With the amount of time, I and my fellow man, spend whining and complaining about almost anything, anytime, I wonder if it is genetically inherent in human nature to whine.
Tonight I am wondering, if even the first noise an infant makes when it is born, is really a whine, complaining about the problems it just had being born.
I think of how Moses destroyed the first set of The Ten Commandments because he descended from the mountain and the miraculous transcendent experience of seeing his Creator, to find that his fellow man had reverted to worshipping idols and, if I remember correctly, a golden calf they had fashioned.
Not only was the journey 40 years long in the desert, but all they had to feed and sustain them, albeit successfully, was 'manna'. I bet the complaining was universal on that one. It is ubiquitous, it is relentless, it may just be human nature.
Every day, we, or somebody around us, is whining, bitching, kvetching or complaining about something. If it's not somebody we know, it's the person next to us.
During a full moon, it's someone cursing on the street, and/or the man alternating between making fart noises and yelling at passersby. If not one of these, it might be some less colourful sort, like you or me.
Occasionally, someone let's you know they have given some thought to voicing a complaint, but have accepted that no one wants to hear it. They make us smile. We know they are right.
It doesn't stop our own next complaint, but once in a while we remember what they said and repeat this sage remark. We make our point and get a smile of understanding back.
Maybe, one of the jars at home, perhaps placed next to the Parental Swear Bottle, should be a jar charging anyone who complained that day a nickel fine (now that pennies are being discontinued). I bet it would fill up faster than the 25 cent per Swearing jar.
Note: See also THE SOLOIST - ME ME ME ME ME
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