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Change begins with a slight shift in your ‘tude
Or Not
Of all the possible ‘tudes available to us for consideration, there is one in particular that helped me move into alignment with who I really am.
“Tudes you say? Yeah, you know words like beatitude, vicissitude, altitude, latitude, aptitude and of course solitude. There are others, of course, magnitude, multitude, gratitude, amplitude, and fortitude.
No, I am not referring to any of these aforementioned ‘tudes. Even though all of them could have had life-changing implications there is one ‘tude that registers more profoundly on the scale of impact in my life. It has been right in front of my face every moment of every day.
Yep, I’m referring to ATTITUDE! It’s a word that was so overused that it became a pariah for people, in their personal and professional lives. I remember a time when Human Resource professionals had to extract it from their manuals because no one could define what it was and, of course, it WAS being abused as a tool to take disciplinary action when everything else failed.
Then there was the proverbial need for an attitude adjustment, representing that moment in time when a spouse or significant other needed to have the boom lowered on them because they were just…OOC. (out of control)
