A Friend once said, "If you keep your attitude toward the world coincident with your altitude of thought, you will have obtained that blessed state called the kingdom of heaven."
The two words "attitude" and "altitude" are most challenging. A dictionary definition of "altitude" is, "Elevation in quality or excellence of any kind"; and one definition of "attitude" is, "Habitual mode of regarding anything." In order to have the kingdom of heaven as a present experience here and now, all thought must be seen to proceed from the one divine Mind, God. This knowing is our altitude of true thought. And our attitude to the world should be the positive assurance that the kingdom of heaven is available to all.
Elevation of thought is sometimes easy to obtain as far as acknowledgment is concerned, but to maintain the proper attitude seems more difficult. St. Paul wrote to the Ephesians (4:7, 8): "Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men."
