No one has been given an unalterable attitude. You can change, but it’s up to you. Decide now how you want to approach life and develop that kind of attitude. From personal experience this is much easier to type than acutually to change my attitude. A new attitude does’t happen on its own. You must develop it, and the sooner you begin, the better.
Some people hide behind the excuse that they just can’t change: “I’ve been this way since I was a kid, and I ‘m not about to change now.” The good news is – that it’s never too late to change! Change is indispensable to growth. If you stop changing, you stop growing. And if you stop growing, you’re in trouble! What do you do you call a tree that has stopped growing? You guessed it – Dead. It’s no different with people. when they stop growing, they start dying. Some people stopped growing years ago. We might not bury them until they have stopped moving, but they really died years ago. You can change your attitude.
My current boss is constantly encouraging us to read leadership books and we discuss these as a team. Even though I may groan about it, I end up learning more about myself and how to change my leadership style to be at my best. You have heard the saying, “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” How open to change are you? When we refuse to change and resist God’s leading, life can become pretty miserable! Many times we won’t change until the pain of remaining the same becomes greater than the pain of changing.
