Choose Your Attitudes
Live each day as if
your life had just begun.
-Goethe
Is this all there
is? Is this it? Every one of us asks this question from time to time.
We look
at our lives and what's around us with the sense that there's nothing new and
never will be. And because of this mood we probably feel disillusioned or even
depressed. We experience the 'same old things' in the 'same old way'.
Needless
to say, this state of mind has nothing to do with what life actually has to
offer. It has everything to do with our attitude - with the way we view the
world and respond to it. If we choose to see things only in shades of gray,
that's what we're sure to experience. It's as simple as that.
If on the other
hand we approach the day with a sense of wonder and interest, it's likely that
we'll experience things far differently. If we have a receptive attitude rather
than fixed and cynical expectations, we greatly increase our potential to be
enthusiastic, inspired and fulfilled.
In its own special way, each day offers
an endless variety of experience, excitement, and opportunity. On every level
the world is filled with wonders - it's all there. In the end, however, it's up
to us. Our attitudes determine what we get out of life.
Today may seem to be
the same as yesterday, but you have the opportunity to experience it in an
entirely different way. It is up to you. Choose your attitudes!