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2. Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say

At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been very good. He’d had his wisdom teeth extracted. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful. His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day,” I said to the young man. “I choose to be cheerful". “Let me give you an example,” I continued.
One day a few weeks ago I drove seventeen miles to teach at another college. I exited the freeway and I only had to drive another quarter-mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.
“As soon as I got there I called AA and asked them to send a tow truck. The secretary asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling. “‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?’ She was puzzled. ‘What do you mean?’
“‘I live seventeen miles from here.’ I replied. ‘My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.’
Author: Lee Ryan Miller - story from his book "Teaching Amidst the Neon Palm Trees"
1. If your car broke down in this way would you be this optimistic?
2. Do you usually look for the positive things in life?
3. Do you think being cheerful is a choice?
4. Is it realistic to expect people to be cheerful all the time?
5. Is it possible to be sad sometimes and still be optimistic?
6. Do you think other people see you as a positive person?
7. The next time something like this happens to you will you choose to be optimistic?
8. How might you do this?
9. What thought would you need to change?
10. How would you feel if you did this?

Kind Regards
Monique Knight

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