If people don’t like to be around you,
then maybe you need to change the paintbrush of your mind and color the canvas
with a whole new set of attitudes.
August’s
Awakening, Day 15
I have no secret. You haven’t learned
life’s lesson very well if you haven’t noticed that you can give the tone or
color, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It’s unbelievably
simple. If you want them to smile, smile first. If you want them to take an
interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them
nervous, become nervous yourself. If you want them to shout and raise their
voices, raise yours and shout. If you want them to strike you, strike first.
It’s as simple as that. People will treat you like you treat them. It’s no
secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.
—Winston Churchill
A happy person is not a person in a
certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of
attitudes.
—Hugh Downs
Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush, it
can color any situation.
—Author Unknown
You
were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,
which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the
attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in
true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22–24 NIV
Your
certain set of attitudes is surely the paintbrush of your mind and most
certainly will color the canvas of every situation. You cannot control all the
circumstances, but you assuredly have full control over how you address and
maneuver through each situation and every personal interaction. Furthermore,
you can proactively and anticipatorily produce desired responses in others by
your initiated positive attitudes. Smile first, say hello, positively display
your body language, keep a calm and clear voice, a peaceful demeanor, be
visually and auditorily attentive and engaged, with a true genuineness—all this
will go a long way to making every event and encounter a positive experience
both for you and those around you.
If
you grumble, murmur, groan, and complain, then expect to get that in return. It
all begins with the paintbrush in your mind and your certain set of attitudes.
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