This is a guest post by Brian Vishal.
Today, that hymn is in every hymnal, in almost every church, school and has become the silent recital in millions of hearts across the ages who have gone through traumatic events. The message of the song is not just an encouragement but the bar on which positive attitude has become built.
Maintaining the right mental posture in relation to prevailing situations, regardless of their effect, helps us live within an accurate productive perspective in life. Every day we are confronted with genuine opportunities to be upset, bitter or indifferent about other people’s suffering or even our own. It is a healthy attitude that helps us rise above the vicissitudes of life. The right attitude produces peace in turmoil, makes us blameless before people and averts guilt even in the places where justice demands our punishment. In essence, a right attitude a healthy building block of good legacies.
Attitude is an irreplaceable communication tool. It is the body language that broadcasts confidence, self-sabotage, self-betrayal or loyalty to courage. John C Maxwell says: “People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.”
Attitude adjustment is about renewing your mind, to discard old and stale mindsets that have been overtaken by events and are now counterproductive. It is renewing and strengthening your belief through embracing superior ways of mental configurations. It is positioning yourself at the river of information because without information, transformation is a pipe dream. Our attitude remains weak and ineffectual if we remain loyal to what worked yesterday. Today is a new day full of fresh possibilities and attitude adjustment is the key to these new doors of opportunity!
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To access the future via the gate of good attitude, you will be required to do all things without grumbling, questioning, complaining and murmuring. Adjust your attitude to be happy in all circumstances, at all times, whatever the situation may be. The world owes you nothing but you owe it everything! Let gladness of heart precede your dreams, gratitude fill your days and positivity run your pursuits. Uncommon people do not spend a majority of their time mitigating losses and managing emotional embezzlement, they spend it managing the right attitudes for profitability.
Joy rejuvenates your passion. In fact, joy is a strength not a weakness. Avoid anything that steals the strength of joy. Approach your life from zeal and excitement and the results will be outstanding. A joyful heart is good medicine to the heart, and the disposition of your heart determines the flow of life.
Constantly renew your attitude. Evaluate it, appraise it and feed it where it falls short. Be vigilant to maintain a healthy dose of self-esteem so as not to get caught up in the baits that pull other people down. By your attitude, you shall either survive storms or sink in them. It is not the power of the storm that destroys, it is the attitude of those in the storm. Your attitude sends out powerful signals that either attract help to you or repel would-be rescuers.
When you feel like quitting – right at the edge of a breaking point, you can either go ahead and quit like normal people do or you can recalibrate your attitude, renew your strength and soar above the storm like uncommon people do. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jeffer
Ephesians 4:23 – “to be made new in the attitude of your minds”