Welcome to the KnowComplaints Movement!

I am up and running! Welcome! Thank you for your patience and sense of humor! A much needed element of this challenge.

These inspirations will come to you mostly daily, until I have run out of things to say. A VERY long time.
My attempt will be to keep them short and to the point. There will be hundreds of them so it will all get said.
I intend to cover all the angles, explain everything, and answer all your questions over time.
My true hope is for you to experience the freedom, peace and joy that comes when you are no longer a victim to the complaining and punishing self.

There is so much to explain... This is a journey of awakening. It is a "practice" so to speak.
Enjoy the ride and please remember: You are in the company of 1000's, and we are doing this together. Call on us.
We are grateful for you.

First let's meet the resistance head on.

To stop complaining does NOT mean:

You can't ask for what you want.

It does NOT mean:

You have to give up your needs.
You have to accept unacceptable situations.
You have to let people walk all over you.
You can't express your unhappiness, frustration or dis-satisfaction.

Telling the waiter my food is cold is fine, as long as I'm not unkind and don't express all my other negative feelings about it.
First step: Kindness and respect.

You CAN ask for anything, set boundaries, make demands, etc...and the first step to embracing a non-complaining style, is to express them with kindness.

Kindness soothes everyone's soul. Kind words get as much done as angry ones. Unkind attitudes and words are punishing.
There are very few times when being unkind is appropriate.

Choosing kindness is a practice. One of the most healing and powerful. I figured we should start big!
Unkindness is motivated by the complaining self and it's impact is damaging and hurtful.
Focusing on kindness when you speak to yourself or others is a major first step in changing the complaining mind.
Because when you complain kindly, you aren't really complaining!

And when you ARE unkind, be kind to yourself about it! Forgive it. To punish yourself would be missing the point.:) Just laugh and start over. The true you didn't mean it, and if you think you did, I accept the challenge to show you otherwise.

Were the Egyptians complaining? We'll have to talk about it...in a very non-political way.:)

Peace and gratitude to you,
Bryan