女儿的幸福生活，”迈克尔答道，“当时我躺在地上，我记起我有两种选择：我可以选择活着，也可以选择死。我选择了活。”“你难道不害怕吗？你失去知觉了吗？”我问。迈克尔接着说：“那些护理人员棒极了。他们不停地告诉我我会好的。但当他们把我推进手术室，我看到医生和护士脸上的表情时，我真是吓坏了。在他们的眼里，我读出了‘他是个死人。’我知道我应该采取行动。”“你采取了什么行动？”我问道。“有一位人高马大的护士大声冲我问问题，”迈克尔说，“她问我是否对什么过敏。‘是的，’我说。医生和护士都停下手中的活儿等我回答。我深吸一口气大声说出，‘万有引力。’他们的笑声未了，我告诉他们，‘我选择活着。把我当活人而不是死人来做手术。’”
9.\t迈克尔活了下来，这要感谢他那些医生的高明医术，但也要归功于他那令人赞叹的态度。我从他那里学到——我们每天都有机会充实地活着，关键是态度。
Are You Having Fun At Work？你在工作中有乐趣吗？
The lack of humor in workplaces is a real shame，according to experts in corporate culture. Studies have shown that happy workers are productive workers， which enhances profitability.
The stress that is endemic in today’s workplace is no joke. If you can learn to laugh， you and everyone around you will better weather the stress storms.
Paul McGhee，Ph.D.，of the Laughter Remedy says that a good sense of humor will contribute to your success in these ways：
1. Change. Roles and responsibilities are changing rapidly in today’s workplace. Your sense of humor provides the resilience7 needed to cope with change.
2. Growing leadership. As your career progresses, you’ll probably be asked to lead more and make more decisions in your organization. Building your humor skills will boost your ability to lead effectively.
3. Increased stress. As already mentioned，stress is a factor in all jobs. The more responsibility you assume9， the more stress you experience. Humor is one of the most powerful stress management tools around. Laughter helps you reduce muscle tension, release anger, improve your ability to overcome panic and bring anxiety under control, as well as keep a more positive frame10 of mind.
4. Demand for creativity and innovation. A better sense of humor will enhance your creative thinking abilities.
5. Outstanding communication skills. Everyone in your organization needs these skills， and humor can be a wonderful way both to boost interest in what you have to say and help you become an acce