How Your Attitude Can Impact Your Life
by Kimberley Cohen
Why is it that some people can look on the bright side of things while others seem to be stuck in perpetuating negative thoughts, anxiety, doubts, and situations and they they have a difficult time seeing the positive or give up before they even try?
What separates the two types of people isn’t the person or the situation, but rather their way of thinking.
Your attitude has everything to do with your creativity, happiness, and love.
Viktor Frankl said, "The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance". This quote from a man who found meaning in extreme conditions in a concentration camp.
On the outside of the concentration camp it read, "Abandon all hope ye who enter here".
Just reading those words might make a person fearful and lose hope, yet Viktor Frankl was able to experience freedom - freedom to choose one’s attitude and spiritual well being.
Wow…that’s quite an attitude, wouldn’t you say?
So how does a person adopt a mind set of positivity and hope when faced with uncertainties?
By choosing it.
By maintaining an unwavering inner strength.
By not giving up, and holding onto love, faith, and hope.
By tuning in, instead of out.
By having a positive outlook even when things seem negative.
By taking responsibility for how you are seeing things through.
By recognizing how your thoughts are impacting your life.
Easier said than done? Yes, sometimes it is. It takes determination and commitment to keep your ego in check.
Continuing to gain more awareness of the thoughts and beliefs, actions and reactions that you are choosing to have.
Gaining an understanding that you and only you are responsible for not only how you handle life’s ups and downs, but what you do with them.
Life has this wonderful way of waking us up to what needs our friendship, attention, healing and most importantly, our love.
Love is without a doubt the answer to all problems and questions. It is the solution.
Read this a couple of times. Do you feel any resistance with this?
Developing an attitude of love instead of judgment and hate takes time.
Being careful and carefree, instead of calculated and careless, requires your attention.
Begin to take notice of what and whom you judge. It can be your body, your emotions, your friends, family, co-workers, or situations.
When you recognize this, you can begin to change your attitude towards it.
You can begin to clear the way and open your mind’s eye to elevated thinking and being.
The choice of how you view the world and live and love within it is yours.
Sometimes it might seem like you’ve lost your direction at navigating through life. When this happens, your course is just being re-routed, not lost.
It’s not about denying what’s happening, it’s about implementing a positive attitude when times are trying, taking responsibility for what’s occurring in your life and the choices you make, and knowing it has a direct influence on your happiness and well being.
Don’t wait for tomorrow to develop a mind set that enhances your life; you can start right now no matter what your circumstances are.
Remember, your attitude can impact your life.
The Insight Technique™ assists you in gaining insights into how your attitude plays a part in the role in your life.
© 2010 Kimberley Cohen
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You can spend your life being a victim to people and circumstances, or a victor over them, but isn’t it wonderful that you have a choice of being victorious within them.
Life has this miraculous way of waking us up to the three positions we can take in any given moment. Remember, being the victim, the victor, or the victorious is not who you are but rather the positions you choose to take in your thoughts and life.
If you are in victim thinking, all may seem lost, and that things won’t get better or improve.
If you are in victor thinking, you might be fighting against what is occurring, or charging right on through.
If you are victorious, you will see the victim and victor within you. You will choose to see how your attitude is healing or hurting you and others.
Your Insight Assignment:
Over the next two weeks pay attention to your attitude towards yourself, others, and life.
When you find you are judging or disliking someone or something, take responsibility for what is occurring and change your attitude to one of love and healing.
Learn how The Insight Technique can help you transform old mindsets and beliefs that are holding you back from living the life you desire and deserve.
