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Some people choose to have a bad Attitude. They can look at the land of milk and honey and see only calories and cholestero.

They have bumper stickers that go like this. We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.

I believe you have a choice. You can either complain that rose bushes have thorns or you can rejoice that thorn bushes have roses. You can learn to make the right choices through Life Training.

If you wake up in the morning and listen to songs like I Cant Get No Satisfaction. What will that do for your attitude? You all really get no satisfaction. Or here another inspirational ditty Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head That having great expectation for the day  Or heres a personal favorite  I we Got Friends in Low Places. Well that ought to affect your life in a real positive manner

Its been proven that the first 30 minutes of your day and the last 30 minutes are the most important concerning your Attitude.

In advertising they call every time you see a sign, read an ad, or hear a radio spot, etc, an impression. The goal is to bombard you with multiple  to persuade you to buy their products. Each sensory reception creates an impression which creates a perception Your Attitude will be affected by what you are impressed by  That in turn will affect your performance. Dont allow yourself to be filled with bad impressions.

Dont let Madison Avenue determine your Attitude. Your morning coffee should not determine your Attitude What if the city dump was called eating disorder  She had a chronic illness. They couldnt get her to eat no matter what they couldnt get her to eat. When she did eat, it didnt digest correctly. They tried to give her the medication, but there was no way in the world that Callie would take her medication. So, eventually they had to use five men, as part of their job, to give Callie her medication.

She refused to take it orally, so they decided they were going to have to give her the medication in another way. Yes I know what youre thinking And, your right They had to use a ten-inch long, 41 pound, coco butter suppository.

So, everyday one of them would tenderly lift her tail one of them would take a rubber glove that covered the entire arm, and three of the other men soothed and positioned Callie. And they administered her medication much to her dismay

What a job How would that look on your resume

What was your last job

Oh, I inserted a ten inch long, 41 pound, coco butter suppository into a grumpy 6000 pound female pachyderm

So, the bottom line is this. There are at least five people in America that have a job worse than yours

Stop complaining folks. This too will pass Change your Attitude and you all change your life through Life Training

Its important to keep an Attitude of Gratitude. I have personally found that the longer your gratitude list the shorter your gripe list!

Once, our family was going through some difficult times financially. Now, I know some people will not admit to that  but, its a fact, we had some challenges in front of us. I was finding myself overwhelmed and I was developing a sour Attitude

So, I gathered my family together one night and got out a note pad. I told them that we were going to make a list of everything we could remember that had happened that past year we were thankful for. It began slowly. But when we got into it  my pen could not keep up. We wrote down everything Physical things. Spiritual things. Financial things! We laughed we cried  we got out the projector and showed slides and watched recent videos. Then we added more to the list. We decided to read the list aloud for 30 days. Something miraculous happened when we developed an Attitude of gratitude during this Life Training.

We broke the back of adversity Thankful people become blessed people.  I suggest that if you are having an Attitude problem. If you like the great Zig Zigler says, have stinkin thinking then make out a gratitude list. Make a willful choice to adjust you Attitude! Suppose someone offered to come by your house and deliver 2500 lbs. of garbage on your lawn for free. Would you accept it? NOT You would think they were crazy! And yet, we let the media and people around us dump garbage into us on a daily basis. We have got to be smarter than that

You dont have to be pessimistic. It is a choice. Did you know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary did not have the word pessimist or pessimistic in it. There was no such word

The great Helen Keller once said, No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Your attitude is a choice. You get to choose

Think about this  have you ever heard anybody say, He really got a great Attitude. Lets fire him Ha  Never in a million years.