Attitude Part 2
September 17, 2008 by dr. lam
One of my lovely patients from Miami who flew in to see me with one of her friends last week, handed me a sheet of paper that she had photocopied and that meant a lot to her in terms of life philosophy. I consider what she gave me a continuation of a blog I wrote about a month ago on Viktor Frankl (click here to see that one) so I have entitled this blog, “Attitude Part 2″ and also is reminiscent of another blog on Shimon Peres (click here to see that one). This quote is from Plano native Pastor Charles Swindoll:
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important tha the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people say or do. It is more important than appearances, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the 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 on 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.”
Amen!
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