The choice is up to you !

This is a simple poem

it's about what a person said

Its about his life's story

of how he overcame his biggest challenge

This poem is about his courage

it's about how simple he made it sound

It's about how uncomplicated life could be

the poem is about how his ideals inspired me

He was a good athlete, a runner

till his fate came to a grinding halt

He was knocked down by a speeding car

he found himself fighting for his very life !

No doctors thought he would live

leave alone get back to sports !

He then found out that he had,

just two choices left with him !

To fight against odds and live again

or be sad and resign to fate,

He fought for his life 'cause he told himself

he would live and run again !

Doctors were all astound

coz , he survived, and later, he did run !!

He explained, that in life

you had just two choices,

You could opt to be happy or

your could decide to be sad !

If you choose to be happy then,

You would do everything positive to remain that way,

If your choice was to be sad,

you'd accept defeat and let depression lead your life

So , in life you always have two choices,

And it's you who decide what you want to be,

Your could decide to be happy,

Or you could decide to be sad

This I found quite inspiring,

I decided I'd make it work for me

I try to be as happy as I can be

I try not to let negative thoughts get better of me

~Mahesh Laxman~