My friend Debra recently wrote an excellent blog post regarding the dangers to our brains of constantly complaining.
Two bloggers whom I otherwise love to read spend a great deal of time complaining about various ailments, problems with their homes that they feel helpless to fix, rudeness in today's society, fixed incomes, etc. Lovely pictures are taken and shared, their gifts and talents are amazing, but for the constant complaining.
A close relative (who will not see this) is a constant complainer. Folks who drive with bicycles on the back of their vehicles are "a-holes." S/he didn't like the conversation over dinner at a nice restaurant, so complained about that. Any one who doesn't follow this relative's lifestyle is subject to ire, even to the point of talking to the car radio or TV screen.
Another gloom and doom relative complained that s/he "had" (as in "was forced) to go on a luxury vacation in another country completely paid for by someone else. For months, I listened to the complaints and stress about it to the extent that s/he broke out into shingles the night before leaving.
Now s/he wistfully states that s/he would love to go back to this lovely country, but doesn't really have the extra money to do so!
Because I grew up in a rather negative atmosphere, I picked up early on the habit of murmuring and complaining. I constantly work to ensure that I don't spend a lot of time complaining.
Okay so let's sum up, Five Reasons We Should Not Complain:
1. Ingratitude - This holds you back from receiving all God has for you.
2. Complaining shrinks brain size in the same way Alzheimer's does.
3. Complaining is ungodly and He hates it. He called the Israelites a "stiff-necked people." Their whining and moaning kept them wandering in the desert for forty years.
4. Complaining is demoralizing for all who have to listen to you.
5. I believe that when you repeat complaints instead of praise you block God's blessing.
To Learn More:
http://m1psychology.com/complaining-is-bad-for-your-brain/
http://biblereasons.com/murmuring/
Awesome post, Anne! (And thanks so much for linking to mine.) Much of my younger life I was surrounded by complainers, as well, and boy, is it ever draining. Even more draining when it's me doing all the moaning! The articles I read about the shrinking/changing brain really have had a good effect on me--sometimes we need to be scared into straightening up and flying right! :) Thanks again....... Debra
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