My friend Dona works at one of the local libraries and as she was checking in books she came across a book called, "A Complaint Free World" and it intrigued her. She checked it out and then shared it with us. The book is written by Will Bowen. He is a pastor at a church in Kansas City, MO. In 2006 he encouraged his congregation to go 21 days without complaining. This has now snowballed into a world-wide phenomenon. You can find out more by reading the book or by checking out their website.
Basically the program is simple. Get the purple wristband (or a rubber band or anything that you can move from one wrist to the other). Put it on one of your wrists and every time you complain, criticize or gossip you move it to the other wrist. Every time. You continue moving it back and forth all day as you complain, criticize or gossip. Thoughts don't count. Only the things that actually come out of your mouth. The goal is to go 21 days in a row without moving your wristband. This is truly an inspired challenge. By switching the wristband back and forth it makes us aware of all of the complaining that we do. Becoming aware is the first step to change. As we become aware of the complaining and stop the complaining our thoughts will then change, changing our overall view of the world and attracting to us more positive energy.
Anyways, he explains it better than I do. This came at the perfect time in my life and I am up for the challenge. Also on the website are 10 free lesson plans for teaching this program to kids. We are going to start working on this as a family. I am starting today and will keep you posted on my progress. Of the people who have gone 21 days w/o complaining it has taken them an average of 4-6 months to complete. No matter how many days you have under your belt, if you complain, you have to start over again. It sounds like the hardest part is going the 1st full day w/o complaining. I will probably be switching my wristband every 5 seconds all day long! As I was thinking about this the other day it occurred to me that if I weren't complaining, I wouldn't have anything to say at all! I can really use this program right now in my life!
The book is really great and is a quick read. I encourage everyone to read it and try this out...or at least check out the website. It is life changing!
1 comment:
Sounds like an interesting concept. I think I'll try it. So can you tell me what it is you like about Heritage Makers??? I think they are overpriced.
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