Choosing Our Attitude

Daily Christian Wisdom

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.


-Henri Nouwen

Taken from Beliefnet.com


Hello Everyone

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
— Author Unknown

I was browsing through the Beliefnet newsletter and came across the above. I thought this was a wonderful way to remind us how we can make small changes to our lives, our attitudes and it shows how simple this can be done instantly.

For me, as I always say, life is a journey. It has its highs and its lows. Yet there is not one person on earth who will not have a cross to bear at some stage or the other. Yet, the saying that "we choose or attitude" is such a potent one.

What I have come to realise, and I can only speak from personal experience is this. Sometimes the road before us is so mountainous and full of trials and tribulations that it is so easy to baulk and feel overwhelmed and let this reality of the situation overshadow ones life. Yet the way that one chooses to approach that challenging journey can make all the difference, because the reality is that you still have to walk that road regardless to if you smile or do it in anger. If you choose to do what you must with a positive frame of mind (and I must add, this is not always easy, nothing worthwhile is easy), and if you know in your heart what your outcome is, then you will cross that mountain in a much healthier and happier and progressive way (and hopefully with less wrinkles).

So take to heart the following quotes, and take time to choose your attitude more carefully, because this not only impacts on your life but also on your environment.

My grandma was always 'biding her time' until she could get to Heaven. In the meantime, her life was fairly miserable and she treated my mother abusively. I learned a valuable lesson, however: Create as much Heaven on Earth as possible with everyone near and dear.
— Chelle Thompson, Editor of Inspiration Line
Inspirational Quote from Inspiration Line 1/19/04


The world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude.
— Gerald Jampolsky