The challenge on my last post was to not complain about anything so the question now is; how did you do on that? Yeah, me too, but I am not discouraged because I get a little bit better at it every day. It helps that the little voice in my head has already developed the habit of saying ‘are you complaining?’ because that is like a splash of cold water in my face and I can then make an immediate about face and start appreciating.
I am very grateful for this practice of not complaining because I find myself laughing at some of the things my mind comes up with to turn the complaint around. Like that comment I made about new shoes in my last post, I could have complained that my new shoes made my feet hurt but I thought about it for a second and realized that I am grateful to have feet and feeling in my feet which is something some diabetics don’t have. That I have feet at all, that I have new shoes, that I can walk, run, hop, skip and jump so who cares if those dogs are barking? That’s just a reminder of a blessing!
The result of letting go of complaints is that I see so many more things to be grateful for and a serious reduction of things to complain about and I know that you will too.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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