的幸福生活，”邁克爾答道�！爱�(dāng)時我躺在地上，我記起我有兩種選擇：我可以選擇活著，也可以選擇死。我選擇了活。”“你難道不害怕嗎？你失去知覺了嗎？”我問。邁克爾接著說，“……那些護(hù)理人員棒極了。他們不停地告訴我我會好的。但當(dāng)他們把我推進(jìn)手術(shù)室，我看到醫(yī)生和護(hù)士臉上的表情時，我真是嚇壞了。在他們的眼里，我讀出了‘他是個死人�！�我知道我應(yīng)該采取行動�！薄澳悴扇×耸裁葱袆樱俊蔽覇柕��！坝幸晃蝗烁唏R大的護(hù)士大聲沖我問問題，”邁克爾說�！八龁栁沂欠駥κ裁催^敏。‘是的，’我說。醫(yī)生和護(hù)士都停下手中的活兒等我回答。我深吸一口氣大聲說出，‘萬有引力�！�他們的笑聲未了，我告訴他們，‘我選擇活著。把我當(dāng)活人而不是死人來做手術(shù)�！�”
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，這要感謝他那些醫(yī)生的高明醫(yī)術(shù)，但也要歸功于他那令人贊嘆的態(tài)度。我從他那里學(xué)到了我們每天都有機(jī)會充實地活著，關(guān)鍵是態(tài)度。