People don't have time to complain

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. --Benjamin Franklin

No Time for Complaining:
There may be a positive byproduct of our troubled times: a decrease in the urge to complain. Job satisfaction is actually up, and according to a December 2008 survey almost 38% of respondents said they were "very satisfied" with their jobs, compared with 28% in 2007, a likely sign that people are grateful they're still employed. And every week now, we hear reports of workers accepting pay cuts or furloughs without complaint -- some of them acts of solidarity to protect jobs elsewhere in their companies. There is also a growing "noncomplaining" movement that touts the belief that whining doesn't work as a strategy. This Wall Street Journal article shares more. [more]

Be The Change:
When you catch yourself complaining about something, try turning your attention to what you are grateful for.

A Positively Charged attitude

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearances, talents, or skill. It will make or break a company and a home. The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past . We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life breaks down to the following percentage: 10% is what happens to you and 90% of life is how you react to it. We are in charge of our Attitudes."

May today find each of us making a conscious effort to embrace a positive attitude with grace and peace, no matter the situation in which we find ourselves.