Chuck
Swindoll writes, ‘The most significant decision I make each day is my
choice of an attitude. When my attitudes are right there’s no barrier
too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too
great for me.’ If you believe that you will take charge of your
emotions, begin to focus on what’s good, and reject anything that makes
you a petty, bitter person. And your face will say ‘Yes.’ One day
President Thomas Jefferson and a group of companions were travelling
across the country on horseback. They came to a river that had
overflowed its banks because of a recent downpour. The river had washed
away the bridge so each rider was forced to cross it on horseback,
fighting for his life against the currents. This caused a traveller who
was not part of the group to step aside and watch. After several riders
had plunged in and made it to the other side, the stranger asked if
President Jefferson would carry him across. The President agreed without
hesitation. So the man climbed on and the two of them made it safely to
the other side. As the stranger slid off the horse onto dry ground, one
of Jefferson’s companions asked, ‘Why did you select the President?’
The man was shocked and admitted he’d no idea that it was the President
who’d helped him. ‘All I know,’ he said, ‘is that on some of your faces
was written the answer “no,” and on some was written the answer “yes.”
His was a “yes’ face.” A good attitude has a ‘yes’ face. Try to remember
that today!
