Your attitude is your choice. It always is. We live in an age that has developed the art of shifting blame to very high levels, and sometimes we get caught up in that same tendency.
"Well, if you had my job you wouldn't be so positive."
"If you had my kids, you wouldn't feel so good."
"If only my boss were different, I could be a positive person."
In other words, "My bad attitude is not my fault!"
The truth is, however, your attitude and mine are always our choice. No matter how bad things are, no one can force you to have a bad attitude if you don't want to. Now that should come as really good news because it says our attitudes don't have to be victims of our circumstances or of other people. We choose our responses. Mary Whelchel
I don't need to expound. How good - and true! - is this statement?! I don't need to expound but of course I will a little bit. :)
It all comes down to choice doesn't it? We really do get a choice about our attitudes. Nobody holds authority over them but us. So if my attitude is sour that indicates I made the choice - consciously or not - to let the circumstances of the moment sour my mood. If, on the other hand, my attitude is upbeat despite the circumstances of the moment then the indication is I made the choice - consciously or not - to not allow my attitude to be hijacked.
Don't give people or circumstances so much authority over your life and your moods! Why do "they" get to dictate you? They don't! You have a choice! Make the healthy one.
"Well, if you had my job you wouldn't be so positive."
"If you had my kids, you wouldn't feel so good."
"If only my boss were different, I could be a positive person."
In other words, "My bad attitude is not my fault!"
The truth is, however, your attitude and mine are always our choice. No matter how bad things are, no one can force you to have a bad attitude if you don't want to. Now that should come as really good news because it says our attitudes don't have to be victims of our circumstances or of other people. We choose our responses. Mary Whelchel
I don't need to expound. How good - and true! - is this statement?! I don't need to expound but of course I will a little bit. :)
It all comes down to choice doesn't it? We really do get a choice about our attitudes. Nobody holds authority over them but us. So if my attitude is sour that indicates I made the choice - consciously or not - to let the circumstances of the moment sour my mood. If, on the other hand, my attitude is upbeat despite the circumstances of the moment then the indication is I made the choice - consciously or not - to not allow my attitude to be hijacked.
Don't give people or circumstances so much authority over your life and your moods! Why do "they" get to dictate you? They don't! You have a choice! Make the healthy one.
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