Day 40

Day 40: Real Time
Day 4: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey

What would happen to our sorry complaining selves if we operated from this idea, every minute of every day:

This moment, the one we’re standing in right NOW, is all there is.

Think about that. Sit down, put your feet up and sip your morning coffee while you ponder that for a moment. I’ll wait.



OK. I’m back. Scary stuff, huh? But, I’m just reminding you that it’s the truth. The future that we’re all headed toward at break neck speed is not here yet, and it might never arrive. Life has a way of jerking us up just when we’re all comfy and complacent, and sometimes that jerk is pretty dramatic. It is a cliché, but the future is not guaranteed to any of us.

And the past is where we like to hang out when we’re complaining, isn't it?

“I can’t believe what they did!” I spent a lot of last week in that mode, and it caused me to waste a chunk of precious time. Time when I could have been enjoying the beauty of my garden, full of wildflowers with humming birds and butterflies, summer in formal dress.

Let’s get real pointed here: What if my life had suddenly ended while I was grousing about the event that tipped me into a tizzy on Monday evening? Is that how I would have wanted to step into the next realm, whatever that turns out to be?

And here I thought this journey of mine was only about going 21 days without complaining.

It’s turned out to be about how to enjoy each moment that has been bestowed on me, one second at a time, bright and shiny and new. And each one of them is the only one I can count on. It’s only scary if I ignore reality and stay stuck in the seconds that have already passed.

Day 4 is here!