Thoughts.com Blogs - Is life about Attitude?

Is life about attitude? That depends. The word 'attitude' may conjure up negative feelings and emotions for some so I would say that it may be better to ask, "Is life really about your responses?"

We all have myriad encounters with varying circumstances as we weave our troubled way through this human experience, what is all important is how we respond to each one as it arises. Many different situations may arise at the same time and we may begin to feel overwhelmed, but what is still important is the way we respond.

It can be difficult to have a positive outlook when we are faced with what appears to be endless bad luck and an onslaught of negative experiences yet, it is in those very times that we must remember it takes only one small candle to dispel a whole room full of darkness.

Solace, inspiration, hope and motivation can all be found in the responses and perceptions of others and, whilst we might think some of them are little more than trite sayings, there is still a comfort to be found there. By the simple act of reading, eventually those words become embedded in our psyche and we discover that things feel a little better now, though we may be at a loss to explain why.

It is a flaw of human nature that People tend to remember the negative, bad times as longer-lasting than positive good times but we all have some of each scattered like random fallen leaves throughout our lives. We could not experience one without the other and, whilst we complain that things are bad, we fail to realise this fact.

All of our lives we are faced with choices, however, and it is up to each one which choice we make. It is less important whether it is the right or the wrong choice, than how well equipped we are to live with the responsibility of our choices. Too often, we make bad choice then seek someone or something to blame.

We have the choice in any given moment of being happy or being sad, regardless of how difficult our present circumstances. In the end, it is our own response, reaction or even attitude that defines the experience of what we call "life!"