it's weird how i seem to be sleeping less during the summer than i did while at school; but such is the life of a college student. i can't wait to go back...and not just for the sleep. i miss my friends, i miss my freedom...heck, i'm even missing going to class and using my brain!
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anywho...i've been thinking today about how much time people spend complaining. it's funny how no matter how great of a time you have, there's always something that people can find to nit-pick and whine about or be unhappy about. i do it, i listen to people do it, and i hear all about other people doing it.
i know that it's important to never be truly satisfied - a swim coach of mine once taught me that and i've never forgotten it: "You can be happy with something, but don't EVER be satisfied." But just because we shouldn't ever be satisfied, does that mean we really have to complain about all the reasons we aren't? can't we just be happy? or is that too far outside of human nature?
i suppose that in a way, complaining could be a good thing...given that it is not over-used. it possesses a degree of creativity, because in a way, by complaining you are pointing out something that isn't the way you would have wished. but what makes it or breaks it is whether or not you are willing to take action to change that to a way that is more acceptable to your standards. if you merely complain but fail to do anything to alter it for the next time, i think that you kind of lose your right to complain about it. it's all in the attitude behind your complaining i guess.
so what if everyone made a conscious effort to complain less, and act and work for betterment more...especially here in the United States where we take so much for granted? i think it would make us a more optimistic people. maybe more grateful. and even more observant, if we stop and think about things and how WE could change them before we open our mouths to complain about it.
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