The gist of the title of this post is directed at no one but myself. I have struggled with a poor attitude my entire life. It appears to be a genetic problem. Or maybe a learned problem. Or maybe it is just a lack of caring about my attitude and a belief or conditioning that "I'm just gonna be me and I don't care who likes it!" I am, and have been a very toxic human being, and it doesn't really matter where it came from. It is up to me to decide to change. Today, I make that decision. Won't you join me? Why am I making this effort to change, and how does this relate to reading books? I'll answer both of these questions one at a time. Let me answer the first one, well...first. We are created in God's image and likeness. We have a mortal body whose tendency is to be drawn to a more instinctual existence. You know, kind of like the animals. Just living a doing life in a reactionary way. You get hungry, you eat. You get thirsty, you drink. Someone does o...