It is all about attitude!

 

ATTITUDE

by Charles Swindoll

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.  It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.  It will make or break a company... a church... a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.  We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

I love this quote on attitude by Charles Swindoll. As an educator I always had a copy of it in my classroom and in my office framed. I always used to have my students read it and we discussed it when we were talking about percentages. I always told my students who were future teachers how important it was to have a good attitude as a teacher in working with students and learning. As a math teacher too, I loved the percentages listed in the quote, so true! We can make or break them, and our job is to turn them on to learning and be good citizens. I agree with Swindoll on this and agree it is all about attitude in our lives!