February 2002

We Are What We Believe, and Believe In
(and we all believe in something, even if it is nothing!)
By Sy Shwiller

We are given just so much time in our life budget. It is up to us to decide how to use it. (This I learned as a Presbyterian).

Three years ago I came close to checking out of the “Here & Now” because of an illness. When people tell me I’m living on borrowed time I set them straight. I did not borrow any time from anyone. I almost lost what I had left, but it was reclaimed for me by the great medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, AND MY ATTITUDE!

ATTITUDE
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, then circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, 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. I am in charge of my attitude. And so are you! 
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