Consider Your Attitude

From students in my class on having a positive attitude:

Maddie: When she has an overwhelming amount of homework she finds that having a positive attitude enables her to get it done. And when it's done she feels good.

Anne: If there is a big pile of laundry that needs to be done, you can start working on it one item at a time until you finish the pile. Alternatively you could throw yourself on the pile and throw a tantrum but nothing would get done.

Andrew: You could look at the pile of laundry and decide that everything is clean, then you don't need to do anything.

Julia: She has to work harder at a positive attitude while travelling because she has a fear of travelling. So sometimes on trips she will have a bad day but when she works on choosing a positive attitude then everything goes better.


BYU and Oklahoma University are playing a football game this weekend. Oklahoma has a better team. If BYU has a chance at winning, what must their attitude be going into the game? Positive of course. If it's negative they've lost before even starting.

Nephi had a positive attitude when his dad asked him and his brothers to do what seemed impossible -- get the brass plates from Laban. Each step of the way the positive mental attitude kept Nephi searching for a solution until he succeeded. And each step of the way his negative brothers gave up, complained, and when things didn't go their way they even became physically violent.

If you aren't getting the results you want perhaps consider your attitude and see if that is where the difference will be made.

- 1 Nephi 3:4-6,11-13,16,25,28-31