Attitude Determines Altitude

It wasn’t too long ago, I was in a predicament where I was unhappy with circumstances and found myself in a gloomy mood.  As I sat there, I had to chuckle when I swear I could hear my mother clearly say, “You are not going to get what you want unless you change your attitude, young lady!”  Although she passed many years earlier, it is amazing to me how she and mothers all over the world have the power to impart words of wisdom that stick with us throughout our lifetime and later come to us in many ways as reminders.   

As I thought about what she had said, I tried to remember when I first learned what it meant to “change my attitude.”   Obviously, it had to do with my behavior – not acting in a more grateful manner for what was about to take place or had taken place.  Not really having to do with perception, necessarily, but more like speaking out in the proper manner.  Then, this came to mind, “It’s not what you say but how you say it!”  And that there is attitude, my friend!  Attitude means approach and how you approach life in all aspects determines your altitude and height of good living.

I found this in my research and share it with you because I believe this anonymous piece says it better than I can:

What Am I?

I am seldom considered, though I do more to influence everything about you than virtually any one thing in your life.  I often control the time you get up in the morning, the time you go to sleep, what you eat and drink and the very thought that runs through your head.  I can make you either happy or sad, loving or hateful, cheerful or remorseful, congenial or spiteful and in doing so, control the very capacity that you have for success.  

No, you don’t often think of me; instead, you BLAME the problem I create on the shortcoming of others, or the state of the economy, or your family or a million other reasons.  Often at times unable to find anyone else to BLAME, you look for shortcomings within yourself on which to lay the BLAME.

When my impact on your life fully is considered in your every thought and action, when you are mindful of my awesome power, when you nurture and groom me for positive use in your life, I can become more contagious than the most prolific disease ever witnessed by man.  My influence will spread to every person you come in contact with. 

Groomed and nurtured in a positive manner there will be no person or obstacle that can stand in the way of my success or fail to be impacted for the better.

I am your Attitude

Two Things Define You:
Your patience when you have nothing
And your attitude when you have everything

 – Anonymous