Do you know what your "Attitude" is?

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We all have “Attitude.( a state of mind, feeling, or disposition).” What are the negative attitudes that you might have that prevent you from being effective in your spiritual life and in evangelization? Can you identify them? Such as:
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                I'm right, your wrong.
                I don't need you
                I'm better than you
                I'm never enough
                Nothing good ever happens to me
                Get out of my way! etc.
What are your good attitudes and what do you do to foster these attitudes?
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              It is enough
              I can learn from everyone
              I am precious
              Everything is going to be o.k.
What attitudes do you think Jesus and Mary held?

How does your attitude affect your life and others lives good or bad?
 
Nice thought provoking post!

My bad attitudes: Whenever I am focused too much on others i.e. why is this person like that? Why is she bothering me? Can’t he just change already? I have a tendency to do this especially when I feel overwhelmed and tired. It is harmful because it takes the focus away from Jesus and focuses my attention elsewhere.

My good attitudes: Calm and peaceful and accepting, slow to react but quick to forgive and quick to love.

I believe Jesus and Mary were both just entirely full of love and compassion and were always resigned to the will of God. I am quite sure they ran into thousands of problems too and they were not absent of problems, but if Jesus was always turning the other cheek, He always allowed His Love to do the battling for Him.

Our attitude does indeed affect others. First off, we never really know how much our actions help or hurt others. Second, we are commanded to be the LIGHT OF THE WORLD! That’s a pretty big statement there and should not be taken lightly. We are not supposed to plod our way through life, tossing and turning with every distraction and problem in the world, but we are commanded to bring light to the darkness. To be cheerful, to be giving, to be patient and virtuous…to always rely on the love of the Lord for everything that we do.
 
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My bad attitudes: Whenever I am focused too much on others i.e. why is this person like that? Why is she bothering me? Can’t he just change already? I have a tendency to do this especially when I feel overwhelmed and tired. It is harmful because it takes the focus away from Jesus and focuses my attention elsewhere.

My good attitudes: Calm and peaceful and accepting, slow to react but quick to forgive and quick to love.
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If you don’t mind…

I would say your negative attitude is “It’s your fault, not mine.”

Your good attitude is: “Everything is o.k.,everything will be o.k.”
 
I’ve already named my attitudes good and bad in the thread but I would like to answer the question about Jesus and Mary’s attitude.

I believe they always held the attitude that “everything is o.k., that they were precious, that they had a unique purpose, they had confidence that they would have what it took to fulfill it, the believed that what they had was enough, they knew they were loved and they knew that God would defend, protect and provide for them in everything.”

I have found that when I am holding my negative attitudes that I am always pushing people away and driving a wedge between myself and them. When I hold a good attitude I attract people to myself, I illuminate their own goodness, I calm their fears, they feel loved and precious, they experience a glimpse of the love of God.
 
Lady_Love said:
We all have “Attitude.( a state of mind, feeling, or disposition).” What are the negative attitudes that you might have that prevent you from being effective in your spiritual life and in evangelization? Can you identify them? Such as:
Code: 
                I'm right, your wrong.
                I don't need you
                I'm better than you
                I'm never enough
                Nothing good ever happens to me
                Get out of my way! etc.
What are your good attitudes and what do you do to foster these attitudes?
Code: 
              It is enough
              I can learn from everyone
              I am precious
              Everything is going to be o.k.
What attitudes do you think Jesus and Mary held?

How does your attitude affect your life and others lives good or bad?
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There’s a lot of people on this forum (not this thread) with attitudes . I’d call it defensive, or maybe it’s a different nationality thing. Maybe it’s the phrases and adjectives used sometimes there to be mocking.

For any Christian aspiring to be better, isn’t the best disposition to have the psychology and thus character of Jesus Christ?

The operative word ‘aspire’, at least to make the effort to be self-aware of one’s tendencies. Self-correcting.

My problem is that I’m blunt, say what I think according to my logic without getting personal about it, but I don’t use sarcasm/ jokes/ exaggerations to belittle people. I’m kind of neutral, but it is deliberate, it’s not natural but learned neutrality. Self-awareness is the pre-requisite.
 
I’m always right. I suppose that’s seen as a negative by some people.

The positive? Nobody can claim I’m not an optimist! 😃
 
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I’m always right. I suppose that’s seen as a negative by some people.

The positive? Nobody can claim I’m not an optimist! 😃
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I guess one of my attitudes is that I take the time to discern another’s motives.
 
My attitude is nothing I do is good enough for God, thus I can never please him or make him happy. This is why every attempt of mine to do so fails.
 
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