Attitude

I am so thankful that I am a relatively positive person. Some would call it a flaw of mine as I'm typically looking at life through rose colored glasses. I've been through enough hard times in my life to know that life isn't always fair or easy. I've also learned that how I choose to look at things can make a big difference...not only in me, but in others as well. How sad it must be to go through life unhappy, negative, and always complaining about things. Really...does it make you feel better? No. I would imagine that it would only succeed in making you feel worse. It can be hard to change your outlook on life....but as I've heard a famous motivational speaker say once, "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."


A few years ago, I read a piece about "Attitude" that really makes sense to me. I want to share it with you. It's worth revisiting when you are having a particular rough time with your attitude - or those of others around you.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes. – Charles Swindoll