Living Life

Lately life has seemed to have given me it's fair share of challenges and decisions to make. Most of them I don't really want to deal with and avoiding them has seemed to be the best option. I decided that isn't going to work anymore. As I was reading through another blog, they shared this quote:

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.  It 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 an athletic team, company, organization, church, or a home.  The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.  We cannot change the regrets of the past nor do we need to fear the events of the future.  Regret and fear are twin thieves who would rob us of the thing we have control over, that is our attitude.  We need to learn to go into the arena every day with a winning attitude and enjoy the challenges it brings.  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."  -Charles Swindoll

I absolutely loved it! I have learned that no matter what decisions I might make, it is ultimately my attitude that is going to determine if that choice was a good one or not. I can't keep living my life with question marks at the end. I have to start putting some periods and even a few exclamation marks. I have to be happy with decisions I make, they are my decisions, and if I can't accept the consequences, I am throwing away my gift of agency. Attitude truly is everything! Love life and live with no regrets.