Friday, March 5, 2010

Day 22

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
William James

What do you think of this? How does it relate to you? Any examples?

17 comments:

taylor matteson said...

What I think of this quote would be that no matter how many good things that are happening for you in life, you won't enjoy them unless you have a positive attitude. This relates to me because my mom tells me this all the time. When things are bad, there is always something good about it. You just have to look for it and when you realize what it is, you have to embrace it. If you go through life bein negative, you will not be happy. If your life is bad you have to look at your view on it. It can have a great life no matter your wealth or looks are ethnicity becaue there will always be people judging you about something, but if your state of mind is that you don't care, those people don't matter. There are probably so many more things in your life that are good.
-Taylor Matteson

Caitlin Wojichowski said...

I think that this means that with a change in you attitude, it can change your life. If you have a negative attitude towards everything, then you may not being living a life you want to live. If you have a positive attitude, like me for example, have a life that they love to live. I always try and have a positive towards everything I do. Yes, I do get down sometimes but I just have to talk myself out of it and always think of the positive side of the situation. For example, this year we had a very rigorous volleyball coach and she pushed us to our extremes. Whenever I couldn't do something right, I would always get mad but when I just took a second to stop and think about it and change my attitude, I realized that I can do it and it changed my whole volleyball career because now I think of volleyball practice as a positive thing, not a negative thing.

Jessica Haren said...

I think this quote is very influential. It means that how you life your life is up to you. You can be happy with what you have or you can be unhappy with what you don't have. This quote explains that even if something bad happens, you can try to think of positive things from it. This relates to me in a lot of things, sports and school especially. In school teachers always give homework. Everyone, including me, hates doing homework. I could just think that homework is stupid and not do it. Instead, i think of it as something that is making me smarter. All things in life can be looked at as bad or good, but it is up to you how you deal with it.

Connor McNeely said...

I love this quote. Mostly because this is how I lve my life. This means that if you live with an open mind and welcome people who you may think are different or weird, you will live a better life bcause great relationships can be created. Feel empathy for others, and as long as they're comfortable, you should be too. A judgemental person can only take a small dose of people that don't live their lives like them. Since I started dressing the way I do wearing skinny jeans and such, I have gotten a lot of shit for it. The thing is I am comfortable and that's all that matters, I don;t care what others say. This has allowed me to open my mind to others who dress differently than the normal prep crowd. I just say, "As long as they're comfy".

scott pancioli said...

i realy like this quote. it means just by looking at thing a little different and trying to see the best off thing can change your life for the better dramaticly. like mom always ses, "look at the glass half full, rather than half empty." this means to always look at the bright side of the situation. for example if you are in a class with nobody you no your gana think that it sucks. but if you look at it with the glass half full, hey maby you will make a new friend. doing this can deffently help you enjoy life more. its such a simple thing to which is y he ses its the greatest discovery. i always try to look at the glass half full but it is sometimes difficult.

Mikail Sizen said...
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Mikail Sizen said...

I think that this quote means if you really want to change then you can. It relates to the quote "you can do anything you put your mind too." This quote is all about self motivation. This relates to me a couple of times. Sometimes it relates to me when I need to try harder at something. I often need to try harder during school. Usually the classes I need to try harder in are the easy ones. The easy classes are generally electives.

Harley Richardson said...

I think this quote means that if you plan on changing your life, you have to change how you view it and your perspective on life. I think this is an excellent quote and completely true. This relates to me because we all have things we want to change about our lives and at the moment I have a lot. Before I can change these things though, I have to change my view on particular events, people, and other things before I can take he action of changing them.

Anonymous said...

This quite clearly sums up the general ways of everyday life. As a person changes their attitude it will no doubt change the decions they make. If you have a careless attitude then you will most likley not succeed in life for the fact that not everything is given to you. The total opposite way of thinking is to care about everything you do and you will end up with more success. I can relate to this quote because I have seen the outcome change in my grades as I change my attidude about school. Attitudes are very contagious and it influences the way a person may think. Overall, this quote is very true and everyone needs to realize that.

Mr. Roberto said...

