Christian Pastor (From a Spiritual Standpoint)

I just want to make one thing clear: I do not belong to any kind of organized religion. I am spiritual and have my own beliefs. I respect your religion just as long as you don't try to sell it to me like a used car salesman a.k.a. religious zealot. I was pretty astonished to find out that the inspiration behind this quote was originally created by a Pastor (according to Google, unless it is not true....let me know)! How cool!!!!!!! :0)  

So I was surfing the internet while google searching this quote listed above & if I am correct, the person behind creating this very true statement is the Pastor Charles Swindoll. Listed below is the exact information verbatim where this was derived from:

“The longer I love, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church....a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes.” 
-Charles Swindoll

I have never realized until recently how true this is. As of recently, I have learned that every circumstance and situation I have faced has shown me that it is my reaction to things that predominately take precedence over the actual situation. Most times I have created a false perception in my head of something I thought was a "problem" where in actuality it is almost like a figment of my imagination, nothing in fact happened, it is just how I reacted to it and blew it out of proportion in my mind. Also I have discovered that if you remain calm and nice you could mollify the entire scenario completely.