Attitude

I came across an article written on a website for parents on what things are worthy to tell your kids and was inspired by the content, to the degree that I think that it is worthy to dedicate the next few weeks of blogs to the topics contained therein, as they are extremely and equally relevant to people in general.  I would like to start with the first key which relates to Attitude (one of my favourites).  Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.  It is very easy to base your attitude on how things are.  Maybe you are feeling overwhelmed and stressed about your circumstances.  Consequently you may become down and negative.  Maybe you want to do something, or have something and if affects the way you think, or even your whole attitude to life. You become distracted, by the possibilities and options and forget that daily life is still gong on around you and that other people are not sharing the same set of circumstances and have moved on to another place or season in their life.  They are not dealing with the circumstances you are feeling, so expect them to be confused and unaware of your plight.  But this will never be the way to get the desired result.  You need to choose your attitude (which is within your control), so that it supports and expresses the way you wish things to be.  It is never the circumstances themselves that cause stress and frustration, but rather the way we respond and react to them.  Some things are best left alone to resolve themselves and we need to get on with what we can handle, instead of being held back by our mind telling us all the things that could happen.  Our attitude can not only affect our lives, but the lives of those closest to us and we only end up spreading the stress and bad attitude and this may be holding us back and keeping the door closed which a different attitude, could easily begin to open.