What I think of this quote would be that no matter how many good things that are happening to you in life, you won't enjoy them unless you have an optimistic attitude. If you have a negative attitude towards everything, then you may not being living a life you want to live. A judgemental person can only take a small dose of people that don't live their lives like them. This relates to me because we all have things we want to change about our lives and at the moment I have a lot. One thing I want to change about me is how I procrastinate whenever doing HW. If I could change that and turn in my HW in on time, then I would have better grades. in conclusion, I think that the qupte is very influential to most people.
Chris Daniels

Anonymous said...

Jane Matta
I think this quote is very true. It is saying that anyone can change their life around simply by changing the way they are thinking. This relates to me very strongly infact. Recently I found myself quite a bit of trouble. I'm not a normal trouble-maker, however being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and doing the wrong thing is not good. However, I do not plan on letting this stop me from continuing my life before this incidint. Instead of letting this stand in my way and block me from working things out, I have a positive mind set. And this quote states that anyone can change their life around just by thinking positively or changing their mind set.

Anonymous said...

I think that this quote means by looking at a situation or problem differently, you can open your eyes to a whole new "world". Instead of just looking at everything the same way, think outside the box. Instead of looking at everything as a downside, maybe look at the advantages of the situation. For example, A couple years ago my Dad moved to Arizona so that he could work and support our family. The downside to this is that I didn't get to see my Dad for about 4 months. The advantages to it was that we didn't have to sell our house and downsize. If you always look at everything with the same view you will never be able to see any other outcomes.

Anonymous said...

Many quotes try to capture what this quote captures but this seems to nail it. i think that this quotes means you can only enjoy life if you embrace your surroundings. Basically that means if you don't like the way something is going try to turn it into a positive and if something has happened in the past forget it because you cant change your past, but you can change your future. this could relate to me because i do try to make boring things fun and embrace life and all of its misfortunes. also an excellent example is when you don't like your brother or sister you must change your mindset and like them because you will be with them for many years. an example i can relate to is during football season when i have to condition i don't like it at all but i know it will improve my game so i try to enjoy it. this is how i can relate to this quote and what i think of it.

Anonymous said...

This is a very true quote that has to do a lot with a lot of people. In order to change your life you must change your state of mind because if you dont then you will still view everything the same way. This can go for good and bad, if you change your mind for the worse then your life will change for the worse and the same goes if you change your mind for the better. I think this is very true because a lot people have to realize what they were doing wrong and cange their mindset before they can change their life for the better. This relates to me because I once had a view on something that had to be changed in order to change my life. An example of this would be me thinking that I was just going to make all of the hockey teams that I tried out for and I never really tried. Then I tried out for a leage called the mdhl and 100 kids tried out and only 40 were picked to put on teams and I was number 40 picked it made me realize I needed to work harder. I ended up working harder and becoming the starting goalie to win the champioship. This quote means a lot and is very true.

Kevin Lechner said...

This quote is life-changing. I think this means that if you don't like the path you are on, you always have the chance to switch. One example would be high school. If you don't like the people that you surround yourself with, you can always change your attitude and meet new people. That would relate to me. The second example would be work. If you don't like the profession you are in, you can always change your attitude of mind and switch jobs.

Teddie J said...

What i think of this quote is that humans can change the course of their life by changing their attidue twards thibgs. When you change your perspective or attitude twards something it will change the outcome. This relates to me because there were things i wouldn't even give a change adn was negative about it, but then i changed my attitude twards ti and it ended up being something very important to me and one of the best things to happen to me. Some examples that this quote would relate to me would be the friends i have now. I used to think " i would never be friends with them" and stuff like that but i realized that isnt fair and changed my attitude twards them and now they are soem of my really close and good friends.

Megan Zaleski said...

I think this quote means that a humans life can be altered just by a change of attitude. This relates to me because i can wake up in a crappy mood and if i just think of something positive i can have a good day. I think this can relate to anyone because if youre having a bad day you can just say to yourself im not going to spoil my day and change the whole thing around. This quote can be used in everyday life for anyone. It means you choose to live your life the way you do. You can either go through the day being upset about evrything or you can be upset and change your attitude about the day. Either situation is up to you and you make your day how you want it.