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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

We all complain!

We all complain. We complain when there is a traffic jam. We complain when we lose net connectivity. We complain if there a long queue at ATM. We complain when India loses a cricket match.
Complaining has shades. Complaining out of desperation. Complaining because of realization of helplessness. In general it stems from “Expectations leading to despair”.

Most of the times, if not all, complaining shows a sign of weakness. Weakness for - ‘acceptance of what has happened’.

Thinking logically (i.e. with common sense), we can generalize and enumerate all possible scenarios that can lead to ‘complaining’ (surprisingly, there aren’t plenty) :-

- We had choice, but we chose what turned out to be ‘wrong choice’ (e.g. you purchased a bike after doing all necessary homework but now the bike breaks down frequently).
- We had no choice (e.g. getting trapped in traffic jam).

More often than not, real life scenarios won’t exactly fit into these, but would be some combination of them.
Had we had choice (former case), we had made our decision to what seemed the wise move at that time.
Had we had no choice, there is nothing to regret, frown or complain about!
It is as simple as that. And we all know it! Why do we still keep complaining?
Perhaps, as Dale Carnegie points out, “Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction”.

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For every ailment under the sun
There is a remedy or there is none
If there be one try to find it
If there be none never mind it.
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4 Comments:

  • I agree. Following is my understanding.

    1. We had choice
    Even if we have choice, how many of us really select the right one. Like someone has said, "Most people like to do what they like and not what should be done."

    2. We had no choice
    Even when we don't have any choice, we know we are left with one - Keep quiet.

    So at the end of day, complaint is outcome of our own behaviour. By making complaint we just want to find someone/something to put blame onto.

    By Blogger ओंकार (Onkar), at Tue Oct 26, 05:50:00 PM 2004  

  • Onkar, you comments raise the issue of "how many of us really select the right choice". That makes one wonder - "what is right?” Perhaps, in the context of our discussion ‘there is nothing like right and nothing like wrong’. We all make, what seems to be, the wise choice. And the difference between fool and visionary is perhaps only luck!

    By Blogger Shrikrishna, at Wed Oct 27, 01:07:00 PM 2004  

  • Look ppl.
    FACT: WE LIVE ONLY ONCE!!(dont give me the reincarnation crap)
    So complain all u want, accept all u want, do what u want. Who knws whether we wud be alive tomorrow to post another message!
    Bottomline: No point in discussing abt frivolous things, enjoy ur life in ur own idiosyncratic way, without any complications(like this discussion here) b4 it ends....

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu Jan 13, 12:35:00 AM 2005  

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