Attitude Vs. Faith, Demons and Monsters

I am not a fan of motivation, but sometimes it is necessary.

I admit, my attitude has not been the best throughout my life. For most of my youth I was angry that people would not take me seriously. Very few would listen and so I got bent out of shape. I was never actively angry, I was just left out and this affected my attitude and my ability to act intelligently.

I believe thinking minds suffer from the inability to be political, which causes them to be pushed aside. They think their passion for ideas is worth more than casual consideration and therefore they should not be required to play games. Their ideas alone should be good enough. In time, though, we all grow up. Until that day, many get advanced degrees to justify an automatic hearing of their ideas. When this does not work, again in time—and it takes a lot of time—they convert inklings of greatness into full innovation for impact. This is when thinking minds finally create a genuine value.

I have learned that in life, we either create value or we take value. There is no middle ground, we either tilt in the direction of adding value or we tilt in the direction of taking value.

Eventually there comes a day when we develop a vision grounded in the most universal principle, the conservation of mass and energy. This grand principle says that you cannot take from the world indefinitely. At some point you will be called upon to give back. Even when our bodies are converted to ash at death, we are all called upon to give back to the world. If we attempt to deny this truth, we eventually destroy everything our lives could achieve.

When that day comes that we have a vision grounded in the conservation of adding value, we become adults. In our youth we struggle against the inside demon that tells us to mimic the success pusher on stage. As adults give up on the fruitless effort of attitude and we turn our attention to fighting the outside monster.

Attitude is the inside demon. Faith is the outside monster.

Are you sure you want to know the difference?

Attitude can be faked. Faith cannot be faked. This is the real difference.

Like I said, at some point in the life, we are all destined to find a vision that adds more value than we take. The struggle with internal pride, ego, and vanity begin to pale when compared to the actions we must do for social impact for good. The shift from attitude to impact is a complete transition in maturity—social good is no longer meant for self-importance and pride. It is meant for its own sake.

The day this change happens is the same day we see the monster that faith is. And given enough time we see how to slay it. But first the demon of attitude can still haunt you, especially in the face of constant failure. I am going to tell you how to overcome failed attitude and replace it with a success in faith.

Please note, I am not a success pusher. In fact, I have yet to make the impact for good that I have a vision for. Therefore I have issues with those who push their success model on others. I prefer to witness those in the act of faith. Now this is something I can relate to.

Faith is motion. Faith is real.

Attitude is perception. Attitude can be faked.

You cannot fake action. It either adds value or it does not add value.

Here is the greatest mystery of all. We know what action adds value just as easily as what action takes value.

Action is the better choice over attitude. Action is doing. You cannot teach doing. You cannot even communicate doing. You can only see it. If we have parents who taught us to get up and do, we grow up knowing to doing things and not be something we are not. We grow up knowing that when we act with purpose to complete a task, we are doing something to add value, and when we are adding value we are acting in faith.

Doing is action. Doing is faith. Doing overcomes the outside monster that you have not accomplished anything in life. In time, and yes more time is needed, the demon of trying to have the right attitude no longer has a grip on you. Doing is the only antidote to fake optimism. Doing is genuine optimism.

We all know what to do. Most of us never know how to be.

I say stop trying to be. Just go out and do what you know to do.

It is not easier said than done. It is done so that you do not have to say anything.

Listen to episode #25 here… https://soundcloud.com/genuine-optimist/25-attitude-vs-faith-demons-and-monsters