Saanams Mind

Charles Swindoll says….
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our 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.

This above Quote I read a few years ago & set me thinking…ISNT IT PERFECTLY TRUE??? Attitude is what gives us our outlook in life. Having a good attitude, bad attitude, neutral attitude…isn’t that what makes us who we are?? Isn’t it what sets us apart from others??? We deal with our situations in life with our attitude, if optimistic we have a positive outlook, if negative not only do we crib & make it look worse than what it is but we seem incapable of handling difficult situations in life.

Attitude according to Jung is the readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way.According to him there are two attitudes one is conscious & the other unconscious attitude.There is extrovert, introvert, rational, irrational , individual & social attitudes.Having understood this … its easy to realize that we are in complete control of our attitude. Since our mind is what decides what attitude we need to have we can completely have control in the way we want to look at life & react to situations.

Often people associate the word attitude to huge egos ,I beg to differ. To me having a healthy & positive attitude towards anything I do, makes me who I am. Having an attitude , specially a constructive , positive one cannot be bad. Having a healthy attitude towards yourself, acceptance of your weaknesses & your strong points does build ones self esteem & confidence. That necessarily does not mean you have an inflated ego- its just that you are self assured & have confidence in your ability to face all the bumps n pitfalls, the curves & hurdles, the mountains & valleys you have to get past to go forward in your journey of life.

According to the ancient Indian Practise of Yoga the 3 ‘A’s are very important to approach life in a very positive way.

Awareness-Of who we are, how we think, our thought processes. In other words after a bit of introspection one is more aware of who they are.

Acceptance-Normally we see that it is the lack of acceptance that makes us judgemental, be it acceptance of ourselves or another. The next step towards a positive you would be accept YOU as you are- unique & different, with your strengths & weaknesses & tell yourself you are that way because you were meant to be that way.I am not saying do not work on your self to improve towards an improved YOU, but accept that you can get angry sometimes, can get irrational sometimes. I mean to say forgive yourself for slip ups that happen sometimes. Acceptance always leads to a more compassionate & loving You & helps chase negativity faster.

The third A is Attitude-By this I mean develop a positive attitude towards everything.Tell yourself that you are getting more positive each day. Look at good in everything around, be it people or situations it definitely would help in looking at life in a brighter & happier way.

Ultimately, positive thinking affects the body vibrations in a positive manner. This in turn, affects the vibrations around us, which, in turn, affect the situations around us. This helps in relieving our suffering and leading a harmonious life.So develop a great attitude & see how life around shapes up exactly how you envision it to be .Dare to dream & develop a positive attitude to make those dreams come true .

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