One of the most helpful things for me was a little piece written by Charles R. Swindoll. It’s called Attitude. I need to read this everyday to remind myself that how I react to a situation is more important than the situation itself. I’ve written it out on this blog because it is something we should all read from time to time.

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or 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 will 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 on 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.”