At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m.class one Monday at University of Nevada,Las Vegas(UNLV),I cheerfully asked my students their weekend had been.“Not been very good”,one young man said.He'd had his wisdom teeth .The young man then went on to ask me why I seemed to be so cheerful.His question reminded me of I′d read somewhere before:”Every morning when you get up,you have a about how you want to approach life that day”,I said.“I choose to be cheerful”.
“Let me give you an ”,I continued.The other 60 students in the class their chatter and began to listen.one day,my car died on the way.I called AAA and asked them to send a .The secretary in the Provost’S office asked me what had happened.”This is my day”, I replied,smiling.”Your Car and today is your lucky day?”She Was .”What do you mean?”“I live 17 miles from here”,I replied.”My car have gone wrong anywhere along the freeway.It didn’t.Instead,it went wrong in the place:off the freeway,within walking distance of here.I’m able to teach my class,and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to me after class.”The secretary’s eyes opened wide,and then she smiled.
I scanned the 60 faces in the lecture hall. the early hour,no one seemed to be asleep.Somehow,my story had them.Or maybe it Wasn’t the story .It had all started with a student's that I Was cheerful.A wise mail once said:”Who you are louder to me than anything you can say”.I suppose it must be so.
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