While going through some papers and deciding what I would keep and what would be discarded, I ran across this piece written by Charles Swindoll, evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator and radio preacher who founded Insight for Living in Fresco, Texas. This radio program airs on more than 2000 stations around the world in 15 languages and shares God’s love and gift of salvation. I had laminated this text many years ago and kept it to remind me of Swindoll’s message.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on my life. Attitude to me is more 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 school, a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.  We can’t change the past…we can’t change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We can’t 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 you and 90% of how you react to it. And so it is with us…we are in charge of our attitude.

We don’t have to worry and be stressed by the small things. The alarm can be fixed, the tire replaced, the coffee refilled, the parking ticket paid, the keys found and the to-dos can be done. 

This vignette is so true. We do have a CHOICE each and every day not only to CHOOSE our attitudes. We have the choice to CHOOSE God and feel blessed, grateful, excited and happy that God loves us unconditionally and provides us with the choice for eternal life if we believe and accept the gift of salvation He so freely offers us. We need to get after it! Thanks be to God.

Patty