Your Attitude Reflects You

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Although everyone has an attitude, not everyone has the same type of attitude. Some individuals attitudes propel them along. Helping them to deal challenges, overcome obstacles, and accomplish their objective. Others have attitudes, that are anchors, slowing them down or stopping them altogether. Think about people you know who are often identifield by their attitude:

He's got a can do attitude.
That George, he's always on top of things.
I don't know how sarah does it; she can bring a smile to any situation.

The people described above are the sort of folks you like to be around, are't they? You want to have them on your team at work and as your friends at home. The there are those people known for their negative attitudes:

You know Ellen. If there's not a problem, she can create one.
I know Hank is capable, but it's just too much work to get him to do anything.
I had lunch with Fred. To hear him tell it, nothing good ever happens to him.

I'm sure you'av met some of these individuals too. Because of their negative attitudes, they seem to carry dark clouds over their heads. We generally avoid interacting with them because of their negative approach to life. Those with positive attitudes throw off the bed covers each morning, jump out of bed, throw open a window, take a deep breath, and say, "Good morning." Those with negative attitude drag themselves out of bed, stare out the window and say, "Good God, morning."
Ok, it's not alway that clear-cut. Even rabid optimists have bad days. Even the gloomiest pessimists have a good thought now and then. Often our attitudes are affectted by the circumstances we deal with day-to-day. What happens to us influences what goes on within us unless we master a process foe taking control of our attitudes to maintain a positive approach to life even when negative event accur.
George Bernard Shaw said, people who get on in this world are the people who who get up and look for the circumtances they want and, if they can't find them, make them."
If you look around, you can fine dozens of examples of people whose attitudes don't fit their apparent circumstances. One sunday in church, I heard a beautiful soprano voice behind me. Her singing was so joyful that I had to see who it was. The voice belonged to a middle-aged lady sitting in a wheelchair. Her right arm was strapped to the chair. Her left hand rested on a little platform with a lever that controlled the chair. Someone had placed the hymnal in her lap so that she could read the verse and sing it. Evidently this woman had lost the use of all her limbs with the exceptiong of the fingers of her left hand.

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Yet there was a smile on her face and, abviously, joy in her heart. What happens to you does not have to live within you. Even bad circumstances can serve as stepping-stones to your goals. Every one of us endures hardships that can bring out the worst in us or inspire the best. It all comes down to which attitude you choose.