The NO Complaining Rule

He talks about why people complain. There are two main reasons "why people complain:

1) because they were fearful and helpless and

2) because it had become a habit" p. 39

I think it is so true. Some people are the glass is always empty kind of people. They are the Eeyores of life. There is always a cloud raining on their parade. They will complain about anything and everything. My Mother always used to say that if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. In other words, don't let complaining become a habit. Don't complain for the sake of complaining. Don't complain just to hear your own voice. Sometimes the silence is better.

I think I can understand the ones that complain out of fear and helplessness. It is the worry of job loss, worry of how to make ends meet, the worry of providing for your family --- and these are justifiable things. It is easy to complain when there are budget cuts, lay offs and setbacks. The real thing to focus in on is ----- will complaining solve anything? Will it help you to keep your job? Will it help the economy to turn around so that budget restraints aren't present? And the answer is no! Complaining won't solve the problems, it won't turn things around, it won't change the situation.

So then aren't we just wasting our breath and energy complaining! Why not put that energy into something positive - like the job hunt! That will solve the problem. Use the energy for construction instead of destruction, for building instead of destroying, for building up instead of tearing down!