Sunday Sermon: The 21 Day Experiment Continues. No Complaints. No Excuses.
For those of you that are just tuning in, or Googled ’spiritual enlightenment’ and somehow wound up here, let me assure you that Sunday Sermons here at Howefitz Blog are anything but sermons. Here I explore matters of the spirit in a way that, I hope, inspires thought within others. I am not here to tell you what to believe, and any viewpoint is welcome…
The Sunday Sermons here at Howefitz Blog are generally intended to explore the philosophies and religions of the world, and to hear your take. Today I’m bending the rules a little, but still discussing a way of thinking that our entire world is possibly embroiled in: that of complaining.
On Thursday, I told you about my attempt at going 21 days without complaining or making excuses. If you missed it, it’s at 21 Days. No Complaints. No Excuses.
I have gotten a lot of positive feedback through the comments and on twitter.
This led me to create a facebook fan page for this very idea. I would invite anyone that has joined me on this journey to fan the experiment and share your experiences.
As for my results? Let’s just say that Thursday was 4 days ago, and I am on day 2 of actually not complaining. That may be because it’s my second day off of work.
Who doesn’t complain about their job, right? That’s where I’ve found that it’s the easiest to break down. I don’t care how much you love your job, you’ll find things that you don’t like. I think this stems from the fact that in most jobs, it’s a team effort, with people making up that team of various skills/competencies. Someone’s bound to do something wrong, or as you would perceive as wrong. Maybe they’re lazy. Maybe they just don’t know.
If you’re not where you want to be in life, stop and ask yourself what the root cause is. Don’t be so quick to blame anything outside yourself. Every where you look, everything is changing. It’s how you deal with that change that matters.
In case you haven’t noticed, this message is just as much to myself as it is to anyone else. I feel like getting this off of my chest, letting the world know how I think, is a form of cathartic release. I can now begin to change myself.
The journey is far from over…
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Pull the trigger Justin. LOL….. We do need to look within to make sure that we have not contributed to the problem.
I am participating and sharing far and wide. This is a great idea.
Is part of the process of not complaining, trying to figure out what triggers the complaining and then figuring out how to improve the situation? My complaining happens when I feel like I have no control over the situation!
Twitter: hangglidded
says:
Give that lady (Sarah) a cigar. That is exactly it. Had a “to-do” with an installer last week. Bottom line, I remarked how I like to be in control (remiss in saying of my environment). He promptly took that as control of people. Is that what I really meant?
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