Positive Attitudes Are Seldom Born - They Are Learned
Have you ever seen a baby that is hungry or needs a diaper change? They cry. Actually, they scream their heads off. No matter how fast you are moving to fix the problem, it isn’t fast enough for them! They will scream until the problem is solved, and depending on how old they are, they may continue to pout for several minutes after the problem is solved. Babies have bad attitudes.
They have bad attitudes because they haven’t learned how to have a positive attitude yet. None of us are naturally born with a positive attitude - it is learned. We learn a great deal of our attitudes - and even some of our personality - from the people around us, and from their treatment of us.
Kids who are abused often have bad attitudes - until they get out of the abusive situation and learn how to have good attitudes while being nurtured and loved. Sometimes, they don’t get out of the bad situation until they are old enough to strike out on their own. For those, often, a positive attitude is way off on the horizon - but with some effort, they will get there. Kids who are nurtured and loved from the beginning of their lives usually grow up to have positive attitudes…because they learned how to have a positive attitude from the people that were nurturing and loving them.
Even if a person doesn’t learn how to have a good attitude in childhood, it can still be learned as an adult. We are never too old to learn. Surrounding yourself with positive people and limiting your time with negative people is one of the first steps to a positive attitude - because you will learn from those positive people.
Think about an adult that you know who constantly has a bad attitude. Do they scream their heads off and pout? Does it remind you of a baby? If you have a bad attitude yourself, that may be how people are seeing you! If this is the case, start taking steps to learn a positive attitude immediately!
