Attitude

This week I have been working on my attitude. I have realized that by having a positive attitude, the day goes by more smoothly, and I am happier. I was talking to Ruth Pilgrim about having a positive attitude, and she told me she had a paper about attitudes, and she made me a copy. I wanted to share it on my blog.

Attitude
By Charles Swindoll

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.


I hope this brings the same amount of joy for you as it does for me. I have it on my refrigerator so I can look at it every day.