We are usually aware of the essential elements that make our lives work. We recognize there are choices we make which create an efficiency in living and ones that do not. But how aware are we of the crucial elements that we take for granted. Our heart beats, our lungs breath, our voice makes sound, and our legs move. The lights come on when we flip the switch, the phone call gets connected, and the car next to us does not crash into us. When we really take a close look so many of the crucial elements of our lives are , we soberly realize we have no control. Yes we can participate in a healthy lifestyle which ideally leads to more breaths, we can keep our eyes open in the event of a possible crash on the road, but at the end of the day we have no control. Thankfully it is not as fatalistic as it sounds. Within any given experience and situation we still maintain one crucial element. The power to choose how we view what happens. Victor Frankl, a holocaust survivor puts it best, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” God invites us to recognize where we are lacking in our creativity when it comes to shaping our attitude toward what is happening in our lives. Built within our physical system is a heart which causes us to pause and take a breath. In the moment of pause we can look at how we are forming our attitude about the current situation. It is this crucial element which offers us an empowering way to move through life. It is not always easy, but it is simple.
Are we making creative use of the crucial ability to choose our attitude in the moments of our day today?
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