Stop Cultivating the Art of Whining
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As a child I once whined to my grandmother about an impending visit to an elderly aunt who, “…complained ALL THE TIME and was JUST BORING and I didn’t want to go to her house!”
And no, I actually did not get the irony of complaining about complaining.
I was about seven or eight and my Nanny was about to impart an important life lesson.
Nanny explained that some people didn’t know how to talk about or appreciate the ordinary things that make up our days on this earth. Still, wanting to have something to talk about and be noticed by others, they complained; because it is easy to find fault. It is easy to point out what is wrong or not working.
Complaining, she stated, was a lazy person’s conversational gambit.
Commenting on the things that were going right, and acknowledging the daily blessings in our lives required a little more attention and mental discipline. What I had to ask myself, she said, was did I want to be a mentally lazy person, like my Aunt or could I go to my room and list 10 good things about visiting my Aunt and at least three good things about her personally.
I never said my Grandmother was an easy woman, but it was for me an important lesson. Looking for the good became the “Where’s Waldo” of my childhood.
When I started to study Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, and came to Wealth File # 1, I thought of my Grandmother and how much she would appreciate T. Harv Eker.
Wealth File # 1
“Rich people believe, “I create my Life.”
“Poor people believe, “Life happens to me.”
According to Eker in the Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, page 58, “Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!
Why?
I’m a big believer in the universal law that states, ”What you focus on expands,.” When you are complaining, what are you focusing on, what is right with your life, or what is wrong with it? You are obviously focusing on what’s wrong with it, and since what you focus on expands, you’ll keep getting more of what is wrong.”
“Many teachers in the personal development field talk about the Law of Attraction. It states that “like attracts like,” meaning that when you are complaining, you are actually attracting ‘crap’ into your life.”
Eker’s advise is simple:
STOP COMPLAINING!
STOP LISTENING TO COMPLAINERS!
STOP HANG OUT WITH COMPLAINERS!
START BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE!
Wealth Principle:
“When you are complaining, you become a living breathing crap magnet!”
Millionaire Minds acknowledge the abundance in our lives and have better things to do than you our energy and voice in complaint. We focus our energy and passion on solutions that add value to other people’s lives.
Live Well and Prosper,
Sandi
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