Nuggets of Truth About Our Attitudes

   “And now, dear (young) brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”  The apostle Paul addressed that to you in Philippians 4:8.  As a person thinks, so he or she is was once written.  Your attitude so often makes or breaks you.  

   What is “attitude?”  It is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a situation, place or people.  Our attitudes normally come out in our behavior.  Positive attitudes include affectionate, friendly, responsible, self-confident, cheerful, humble, sensitive, considerate, thoughtful and sincere.  Negative attitudes include apathetic, malicious, insincere, arrogant, inflexible, cruel, resentful, deceiving, rigid and rude.  

   How does a person’s attitude affect or impact our lives?  Here are a few thoughts.  We are responsible for our attitudes.  Your attitude is totally in your control!  You and I can’t control the length of our life, but we can control its width and depth.  I can’t control the contour of my face, but I can control its expression.  What happens to me does not matter as much as what happens IN me. 

   My attitude determines my altitude (John Maxwell quote).  Mai ...

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