Dear God/ess, Today is officially non-judgment day, and the beginning of the 21 day complaint free experiment here on the Prayer Blog.  Instead of a Staple's rubber band, I use a beautiful jade beaded bracelet, which easily comes off and on  for simple placement back and forth from arm to arm.

At work last night, I made the proclamation that The View was an idiotic TV show. Is that a complaint, an opinion, or an observation?

On another occasion, I said one of the anesthesiologists had a psychiatric illness. Furthermore, he was verbally abusive to my patient.

Is this an observation, a complaint, an opinion, or a fact?

Is it true? Yes it is true.

Can I be sure that it is true? Yes I can.

Who would I be without the thought that the anesthesiologist is abusive and has a psychiatric illness?

Without that thought, I feel as if I have a frontal lobotomy.

And on it goes, the comedy and drama of life.

My patient didn't seem to mind, so I let it go.

Most complaints center around our relationships with other people. If we could get rid of these relationships, then we'd have to deal with the relationship we have with ourselves.

Take the anesthesiologist, for example. He must have someone in his life who loves him. Of course, I cannot guarantee this. But let's say for argument's sake that one day long ago his mother loved him, a sister or a brother. Maybe one of these or more still loves him.

I'd wager that in the light of that Love, the anesthesiologist is a different person, softer and kinder, somehow. Perhaps he even is beautiful when he smiles at those he loves because he responds to the love that he receives.

I know for a fact that this is true!

Om Peace Amen

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