WHY WHINING WON’T GET YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO
How to stop complaining and start creating the great life you want and deserve
THE DAWNING LIGHT,Volume 8, # 694 Saturday, January 6, 2024
SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN SECTION # 106 Stories by Chinmayan of the challenges and rewards of living your spiritual path in daily life
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Whining Won’t Get You Anywhere You Want to Go!
How to stop complaining and start creating the great life you deserve
Recently I overheard a grandfather speaking empathically to his grandson:
“Son, do not ever get into the bad habit of whining and complaining about your life! Remember this…Whiners never win! Whiners are losers because they always see life in the worst way and are always saying that life is too hard and that what needs to be done can’t be done. Whining won’t get you anywhere you want to go!”
Whining and complaining were bad habits that afflicted me for years until I realized that the more I whined and complained, the worse the things that I was whining about would get!
Whining always made me feel bad and caused me to see things through black glasses that made the world, and my life, look dark, depressing and hopeless for days on end.
Repeated Complaining Attracts More and More Things Into Your Life For You To Complain About
One day I realized that if I had such power to make myself feel so absolutely awful through believing the whining thoughts and my own dark words and complaints…then I also have the power to lift myself up.
I realized that I could make myself feel good and cheerful by choosing to believe consciously created cheerful thoughts and boldly saying positive things.
Once I saw this truth, I trained myself to think, see and say only positive, loving, uplifting things that affect myself and everyone in my life in a very good way, freeing me forever from despair, depression and anxiety about the future.
“Repeatedly giving thanks in sincere gratitude for all the good things flowing into your life will attract more and more things for you to be thankful for.”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
Over the years, this invincibly positive attitude and way of living has become so ingrained in me, so much a part of me that I am almost always in a bright and cheerful frame of mind.
Now, when problems, challenges and difficulties arise, as they will inevitably do for all of us, my optimistic attitude allows me to believe I can and will work my way through them.
I now see the problems that arise in my life as the opportunities they really are.
I know with certainty that I not only can, but certainly will, find the necessary solutions.
Now, I greet every new day of my life with optimistic enthusiasm.
I am mentally, emotionally and energetically free from the depression and despair which once dragged me down and caused myself and those close to me so much suffering.
My life is an ongoing joyous celebration of the fresh possibilities before me.
I am at peace, content and grateful for all that I have been given, even the really challenging times.
I am consciously emanating the highest vibration of loving energy I am capable of—which lifts the spirits of everyone I come into contact with, from my closest beloved to total strangers.
I am no longer a prisoner of my own dark mind…and that makes all the difference!
“Your own mind can be either a wonderful servant, or a terrible master, depending on whether you consciously control and direct it or whether it controls you. The purpose of all dharma practices is to give you the tools and ability to attain mastery of your mind and then to use the mind to achieve complete freedom and enlightenment.”
—Kalu Rinpoche
“When the problems of your life seem overwhelming and bigger than you can handle, start paying attention to the little things that bring joy and light to your life, and you will soon be able to see the solutions and know what to do to deal with any challenge.”
—Swami Kriyananda
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