Choose your attitude

Is there any truth in the notion that you choose your own attitude? I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and our fate is almost planned out for us. One of the variable aspects to our life according people who are paid to much money to advise you on these subjects say the attitude you take into a day is up to you. The way I interpret this thinking is like this: The alarm goes off at 6.30, you’ve looked outside and it lashing it down, already you know the conservatory would of leaked during the night leaving puddles on the laminate. You walk downstairs and the missus has come in late after a session on the sauce and walked dogshit all over the new carpet in the lounge. You make yourself some toast but there is none out so you have to defrost some, in the process you burn your finger on the element, on the face of it not that bad but you realise it will impair your wiping ability when taking a kind Charles the third. After cleaning up the shit, nursing your finger and throwing down some juice and partially burnt toast you leave for work knowing your gonna be late but the boss wanted you to be in on time as you have a 9am meeting. Now at this point do you a: drive like a maniac swear at every bit of slowing moving traffic setting yourself up for a day of hell, or b: say ok, I wouldn’t choose this circumstance of events but they have happened and I’ll just go about my day from here in a positive manner. For me it’s A every time but just recently I’ve tried to change my attitude towards this kind of thing and surprisingly I’m doing quite well. Stopped the pills and I’ll see how far this wave will take me.