Do you ever read the "DailyOm"? It's cool, meditative and often gets us thinking in new, unfettered ways as we begin our days .... Today's idea was a concept of "Tearing Down to Build Up" -- or how complaining is a way of removing what's bad from our lives and allowing space for the good to enter. Many of us, however, get stuck in the 'tearing down' part a bit too long -- which never allows for the solution to enter. Or, as DailyOm says:
"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 not fulfilling the process. In fact, we are at risk for
becoming a stagnant and destructive force in our own lives and in the
lives of the people we love. ... Another issue with complaining is that we
sometimes tend to focus on other people, whom we can’t change, as a way
of deflecting attention from the one person we can change—ourselves. So
transforming complaining into something useful is a twofold process
that begins with turning our critical eye to look at things we can
actually do something about, and then taking positive action."
This reminds me of everything from harping at the airline workers when our luggage is lost to blaming our mothers for not living up to our expectations (quite a range, but I think you get where I'm coming from) ... Whether on actual vacation or living the vacation called our lives, we have the chance right now to, yes, tear down ... and then, we have the beautiful choice to build something new. Every. Single. Moment.
I'm going to get out the Legos right now ..... and build something purty ......
-elissa
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson
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