Good Attitude is like a Good Apple!

As September rolls around with it’s back-to-school theme, I think of apples. The red ones, the green ones, the sweet ones, the sour ones. Then I think of how one rotten apple can spoil the whole basket. Apples make me think of attitude.

I love a great attitude! It’s infectious and a terrific armor for the challenges of life. It’s also one of the first things people notice about a person. Think of the many arenas of life where you are surrounded by other people – work, home, school, traveling, church, shopping – now think of how the attitude of those people impact your own experience in those environments. When we are around people with a positive attitude, it creates a comfortable and pleasing atmosphere. An upbeat, joyous sort of energy prevails. Conversely, if there is a person prone to negativity or who has a sour disposition, it tends to reduce the enjoyment of a particular situation. Like the apple analogy, attitude permeates everything and everyone around us.

And attitude is something we have absolute control over!

When life throws us curve balls, we can choose our attitude and look at obstacles as opportunities. And those opportunities for choosing how we respond, and the attitude we embrace, directly impact others! Returning to normal daily activities as the summer months close, we have the opportunity to be ambassadors for a positive attitude in all things. And when we choose not to be the rotten apple, and instead be beacons of light and life, we sweeten the world around us!

“Nothing is so sour that it cannot be sweetened by a good attitude.”