ATTITUDE

by

Charles Swindoll

"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, 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 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 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”

Happiness

by

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"I'd be happy if only..." has probably popped into my head a million times so far in my life.  If only things would be different, I've assured myself over and over again, then I would be happy.  But, that happiness has constantly eluded me.  I've come to the realization that wanting of things to be different is actually the source of my unhappiness.  The only way to be truly happy is to cease the craving for a different life and live this one with total contentment.