We have all had bad days. The truth is you can’t choose what happens to you, but you can always choose what happens in you. No one can choose your attitude for you; that only comes from within. When crazy things happen to us, we have a choice to make. We can choose to get BETTER, or we choose to get BITTER. Our attitude will determine how we deal with the future.

Bad attitudes = a worse future

Good attitudes = a better future

Your attitude can change everything. It is not that everything will turn out perfect in your life with a good attitude; it just means you choose to look at the good. This is why coach John Wooden would always say, “Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.” Winston Churchill said, “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Attitude can change a…

MESS into a MESSAGE

TEST into a TESTIMONY

VICTIM into a VICTORY

Attitude says a lot about what is inside of us. Show me a person with a great attitude, and I will show you someone who will do great things. Show me a person with a bad attitude, and I will show you a person who will always struggle. Attitude is an inward feeling expressed by an outward behavior. You see, whatever is in us will eventually come out of us. Attitude is like the rudder of our lives that guides us. So goes our attitude so goes our outlook on life. If we choose a great attitude, life gets easier; however, life just gets harder when we choose a bad attitude. We can’t change what happens to us, but we can choose how we handle it. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it. American Novelist Raymond Chandler said, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

Check your attitude daily and adjust it accordingly. I have a friend who literally sets a reminder on his phone every hour to have an “attitude check-in,” as he calls it. This allows him to shift anything that is not in alignment with who he wants to be. He told me this has been a game-changer for his mental health over time. Whatever you do…get intentional about having a great attitude and see what God does in you and through you!