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Life little lessons – 12

Attitude affects everything we do.  Attitude can impact the organization we work, the church we serve, and the country we live in.  Our attitude can have positive or negative influence on people around us.  Positive attitude brightens people around you and brings forth joy and laughter.  Negative attitude promotes stress, sadness and hinders progress.  It also destroys relationship.  Right attitude changes people’s life, energizes workplace, strengthens family, builds up church, and opens our mind to God.  Wrong attitude leads to self pity and dampens our enjoyment of life.  Therefore, it is wise to maintain a positive attitude at all time.

                        Charles Swindoll, a famous preacher, shared his view on “attitude” as follows:

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

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude ... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

In the “Sermon on the Mount”, also known as “Beatitude”, Jesus taught us the way to gain true happiness is to adopt a new attitude on life.

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
      for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
      for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
      for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
      for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
      for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
      for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
      for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
      for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

                                                                                                 Matthew 5:3-10

                       May we all adopt a positive attitude on life and let our life be a powerful witness for Christ.