Complain, Rain

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Being stuck in a traffic jam is no fun. Being stuck in a traffic jam for 1.5+ hours AND having to pee for much of that time is even less fun. I have a lot to complain about. It was also raining, but that was a good thing!

The traffic jam, due to poor planning on the part of the city (they were repairing the road and of course chose the middle of the day to do so, closing two lanes and causing, as I said, an 1.5+ traffic jam.) 

Complain, complain and then -- STOP. 

It is helpful to complain up to a point. It is helpful to discharge the emotions and not keep them bottled up, but only to a point. After that, do the opposite. Find the good, the joyful, the funny in whatever you are doing. 

What is that point? When the complaints make you or others around you less happy, less fulfilled. Think of complaints as getting rid of impurities. Wash them away and let them be carried down the drain. Don't follow after them, and don't let them saturate others. Pat yourself dry and put on some cream or lotion. Find whatever is amusing or good about the situation.

Yesterday I was stuck in a traffic jam for 1.5+ hours. I was going to be late for my appointment. I had to pee. 

The first thing I did was find a bathroom. Ah relief! Then I called the person I was going to meet. Yes! We could meet an hour later than originally planned. Then I went and bought myself a book I had been wanting. Plus, it was raining and we needed the rain.

Have you any complaints for today? Discharge them into  your journal and then find the good, the amusing, the wonderful about the situation. Something, even small, which is happening, which can give you peace or joy.