Attitude is a Choice

Our attitudes, and how we choose (or not) to deal with life is a topic of interest to me. There is so much information available to us today to help us shape our thoughts and behaviors and yet, I keep running across this quote from Charles Swindoll. I'd like to share this with 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 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."