Attitude Adjustment

Today is Monday; need an "attitude adjustment"? If so, this post is for you. If your attitude is fine today, then read this and store it away for future reference. At some point you'll likely need it! It's taken from James MacDonald's book Lord, Change My Attitude. MacDonald writes:

"Looking a little closer at Numbers 11:1, it's hard to miss the fact that we choose our attitudes. That's a short sentence and you might be speed reading, so let me say it again: We choose our attitudes! Oh, yes, we do! They don't choose us; we choose them. You should see the looks I get when I teach this truth publicly. People get all uptight and angry looking, like they're going to storm the platform, and I understand why. Nobody wants to be told 'Your attitude problem is in the mirror'-but it is. Until we embrace as fact the idea that we choose our attitudes, we will never be able to choose differently, and life will always be like a wilderness. Notice what Numbers 11:1 says: the people! They couldn't point the finger anywhere but at themselves...Back to God's word: 'The people became like those who complain.' Why did they become like that? Because they had to? Because someone forced them, because of the way they were brought up? No; they chose. They had good reasons not to complain; they had more than enough reasons to be thankful. Instead, they chose the attitude of complaining. God's final judgment on their attitudes clearly held them accountable for their choosing."