Thursday, November 29, 2007

Complaining


Do you often find yourself complaining? I do. I complain way too much. Our sermon on Sunday was about complaining. It really made me think.

We do so much complaining, but it doesn't really change anything, does it? No, infact it just brings down those around us. Complaining creates a negative atmosphere around us and fills us with "ear pollution" bringing us down.

It helps us to beat ourselves up as well. Being your own worst enemy is not the best idea.

So what do we do? Complain more, but not to others, but to God, he is always listening, and it helps you to get it off your chest. God is the only one who can do anything about it anyway. Compliment more. When is the last time you told your boss to stop complementing you for your hard work? Positive reinforcement is so much more pleasant and creates something to work for as opposed to work against.

Now its your turn... say something positive about this picture instead of complaining about the "pot" at the end of the rainbow... this could be fun!

6 comments:

Neo said...

Man there isn't any toilet paper in the porta potty!!!!

Snaggle Tooth said...

I have one of those right across the corner at the house construction site, no water there yet...

positive comment:
There's a promise of no flooding!

Shelley said...

Neo...
you are still complaining...

I would hope you would find something good to say, like "wow, after a whole day of searching for gold, I sure needed to use a porta potty!" or something like "you have no idea how much money one makes in the porta potty business"

Shelley said...

Snag,
as long as you don't tip it over...

Skye said...

x-ray ever noticed that a Rainbow is the Earth's way of smiling?

Shelley said...

500 points for Skye!

Yeah! Yes, I love finding rainbows, especially when it is not raining!