You wrote this, Will and did a fantastic job of expressing the thoughts in my head that I could never articulate so well. I have been blessed with a positive attitude. I have retained jobs when others were let go and I know it's because of my attitude when that was the only differentiating factor. But there is the whole enigma of ability that no matter how positive my attitude, it can't compensate for lack of skill. My attitude enables me to accept that fact though and find something I can do instead of what I cannot. One of my mottoes is " Focus on what you have, not on what you don't. Capitalize on what you can do, not on what you cannot."