Attitudes are contagious!

Sunshine’s Reflections

Good morning!  Happy Wednesday to you all!  I pray your week is going well.  I pray God’s safety and protection for all of the children who have graduated or who will be graduating from high school and college.  I also pray for the children as they enter on summer break.  May the Lord continue to keep them in His perfect peace.  Get your children involved in a lot of things over the summer so they don’t become idle.  An idle mind is the devils play ground.  Let’s keep our kids covered this summer.

TFTD: Attitudes are contagious!

Philippians 2:1-5 (NIV)

 

2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ² then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. ³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Philippians 2:14 (NIV)

¹⁴ Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Much like the common cold, attitudes are contagious.  In order to become sick, you have to come in contact with the person with the cold like symptoms in order to be exposed to the sickness.  People can catch the common cold by air-borne germs or even physical contact to the person.  A person can become sick, just from being in the same proximity of a person who is currently sick.  This is also true with attitudes.  One can take on the attitude and characteristics of a person just by being in contact with them for a consistent amount of time.  There are even times when you can take on the attitude of someone with one interaction.

Have you ever walked into your office in a good mood and someone comes in complaining and moping and without even noticing you get sucked in and begin complaining and moping?  What happened?  There was a transfer of attitudes.  You have “caught” someone’s attitude.  As believers, we should conduct ourselves like Christ.  We should take on the mindset and attitude of Christ and spread His light instead of taking on the darkness of others.  We should treat others the way Christ treats us.

Imagine what would happen if everyone had a positive and loving attitude towards life?  I don’t know about you, but negative people are draining and depressing.  My day would go a lot smoother if I didn’t have to entertain the negative rantings of some people.  Even the bible tells us to do everything without grumbling and arguing.  So if you don’t want to listen to me, listen to the Word of God and stop complaining.  It’s time to stop being negative.

Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching? 

If someone caught your attitude would it make them better or worst?  These are questions that you should ask yourself daily.  When I walk into a room I want people to catch on fire with love, joy, peace, happiness, laughter, encouragement, and support.  We should desire to spread the light and love of Christ because people need it.  Be careful about what you say and how you say it.  Be careful about what you post on Facebook and Twitter.  Be careful because everything you put into the atmosphere is a symptom that someone can catch your attitude.  Do you want the world saturated with people whose attitudes are like yours?

Have a blessed day and remember that Christ is the greatest example of humility and love.  Let’s catch His attitude! 

Mrs. Nicole “Sunshine” Ellis, MBA

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