02/10/2023
It’s always wise to take some time to reflect. To pause and review where you’re at and where you want to go in the future. A good place to start is with your attitude.
It’s hard to go forward, it’s hard to be happy, it’s hard to reach success if you’re negative or around people who are negative. Optimists simply fare better than pessimists. People who see the positive and have a positive outlook are happier and more successful than negative people.
There are challenges we face to be and stay positive.
I read this prayer that says,
“𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕, 𝕤𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪, 𝕀’𝕞 𝕕𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥. 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕕, 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕣, 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕪, 𝕘𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡𝕪, 𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕪, 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗𝕚𝕤𝕙, 𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥. 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖. ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕀’𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕤𝕠 𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕟𝕠𝕨.”
You can always control your attitude. You choose how you will respond, how you will think, and how you will act. A positive attitude will help you in so many ways. You have only one life, and if it is going to be all you want it to be, you must begin with your attitude. You’ve got to get your attitude right; life is filled with a host of things you cannot control but the one thing you can control is your attitude.
Psalm 118:24 tells us,
“𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖, 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕦𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕥!”
God wants us to be joyful and positive about life. So much in life can be changed for the better when we have an “I get to” not “I have to” kind of attitude.
Your attitude affects your altitude. If you want to be happy, then take charge of the way you look at life. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to what happens to you. Nobody gets a free pass out of disappointment, loss, problems – nobody. But you can choose how you will respond.
John Wooden, the former ten-time champion basketball coach at UCLA, said. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” Your attitude determines your happiness.
The greatest power any human being has is the power of choice. Look at your circumstances. Look at your life. And you decide. Is God for you or against you? He is absolutely for you. So, you can choose to rejoice and be glad each day.