Consider this - "Attitude is everything with aging...A study of nearly one thousand older adults followed for nine years concluded that people with high levels of optimism has a 23% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 55% lower risk of death from all causes compared to their pessimistic peers" - Dr. Andrew Weils. I have heard of many studies that show that optimistic people at all ages have less medical problems. Having a positive attitude is good for your health. Put another way, a bad attitude can kill you.
It is important that people understand just how beneficial a good positive attitude is. Not only will it help your health improve it is critically important in relationships and at work. Who would you like to be married to or work with? Someone who has a bad attitude all the time or someone who has a good attitude?
The great thing about our attitude is that we have a choice. Consider these words by Charles Swindoll -
"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."
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."
So how will you choose to live?
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