Complaining is easy. The path of complaining is also easy. Nothing is ever perfect and all a complainer has to do is voice things that could be improved when they see them. Sure enough certain things could have been better, and sadly they get compliments about how they did someone a favor or helped avoid spending money on something, and ignorant people agree. This only encourages the complainer.

Here's the thing with complaining - lots of people don't want to be around them. However, if you're giving constructive criticism, that's different. You're helping. But, back to topic.

At a group level it only gets worse. Complainers start forming up into groups where they can complain about similar stuff. It leads to acceptance... and makes people that complain together feel happy together. Groups of complainers will then onslaught other groups as this makes the group only feel that more important. And if you dare complain about something another complainer seems to like, now you just fragmented the group. If you are going to be in the group all you can do is continue complaining about the same things.

So, over the last few weeks and months I've been trying to be better about how I view things, but I suck at it. Instead of trying to enjoy them for the good parts, I've focussed more on what could have been better. In the lack of new positive things I've come across during the past month or so, I've (sadly) complained. I avoid talking about something simply because I have nothing nice to say about it.

I think it's harder to be positive and have resolve. Now I'm not saying that we reach a happy attitude about everything? Or should we? Would it be better to be positive all the time or is that just as bad as being negative all the time? I know it annoys me to be around people that even though they are shoveling crap into their mouths will continue to claim that if you don't like it you are clearly using the wrong tastebuds... and they are like this ALL the time. How do you reach a happy medium?