Let’s be honest, it’s not always smiles and sunshine. Life can be tough at times, problems can pop up again and again, and sometimes, we’re more than just a little justified to complain about it. But does that complaining do any good? Maybe, but not for long. Here’s an inspiring story with a lesson well worth learning:
“People visit a wise man complaining about the same problems over and over again. One day, he decided to tell them a joke and they all roared with laughter.
After a few minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.
Then he told the same joke for a third time, but no one laughed or smiled anymore.
The wise man smiled and said: ‘You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always crying about the same problem?'”
Complaining can be a great way to let out some frustration, and when done constructively it could even help lead to a solution, but it’s well worth remembering that you can’t complain forever, at some point you have to take charge and apply energy to your problems in a more constructive manner. It may not be easy at first, it may not be easy at all, but it’s a lesson well worth learning and a way of life well worth following. After all, what harm could it do?
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