Day 46

Day 46: Real Time
Day 1: 21 Day Complaint Free Challenge



Day one….again.

Day ONE….AGAIN??

Day one. Again.


I got involved in a conversation with a co-worker yesterday, a person I hadn’t seen for a week or so.

Enough said.

Day one…..yes, again.

Later in the afternoon I had lunch with my daughter and a friend of hers. Both are members of the 21-day complaint free challenge club, so the topic just happened to come up as we ate our hot wings. Go figure.

“But you made it 8 days,” the friend said. And she said it with enthusiasm about that accomplishment, because she now knows how hard this journey is, too.

As I thought about her comment later, I realized that I hadn’t been thinking of it that way. It’s strange how we can encourage others to “enjoy the journey,” or “take one step at a time,” and yet completely miss the message ourselves, isn’t it?

This isn’t a 21-day challenge, any more than my recent weight loss is “done.” It will be a life-long effort, with successes and setbacks along the way. One day at a time.

But it will be a road that I have to continue to walk every day, brick by brick, hour by hour.

Today I’ll just concentrate on today. Not the next 20 days. Or the rest of my life.