It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.
your own attitude, order, thwarted
The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.
ATTITUDE, FESTERS AND HAS TO BE CHALLENGED
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
character, result, mental attitude
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.