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第13章 生活态度最重要（第2页）

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Letmequotetheanonymouswriter：

"ThelongerIlive，themoreIrealizetheimactofattitudeonlife。Attitude，tome，ismoreimortantthanfact。Itismoreimortantthantheast，thaneducation，thanmoney，thancircumstances，thanfailures，thansuccesses，thanwhatothereolethinkorsayordo。Itismoreimortantthanaearance，intelligenceorskill。Itwillmakeorbreakacomany，achurchorahome。

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"Theremarkablethingiswehaveachoiceeverydayregardingtheattitudewewillembraceforthatday。Wecannotchangethefactthateolewillactinacertainway。Wecannotchangetheinevitable。Theonlythingwecandoistolayontheonestringwehave，andthatisourattitude。

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"Iamconvincedthatlifeis10ercentwhathaenstomeand90ercenthowIreacttoit。Andsoitiswithyou。Youareinchargeofyourattitude。

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Thismeansthatnomatterwhathaenstoyou，itishowyoureactorresondtoitthatisimortant。

Youcantcontrolorinfluencecertaineventsinlife—earthquake，sabotage，terroristbombings，beingstruckbylightning，afreaktrafficaccidentandsoon。Butyoucancontrolhowyouthinkandfeelaboutsuchincidents，evenwhenyouaretheunfortunatevictimofanaccident。

Youcanchoosetomoanandgroanaboutyourmisfortune，aboutwhatyouhavelosthysicallyorfinancially。Oryoucanchoosetocountyourblessingsthatyouarestillalive，thatyouhavemostofyourhysicalormentalfaculties。Arolongednegativeattitudewouldmakeyoumiserableandregressivewhereasachangetoaositiveattitudewouldsuryoutothinkofossibilities。

Youcouldbetauntedordiscriminatedagainstifyoulostaleg，armoraneye。Youcanthelsomeinsensitiveeoledoingsuchthings。Ifyoufretoverwhatissaidandwhathasbeenderivedofyou，doesitmakeyouanyhaier，determined，erseveringorresourceful？

Therightattitudetotakeisnottoletinsults，sarcasm，rudeness，ridiculeormockerybotheryou。Whyresondnegativelytosuchbehavioursofothereole？Itdoesntaytostrikebackcontemtuouslyatthem。Ifyoudo，youareshowingthatyouareemotionallyweaker。

Showthatyouareemotionallystronger，thatyoudonothavetotradeinsultswithinsults，thatwhattheysayordodoesnotbotheryouatall。Showthedignitythattheydonothave。

Theainisnotinwhattheinsensitiveeolesayaboutyouordotobelittleyou。Theainisinhowyouinterretandreacttosuchacts。

Veryoften，wenegativelyover-reactto，or

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"toomuchinto，whateolesayordo。Itsacaseofseeingwhatwewanttosee，regardinganissueasbigwhenitcouldreallybeinsignificant。

Evenifeoleinrealityaredownrightinhuman，youcanchoosetoignoretheirbehaviourornotviewitnegativelyatall。Thatisrealselfmastery。

Losingaartofthebodyisnottheendoflife。Itmightbetheendofacareerthatyouweretrainedinandthebeginningofanewcareerbutagain，itmightnot。IfthefamousStehenHawkingcanseakthroughacomutergadget，ifagolfercanstilllaywithametalarm，thenatrainerwholosesbothlegsorarmscanstillfindsomeotherwaystoteach。

Whenyoulosehoe，whenyoudesair，whenyoublameeoleallthetime，whenyoudonotevenwanttotryandersevere，thenyouchoosetomakelifemeaninglessforyourself。

Whatisthevalueofintellect，imagination，education，knowledge，wisdom，exerience，cometenceandtalentifyouadotanegativeattitudeeveryday？

Toexandonwhatthewriterinthechurchleafletsaid，attitudecanmakeorbreakaerson。Eitheryouareinchargeoforyoulosechargeofyourattitude。