Daily OM: We all know someone who has elevated
the process of complaining to a high art. Sometimes funny, sometimes
exhausting, these people have the ability to find a problem just about
anywhere. In its more evolved form, complaining is simply the ability to
see what's not working, in one's own life or in the external world, and
it can be quite useful if followed to its natural conclusion--finding a
solution and applying it. However, many of us don't get that far, and
we find that complaining has become an end in itself. In small doses,
this is not a big problem, but if complaining has become a huge part of
our identities, it may be time to take a good look at how we are
spending our energy.
Complaining is a person's way of acknowledging that they are not happy
with the way things are. In a metaphorical way, when we complain or
criticize, we are tearing down an undesirable structure in order to make
room for something new. But if all we do is tear down, never bothering
to summon the creative energy required to create something new, we are
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