Complaining Many Times Thankful Just Once

 

Complaining is a natural and human thing that is experienced by every human being on this earth. someone once said "complaining its okay but never give up" this sentence may be very familiar or we have often heard but without us realizing this sentence greatly affects our lives. With this sentence we become more and more often complaining without a clear reason or according to what we are experiencing.

Complaining is normal but if we complain a lot it will become a bad habit if we continue to do it. It has even been explained in the Qur'an Surah al-Ma'arij: 19 which means "Indeed, humans were created to be grouchy and miserly". It is very clearly explained that complaining is an innate trait but, it would be nice if we can reduce this trait which certainly has a positive influence on us.

A Men and woman all have this trait but most women often or always apply this trait in life. Often complaining sometimes makes us forget that we have Allah SWT. The best place to complain that can listen to us anytime and anywhere without any limitations of space and time because in fact he is the one who hears. We are sometimes too busy looking for the right person to complain, even to the point that we feel tight in our chests without letting go, even though without denying we need a place to complain and Allah SWT. Has provided or given space for us to complain to him.

"Indeed I complain of my troubles and my sorrows only to Allah" (Qs: Yusuf 86). In this verse we can get a very valuable lesson from one of the prophets of Allah, namely the prophet Yusuf. We complain too much that we forget that God also gives us many blessings that we are rarely even grateful for. The nature of complaining is very closely related to the stingy nature if we complain about something then we are definitely doing the stingy nature. We need to cultivate a culture or start to reduce the nature of complaining and start replacing it by increasing gratitude, there are still many things we need to be grateful for, for example breathing.

Gratitude is not an easy thing for us to do but it feels heavy because we always compare our misery or distress to the blessings that the Almighty has given us. The most effective way to apply the nature of gratitude is if we want to complain then we remember again that there are thousands of people who are still less fortunate than us.

More gratitude, less complaining.