Person (9) Character/Attitudes
An attitude is a thought that reflects a decision. I have decided to think about things in a particular way. Whereas we cannot control our emotions, we can control our attitudes. We can respond to a negative or corrupted emotion, by deciding to have an opposite attitude. In the table below, positive attitudes are on the left and negative on the right.
When we choose a particular attitude frequently, it becomes a habit. Attitudes that have become habits make our character. Our character is not something that can be seen. It is a set of attitudes that have become part of us, because we have made them part of us.
Virtues are attitudes that have made a home in our lives. The most frequently used word in the New Testament is "heart".
Do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink (Luke 12:29).
| Attitudes | |
| People | |
Loving affectionate sympathetic patient talkative faithful submissive cooperative respectful humble thankful timed gentle honest | Proud arrogant malice hateful critical dominant belligerent defiant effusive indifferent dependent, jealous resentful |
| Events | |
Surprised | Powerless impotent impatient cautious |
| Things | |
| Fascinated curious open | Greedy destructive careless lusting |
| Life | |
| Determined purposeful carefree thoughtful | Ambitious frustrated alienated bewildered perplexed negative grumpy |
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