"Do everything without complaining or arguing..."
Phillipians 2:14
I complain like it's a past time. Murmuring is one of my special skills. I am so good at coming up with witty rejoinders about how silly something is or how everything would be perfect if it just worked the way I wanted it to.
Ask me to tell you about my job and I can go off for hours on everything that's wrong or crazy or stupid.
Ask me to tell you about my personal life and I'll smile and say it's fine, but it's not exactly where I had hoped to be by this date.
Ask me about the world in general and, depending on the day you get me, I'll tell you it's a box of chocolates or a bed of thorns.
Either way, I almost never miss an opportunity to complain.
While I chronicle my journey to my own prosperity, I have to keep some thing in mind. Namely that my life is pretty good even when everything doesn't look so great to me.
My salary jumped 50% in a year. That ain't nothing to complain about! Especially while people are struggling to find employment or trying to figure out how to take care of their families.
I have love in my life. Not just my guy, but my 94-year-old grandmother who still has all her faculties; my brother who is on his own journey out of debt and to bigger and better things; my mother who I get closer to every day; a close, crazy family that I enjoy spending time with and that I can always depend on; friends who care about and appreciate me.
I have more aches and pains now and it takes stuff longer to get un-stiff than it used to back when than I was 21, but I look damn good and I feel great. I can still walk, run, jump and stand on my head (well, just learned that in yoga... wouldn't have attempted it before!). If you have your health and your right mind, you can't complain.
And, yes, even all of you peeps who read, comment or just drive by. It's nice to share with folks and hope that they're getting something out of your experiences. It's also been nice to meet some of you in person and establish new relationships. I'm having a ball!
All of this is something to praise God for, let alone quiet the complaining for a little bit.
And, honestly, I feel smarter than I have at any other time in my life. I pushed myself into uncomfortable places and taught myself to accept things I can't change. I am no longer on a mad quest to control everything I touch. My own life is proof that you plan for what you can, you do your best and it'll come out in the end. Every decision doesn't have to be right or even smart. Mistakes happen, so accept those too.
I decided 2010 is the year of radical decisions. I don't know what those are for me yet, but I am less afraid to "step into my fear" than I ever have been in my life before.
And thanks Lord, for ordering my steps, even when you had to drag me into them kicking and screaming. :-)
DH
Phillipians 2:14
I complain like it's a past time. Murmuring is one of my special skills. I am so good at coming up with witty rejoinders about how silly something is or how everything would be perfect if it just worked the way I wanted it to.
Ask me to tell you about my job and I can go off for hours on everything that's wrong or crazy or stupid.
Ask me to tell you about my personal life and I'll smile and say it's fine, but it's not exactly where I had hoped to be by this date.
Ask me about the world in general and, depending on the day you get me, I'll tell you it's a box of chocolates or a bed of thorns.
Either way, I almost never miss an opportunity to complain.
While I chronicle my journey to my own prosperity, I have to keep some thing in mind. Namely that my life is pretty good even when everything doesn't look so great to me.
My salary jumped 50% in a year. That ain't nothing to complain about! Especially while people are struggling to find employment or trying to figure out how to take care of their families.
I have love in my life. Not just my guy, but my 94-year-old grandmother who still has all her faculties; my brother who is on his own journey out of debt and to bigger and better things; my mother who I get closer to every day; a close, crazy family that I enjoy spending time with and that I can always depend on; friends who care about and appreciate me.
I have more aches and pains now and it takes stuff longer to get un-stiff than it used to back when than I was 21, but I look damn good and I feel great. I can still walk, run, jump and stand on my head (well, just learned that in yoga... wouldn't have attempted it before!). If you have your health and your right mind, you can't complain.
And, yes, even all of you peeps who read, comment or just drive by. It's nice to share with folks and hope that they're getting something out of your experiences. It's also been nice to meet some of you in person and establish new relationships. I'm having a ball!
All of this is something to praise God for, let alone quiet the complaining for a little bit.
And, honestly, I feel smarter than I have at any other time in my life. I pushed myself into uncomfortable places and taught myself to accept things I can't change. I am no longer on a mad quest to control everything I touch. My own life is proof that you plan for what you can, you do your best and it'll come out in the end. Every decision doesn't have to be right or even smart. Mistakes happen, so accept those too.
I decided 2010 is the year of radical decisions. I don't know what those are for me yet, but I am less afraid to "step into my fear" than I ever have been in my life before.
And thanks Lord, for ordering my steps, even when you had to drag me into them kicking and screaming. :-)
DH
It does a body/mind good to take stock of what is good in our lives!
Posted by: LaShaune | March 08, 2010 at 11:05 AM
LOVE this post!
And I love your blog. I have tremendous respect for your honesty and openness. (I could never do what you do!) It is also refreshing and far more interesting to read about someone who has fun, splurges, and slips up once in a while, than the typical frugal-at-all-costs finance blog. Thank you for continuing to blog post-debt!
Posted by: Nicole | March 08, 2010 at 12:10 PM
I love this post. Praise Him!
Posted by: Single Ma | March 13, 2010 at 10:06 PM
I was actually the same as you are who complains a lot and as I go on with my journey, I consider myself lucky seeing millions of people go hungry, job less and no shelter. I'm not saying I no longer complain but I try not to and look at life in a different perspective, I believe in the law of attraction and the power of positive thinking and my life is far different from before.
This is really a great article as a reminder to stop complaining, instead do something to make their lives better.
Posted by: Christina | March 21, 2010 at 08:16 AM