Undeterred by sounding cranky, crotchety, or like “a complainer,’ I must say… Complainers are the worst!!!
When the sun’s out, it’s too bright or it’s too hot, when there’s cooler air, it’s too cold because there’s a slight breeze, when there’s a hurricane, they complain that they can’t charge their phone. 25,000 people have no power, some will lose their house, but someone may have posted something on Facebook in the last 20 minutes.
Complaining is an addiction & it is contagious. People who complain, complain constantly, & are rarely neutral or simply accepting or a situation or circumstance. They will find a perspective that they feel warrants complaint. Jim Rohn said, “You are the sum, of the 5 people you spend the most time with.” I have found that to be generally true. Take a step back from the conversations of your closest friends & family; listen to what is really being said, & how it is being said. Chances are, there’s quite a bit of complaining. People who hear complaining all the time, invariably find things to complain about themselves. Do you complain? Which brings me to the point of this musing…
Complaining is the most insignificant, lazy, & useless thing one can do about whatever problem or issue the complainer is complaining about! Complaining never leads to problem solving, nor improving a situation. There is no benefit to it.
Allow me to tell you who is not a complainer; Mr. Loungi Bhuiya, a farmer from the dry Gaya district of Bihar in Eastern India. As his village of Kolithwa grew when Mr. Bhuiya was a young man, there was not enough fertile land to support the farming village nor its livestock. People began moving away. The exodus from Gaya hit home when his sons left the village for more gainful employment. At 48 years old, Mr. Bhuiya, did not complain. He looked at the reality that the region needed a water source that was closer. Upon realizing this, he began digging a canal, by hand.
The Bagetha Sahwasi forest sat just over 3 miles (5 km) from Kolithwa, where there was a water source that villagers would drive their livestock to to drink. Mr. Bhuiya decided that the water source was ample enough to not only provide for the forest, but his village as well. He staked out a canal route, then went about digging his canal, 4 feet wide by 3 feet deep. Villagers & family tried to stop him, claiming that he was crazy. 30 years later, the village of Kolithwa has a water source.
The village of Kolithwa surely had people who complained about the lack of water. Mr. Loungi Bhuiuya was not one of those who complained. He did something as opposed to complaining.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/indian-man-digs-3km-canal/