I Believe..... POST #2

I Believe...That either you control your attitude or it controls you.

This one is a good one but is very hard to practice sometimes. We often let people intimidate us or let them get the best of us due to their negativity, which in return gives us a poor attitude either towards the situation or towards that person. I deal with this every day! If you really think about though it is like someone pulling out in front of us while we are driving. 9 out of 10 times our natural human nature kicks in and we get pissy about it and then the mood has been set, especially in the morning. A lot of times it is an honest mistake. That person will go on with their day and probably not even think about it any longer while you are still "pissy" and your attitude sucks the entire day! I know I am guilty of this for sure. If only a flashing light came on that reminded us of this very saying about our attitudes every time our anger button was pushed, we may make for some happier people. Again, the person or the situation that created the attitude has probably not even thought twice about it or could just care less. And for those who intentionally provoke you, controlling your attitude is the best "back at ya" that you could possibly do. Those people have to answer for their own actions at some point as we have to answer for ours as well. So, keeping this in mind and practicing this throughout our day is a great challenge for us to take on!!! I am practicing NOW!!!