Mental Attitude: The Finest Chauffeur of my Future

by Pearl L. Balanay

Each one of us is driven by our sense of belonging. As a matter of fact, the whole essence of life lies in it. Belonging; it is not about owning the best of things, but it is about giving our best way to show importance to the tiniest things that we own. It is about recognizing our little possessions in life, possessions that become very essential, because not only they matter to us, but because these belongings, define our character for they serve as the carpenter of our future.

          At this point in time, my most valuable belonging would be my mental attitude. I consider my mental attitude to be the finest chauffeur of my life. It decides which path I should take, a path that could either bend or straighten my way to get to the finish line. I think that mental attitude is far more important than any possessions in the world, because attitude is our outlook in life, and our outlook or perspective affects our behavior towards every little thing we do. It is powerful than any source of motivation that we are always in search of, for attitude, in its own complex way, can dishearten or inspire us to pursue on the dreams that we have. Our mental attitude is how we view the world. It is our way of responding and handling each challenge that life presents us. Because once we hold a good attitude and capacity to deal with our problems the right way, every dark portion of our lives would light up. The bumpy roads that we are ought to take may become smooth; drought turns out to be shorter than anticipated, filling our whole lives with an abundance of happiness and contentment. Because where there is good mentality; there is good faith, and where there is good faith; there is true happiness.

I believe that once we possess a decent mental attitude towards everything, the size of the problem becomes irrelevant. The hardest problem becomes easy to unravel, and the dreams which we believed to be merely impossible to get could bring themselves together, in such a perspective that is now within our reach. For this reason, I consider my mental attitude to be the greatest belonging in my life.