«Everything can be taken from a man except the last of human freedoms: that of choose your attitude towards destiny and trace your path«wrote Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychiatrist. If someone who has been tortured in Auschwitz and has been at the door of death is capable of recognizing that he is free to choose his attitude, it is reasonable to think that we can all do it.
«Cultivate your attitude assiduously,» said Patanjali, founder of modern yoga. A healthy attitude is a valuable asset that must be earned.
We often don’t see that values and attitudes can be chosen and we let them choose us. But the attitude It’s not something that happens; It can be cultivated and enhanced.
The first step to do this is become aware of the negative aspects of the attitude that is maintained in the present. You have to ask yourself: «What do I value? Am I consistent with those values? Why not?»
One has to know what attitude do you want to cultivate and put the means to get it. When you pay attention, your attitude begins to change almost by itself.
Everyone has the right to choose their attitude and decide what adopting it will entail. If opt for healthy attitudes and are cultivated conscientiously, life takes on a different light, relationships become more joyful and one feels fuller.