I just realised there is one aspect of my behaviour I’m really fed up with. I complain, I kvetch, I grumble, I moan, I bellyache (I’ve been looking in the Thesaurus).
I’ve just come back to my office with lunch from our staff restaurant and immediately started moaning to my colleague about the service I got. Then when I started eating I realised what a delicious meal someone had cooked for me, at a reasonable price, and I thought “Enough”.
Grumbling is a habit. It’s negative, it’s annoying to others and it sometimes stops me really listening to what’s important in life. How can you extend the hand of friendship to someone when you’re too busy thinking of some little thing that’s annoying you?
So I just made a pact with myself: I’m going to teach myself to be much more aware of my grumbling and stop it before it starts. And if I can’t stop it then I’m going to have a “grumble box” (like a swear box) and put in money every time I slip.
So watch out Pollyanna, here I come.
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This post makes me smile. I hear growth. And I somehow doubt you’ll end up as Pollyanna.
Peace from me to you across the pond,
Antony