Attitude
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 string 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
There are more “strings” to life than attitude that significantly affect our experience. And our prayers to see God in control do change the behavior of people around us and the effect the past seems to have on today. But Swindoll’s point is well taken. We are in charge of our attitudes. Nobody else controls them. We can choose to have a healthy attitude and a grateful disposition. Nobody can take that privilege and right away from us. ~ Evan
Spot on!
I’ve always loved the phrase “having a gratitude attitude”. It unsticks the human tendency towards self and human will like nothing else can. Thanks for this, Evan.
It reminds me of that little boy who, after a crushing defeat, greeted the players of the Miami Heat with, “good job! good effort!” as they passed him on their way to the locker room.
Deb from Cal