The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude is more important than facts. Attitude is more important than the past. Attitude is more important than education, than money, than circumstance, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. Attitude is more important than appearance, than giftedness, than skill. It will make or break a company. It will cause a church to soar or sink. It will be the difference in a happy home and a home of horror.

Everyone has a choice everyday of the attitude they will embrace.

We cannot change our past. We cannot change the tick of the clock. We cannot change that march toward death. We cannot change the fact that people will act a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

BUT, we can choose the attitude that we embrace.

Whether we like it or not, attitude means everything to us and to everyone near and dear to us. When the bottom drops out or calamity comes, we can act aggressively and blame others, or we can act passively and submerge ourselves in self-pity. Either way, embracing these sorts of attitudes will drive others away and we may eventually find ourselves alone, or worse, we may find ourselves surrounded by others of a similar attitude.

 Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

How do we cause our chooser to choose a good attitude when we are down? Good question. If you and I are truly born again into the family of God then we can apply the scripture below and our life will improve immensely. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 If you are not born again into God’s family you need to consider accepting the most wonderful and valuable gift ever offered to mankind. Accept the gift of Salvation. A starting place is John 3: 16. Check it out, this gift will change your life, and it is totally free. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3: 16 Jesus Christ spoke these words Himself. If you are a human you are part of the world and being of this world means that God loves you more than you can comprehend. (I gleaned most of these thoughts from a sermon preached by Chuck Swindoll called 'Getting a Grip on Attitude.') awd