When you’re willing to be hurt and be in pain it leads to a willingness to need which leads to vulnerability, and from a vulnerable place you can change at the root.
But if you’re simply complaining you don’t want to be helped. Complaining dodges the heart of the pain. Complaining wants the attention of the circumstance with none of the responsibility of what is underneath. Complaining gets the badge of seriousness without having to admit need.
If you need to complain, sure, take five minutes and get it out.
If you’re hurt and in pain, let’s all be willing to dig in.
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