Mental attitude impacts on every single thing
joy or sadness, we chose which to bring!
Dictates how we handle tricky situations and
can land us in a quagmire of complications.
Each day upon rising set your attitude / outlook
fresh and crispy, or do you overcook?
Are your mind and heart in sinc?
Feel emotionally balanced, or does life stink?
Too easy to blame others
or rearrange our external surrounds
unhealthy attitudes bring misfortune by stealth.
Mind training more precious than worldly wealth!
Also determines our state of health.
To benefit all be positive and warm,
anger and jealousy ignite a toxic storm.
Remember it’s our very own choice!
So give praise and joy a real voice.
If troubles assail you,
past actions review.
Check your attitude and start anew!
Fear and expectations only bring trouble,
we blow things up into a big bubble.
Avoid overreacting, don’t be aggressive,
learn skilful ways to be more impressive!
We are responsible for our behaviour,
right attitude can be a saviour!
Let go of fears and concrete ideas
relax for we are all inner seers!
ccc 16.12.2006
aroused 
So true..!! 👍🏼😇
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To not control, to just be, great piece Kate
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Wonderful, Kate! A perfect poem to begin this new year!
Attitude is SO important and we have a choice!
Personally I love the attitude of gratitude!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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lol guess I knew that Carolyn … are the family still there or have they all left now? Bet you had a hilarious time 😉
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Everyone is gone back to their homes and their jobs. 😦 Too quiet and calm now. Ha. 🙂
I just blogged about a bit of the fun. 🙂
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will get there soon, respond to my comments before I start reading … got my routine 🙂
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Great piece Kate. It is so correct. We wake up each morning with the ability to decide our attitude for the day. Two choices for the most part – pick good or bad. Yes, things may happen we don’t want to, but it is our attitude that can make or break us. Thanks for posting.
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A very truthful poem, Kate. Happy new year.
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and to you Roberta, bet you had a hectic family time and are now enjoying your holidays!
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Happy new year Kate, thanks for this piece it’s good
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Words of true wisdom, Kate and yes we are responsible for our behavior, there is no one but us so then who are we looking for outside and blaming. Thanks for these awesome poetic words.
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it is true how our attitude also affects others and situations, we can make things so much better with a good attitude even we are feeling lousy, that turns things around, fine words Kate!
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How beautiful this is Kate. A lovely message. Love and light to you for this New Year 2019.
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Great poem with good attitude Kate. Certainly we are responsible for how we view things and there is always at least two ways of doing that. Choosing one that lets us go forward is a good mantra to follow.
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A good overall message, but what does it mean to let go of concrete ideas?
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Those ideas that we hold to be black and white, fixed or unchangeable. Most things tend to be various shades of grey and we need to have an open mind to accept others point of view. Not necessarily to agree with it but respect their choice to differ.
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