I hope that your weekend is going well. My weekend has been great so far. Lately, I have been thinking about my attitude and how others are affected by my actions. Recently, a friend of mine told me that I have a good attitude until a person does something that frustrates me. When I am frustrated, I tend to get upset until I get out of the place of frustration that I am in. In any event, your attitude can affect your altitude in this life.
Here are 10 things that you can do to manage your attitude:
1. You need to stop sweating the small stuff. Stop getting upset because your grass has grown too high. Be a responsible adult and cut your grass. There is no need in complaining about something that you can fix on your own. In life, don't get upset over small things. Learn to save your energy for worthwhile things.
2. Stop letting people get on your nerves. People will come to you with all kinds of drama because they want you to listen to what they have to say. But all of that drama will eventually wear you down and get on your last nerve. You cannot handle your drama and the drama of other people. When people get on your nerves, you need to tell people to handle their own lives so that you can handle your life.
3. Stop getting upset about what happened in your past. You will never get to your future if you are stuck in your past. Yes, your experiences are significant but they are not that good to the place where you have to dwell on them all the time. Now is the time to make peace with your past so that you can begin to prepare for your future.
4. Learn how to forgive others who have done you wrong. These days, your anger can help you to get one foot into an early grave. Stop giving people power that they do not deserve. You are losing rest while the person who hurt you is living life to the fullest. Learn to forgive others. You may not forget what they did but you need to forgive them. Who knows.....forgiveness could place you on the path to understanding why the person wronged you. Even if it doesn't, you need to free yourself from any anger and frustration that you have right now.
5. Your attitude is a direct result of how you handle situations. If you get upset at every situation that happens in life, your attitude will be bad all the time. Over time, people will distance themselves from you because no one wants to be around a person that has a horrible attitude. You need to find constructive ways to handle situations so that you can improve your attitude and your outlook on life.
6. You need to learn how to take things in stride. Everything that happens in your life does not require an immediate reaction. The best reaction is the reaction that is thought out over a period of time. Irrational behavior can lead you to acting in a manner that will hurt other people's feelings. In life, learn to take it easy so that you don't stress out on something that is not worth your time and energy.
7. You must learn to take things to God in prayer. Too often, we tend to hold on to things for a long period of time and it affects our overall attitude. In life, we need to pray over our attitudes and the things that affect our attitude each day. Stop holding on to things that you cannot solve. Give them over to God so that he can help you to handle your issues so that you can improve your attitude over time.
8. Learn to take a vacation every now and then. People who work hard all the time without vacations tend to have the grumpiest attitudes. They are all work and no play. Sadly, these overworked people are missing out on the best moments in their lives. Taking vacations helps you to focus on having fun and releasing your stress. If you are stressed out in your life, it is time for you to plan your next vacation.
9. Learn to say No sometimes. Too often, people say Yes to every question that they are asked. In no time, they have signed themselves up to do more tasks than they can handle. As time goes on, these people will be worn out and they will complain that they are overloaded. If they had said no to some of those tasks, then they would be able to handle the work that they are given. In this life, learn the word No. Learn to use this word so that you can assist others without feeling burdened down and stressed out.
10. Please note that your current attitude has a bearing on your future attitude. Right now, you may have an attitude over someone who pushed you in the grocery line. You feel that they should have said "excuse me" when they passed you. But you fail to realize that you saw the person coming your way and you refused to move aside so that they could pass you. Even though you are upset, you know that the situation would have been better if you had move over. Assess your attitude and how you can handle situations in the future. Knowledge is power. If your current attitude needs an adjustment, now is the time to make the change so that your future attitude will be better than what it is now.
Manage your attitude so that you can live a life that is full of joy and happiness!
No comments:
Post a Comment