signs he had in there, Danny lifted up the cardboard,
which said:
“The E stands for events in your life,” Danny ex-
plained. “The P stands for perception and the O stands
for outcome. We can’t control the events in our life but
we can control how we perceive them and our percep-
tion and response to the events determine our outcome.”
“The P can also stand for positive energy,” Joy said,
“and this formula explains why positive energy is so im-
portant. Sure, you have your vision for what you want to
create in your life but there will always be people who
don’t share your vision. There will always be potholes and
roadblocks that can block your journey on the road of life.
Things happen like your flat tire, George. But it’s how we
choose to deal with the events in our life that means
everything. We all get down but the key is what we do to
turn life around. Like I told you, choose wisely. Positive
energy and positive people create positive results. There is
certainly a lot of negativity in the world and choosing pos-
itive energy helps us deal with the negative people and
negative situations that can knock us off course.
“Positive energy helps keep the bus moving forward
with momentum. And we’re not talking about the fake kind
of chest-thumping rah, rah positive energy that simply
masks our negativity and annoys people. No, this is the real
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