Attitude

Our attitude is our key to success. It is easy to have a good attitude when everything is going well. During adversity, maintaining a positive attitude is more difficult, but it is vital that we do so. Zig Ziglar wrote, “The important and decisive factor in life is not what happens to us, but the attitude we take toward what happens.” * I have found this to be true. How we respond to situations around us contributes to our success or failure. That’s why some people come out of tests and trials unscarred, while others are destroyed by the same set of circumstances. The Apostle Paul encouraged us to “. . . be made new in the attitude of [our] minds” (Eph. 4:23 NIV). The Living Bible says, “Your attitudes and thoughts must all be constantly changing for the better.” The Amplified Bible translates verse 23 like this: “And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude].”This verse makes it clear that if we don’t have the right spi...

Attitude Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. In life, attitude is everything.  Attitude decides whether we greet the day with joy or with the blahs.  Attitude decides how our family, our friends, our boss and our coworkers perceive us. It is not the result of circumstance.  It is not genetically predetermined.  Attitude is in our control, we are in charge of our attitude.  Attitude is a choice we make all day, every day.  Attitude is not a habit though attitude can become habit. It was late afternoon on the first Sunday in December.  I was on my way home from one party with another still to go.  My throat was sore and I was tired.  Mentally, I was debating whether to go.  It would be so easy to slip into something cozy and veg.  Instead, I adjusted my attitude and reminded myself, head up, stand tall, smile, remember your three conversation...