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Letmequotetheanonymouswriter:
"ThelongerIlive,themoreIrealizetheimactofattitudeonlife。Attitude,tome,ismoreimortantthanfact。Itismoreimortantthantheast,thaneducation,thanmoney,thancircumstances,thanfailures,thansuccesses,thanwhatothereolethinkorsayordo。Itismoreimortantthanaearance,intelligenceorskill。Itwillmakeorbreakacomany,achurchorahome。
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"Theremarkablethingiswehaveachoiceeverydayregardingtheattitudewewillembraceforthatday。Wecannotchangethefactthateolewillactinacertainway。Wecannotchangetheinevitable。Theonlythingwecandoistolayontheonestringwehave,andthatisourattitude。
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"Iamconvincedthatlifeis10ercentwhathaenstomeand90ercenthowIreacttoit。Andsoitiswithyou。Youareinchargeofyourattitude。
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Thismeansthatnomatterwhathaenstoyou,itishowyoureactorresondtoitthatisimortant。
Youcantcontrolorinfluencecertaineventsinlife—earthquake,sabotage,terroristbombings,beingstruckbylightning,afreaktrafficaccidentandsoon。Butyoucancontrolhowyouthinkandfeelaboutsuchincidents,evenwhenyouaretheunfortunatevictimofanaccident。
Youcanchoosetomoanandgroanaboutyourmisfortune,aboutwhatyouhavelosthysicallyorfinancially。Oryoucanchoosetocountyourblessingsthatyouarestillalive,thatyouhavemostofyourhysicalormentalfaculties。Arolongednegativeattitudewouldmakeyoumiserableandregressivewhereasachangetoaositiveattitudewouldsuryoutothinkofossibilities。
Youcouldbetauntedordiscriminatedagainstifyoulostaleg,armoraneye。Youcanthelsomeinsensitiveeoledoingsuchthings。Ifyoufretoverwhatissaidandwhathasbeenderivedofyou,doesitmakeyouanyhaier,determined,erseveringorresourceful?
Therightattitudetotakeisnottoletinsults,sarcasm,rudeness,ridiculeormockerybotheryou。Whyresondnegativelytosuchbehavioursofothereole?Itdoesntaytostrikebackcontemtuouslyatthem。Ifyoudo,youareshowingthatyouareemotionallyweaker。
Showthatyouareemotionallystronger,thatyoudonothavetotradeinsultswithinsults,thatwhattheysayordodoesnotbotheryouatall。Showthedignitythattheydonothave。
Theainisnotinwhattheinsensitiveeolesayaboutyouordotobelittleyou。Theainisinhowyouinterretandreacttosuchacts。
Veryoften,wenegativelyover-reactto,or
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Evenifeoleinrealityaredownrightinhuman,youcanchoosetoignoretheirbehaviourornotviewitnegativelyatall。Thatisrealselfmastery。
Losingaartofthebodyisnottheendoflife。Itmightbetheendofacareerthatyouweretrainedinandthebeginningofanewcareerbutagain,itmightnot。IfthefamousStehenHawkingcanseakthroughacomutergadget,ifagolfercanstilllaywithametalarm,thenatrainerwholosesbothlegsorarmscanstillfindsomeotherwaystoteach。
Whenyoulosehoe,whenyoudesair,whenyoublameeoleallthetime,whenyoudonotevenwanttotryandersevere,thenyouchoosetomakelifemeaninglessforyourself。
Whatisthevalueofintellect,imagination,education,knowledge,wisdom,exerience,cometenceandtalentifyouadotanegativeattitudeeveryday?
Toexandonwhatthewriterinthechurchleafletsaid,attitudecanmakeorbreakaerson。Eitheryouareinchargeoforyoulosechargeofyourattitude。