Applied Happiness Coaching

Earlier today I was speaking with a friend of mine about perspectives and the power of a positive outlook. It’s amazing how powerful the phrase, “it’s all going to be okay” can be when it comes from the mouth of a trusted friend or family member. Words like these help to frame a perspective that nothing is inescapable, and that pain is temporary. It’s all about attitude. She and I shared our perspectives and attitudes on life for a bit, and the Chuck Swindoll piece on attitude suddenly came to mind.

It’s such a great little piece of inspiration and perspective to have fresh in your mind as often as possible. In fact, it’s posted on the bulletin board in my office. I highly recommend printing it out and posting it somewhere you’ll see it often!

ATTITUDE by: Charles Swindoll

“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 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.”

It’s such a great little nugget of perspective! Last year I remember watching Michael J. Fox’s television show, The Incurable Optimist, and feeling this overwhelming sense of gratitude for the beauty and inspiration in the world. It is still powerful to me, and my outlook has changed even more since that moment. It’s all about attitude and experience. The attitude of gratitude, as stated many times throughout this blog, is probably the single, most powerful key to fulfillment and happiness in life.

Spend some time today completely flooded in gratitude or appreciation. It’s really a beautiful life if you stop and take notice!

Peace, Love, and a million successes to you all! I’m incredibly grateful for all of you, and your priceless support!

Blake

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