命运掌握在自己手里 The Only Person in Charge of My Attitude Is Me
安吉拉·罗斯/Angela Ross
The law of life that appears most important is a positive attitude. A positive attitude will help me overcome the impossible. It can determine whether I will succeed or fail in life. I have witnessed different attitudes of many significant people, showing what a positive attitude can do for you in life. It can move mountains, cross troubled waters and help me reach my dreams.
I am inspired by Ms. Debra Clark, who is a good friend of the family. Ms. Clark is a caseworker, an assistant teacher at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) in the learning lab, and a Sunday school teacher at the church she attends. With all this to do, she still finds time in her busy schedule to help the elderly with housekeeping, shopping, and attending to their medical needs. Ms. Clark provides childcare for abused women and reads to schoolchildren. When it snows, you will find Ms. Clark outside shoveling snow for her neighbors. When Maya Angelou was writing her poem "Phenomena Woman," she must have been talking about Ms. Clark. I should probably mention that she is visually impaired. Ms. Clark has a positive attitude about everything. She is able to look beyond what she is lacking in sight and help others reach their goals.
What is an attitude? An attitude is a manner of acting, feeling, or thinking that shows one's disposition or opinion. A positive attitude can allow me to achieve goals and accomplish dreams. On the other hand, a negative attitude will get me nowhere in life. I will not be able to achieve or accomplish any of my dreams or goals.
An attitude is very powerful. It can build or destroy a relationship, home, a dream; a person's life. As a young female, I had a very bad attitude. I would always walk around in bad moods. It was something inside of me making me so hostile. I decided to take it out on anybody who came in my way. Most people didn't want to be bothered with me. The ones who did get involved wished they hadn't. My attitude was known as the "virus." It was not contagious, but it was hurting my body and mind, as well as others. It was like a poison I had that needed to be cured.