Our Attitude

Another inspiring story i read...
This is the story of a woman who didn't like her job at all because of the way her co-workers treated her. She decided to quit, and on the day that was to be her last day, she woke up happy, looking forward to leaving the job. She went to work feeling happy, and acting happy.

Amazingly enough, her co-workers responded to her new attitude by reflecting back to her a similar attitude, one that was very pleasant to her. She had been miserable at work all that time because she had gone to work with a negative attitude, and her co-workers responded by treating her in the same way she was acting. With this new perspective, though, she enjoyed her day at work, and she ended up staying there and working for a very long time.

I have a simple way of looking at other people's treatment now--a person did something unpleasant to me either because they wanted to hurt me or because they weren't aware that their action was hurtful. In the first case, I don't want to allow someone who is low enough to want to hurt someone else affect my peace of mind. In the second case, if it was unintentional then there's no need to feel bad about it. In both cases, I can hold on to my own peace of mind simply because of my attitude concerning their actions.

Our positive attitudes can grow beyond ourselves and affect the rest of the world in very positive ways. And as we affect the world positively, that positive glow will reflect right back at us, and life will hold that shine that we know inside it should hold.

Inspiring enough to change our attitudes from now onwards...don't you think like that? ;)