Day 97

Day 97: Real Time
Day 6: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey



I’ve always been a proponent of the old adage, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Sometimes trite is just plain true.

My daughter and I faced the world alone for most of her growing-up years, and we were forced to be industrious, inventive people. We learned that there’s usually a way to get something accomplished, even tough things that those around us thought would defeat us. It took creativity and resolve, and often being patient when things didn’t work out the way we had in mind.

Becoming complaint-free is no different. I have found that my will to succeed is strong, although my plan to make it from sunup to sundown without kvetching sometimes falls apart. Make that OFTEN falls apart.

But I guess I’m finding the way. I don’t recall complaining yesterday as I worked around the house and yard in the early part of my Saturday. Then, a friend and our mothers met at the theater in the afternoon and saw the latest “chick flick,” which we all enjoyed. Our football team played in the evening, and I watched from my comfy recliner, laptop perched on my, you guessed it...lap….as I worked toward a Monday deadline. It was a good day.

Sunday dawns. I watched it wake up in all its glory, the cardinals and squirrels busy after the overnight rain.

Day 6.