Day29

Day 29: Real Time
Day Six: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey


You just never know who’s listening, do you?

Posting a column on the Internet is like folding your work into a paper airplane and shooting it out into the universe. How far does it go? Who sees it?

Does anyone even READ it?

I got a phone call yesterday from someone I haven’t talked to in months. After answering my phone, the voice on the other end of the line immediately commented on my complaint free journey. He also said that he had had no idea I was so unhappy the last time we had had any contact at all.

My mind clicked into the old gear it had become so comfortable with and my mouth opened, with the intent of “sharing” some of the challenges I have faced in 2010. And then my new friend, the complaint censor, slapped a hand over my mouth.

“Well, let’s just say that 2010 has been a challenge for me,” I said. I mentioned that my dad has passed away, but I didn’t go into any detail about that event or any of the others that I have faced in the first six months of this year.

And then we moved on to discuss why he had called, my complaints left lying there unspoken. Thank goodness.

Not only did I save him from the taint of my moaning, but my own mindset remained positive as I started my day.

And day six is on the horizon. I'll send you that airplane tomorrow.