stop complaining!

i think anyone would agree that being around constant complainers is annoying... after a (short) while you just don't want to be around them cus you know what the main theme of any event will be:  them complaining about whatever it is that you're doing, your surroundings, the food, related experiences... you name it, they will find something to complain about... i'm sure people who constantly do this don't even want to hang out with others who complain all the time either...

[who are more annoying?  chronic complainers?  or chronic interrupters?] 

so thankfully, i would like to think that i'm not a person who fits into the chronic complainer category.  i know i do tend to have moments where i can find a whole lot of things to complain about and won't shut up about it... but we all have our moments right?

i don't like to complain and although i really don't do it a whole lot, i feel that it's something i still should try to reduce...  instead of complaining, i should do my part in changing whatever it is.  obviously, i can't change everything around me so that my world is complaint-free... that's kind of impossible cus i don't have power to influence other variables to that massive extent... but i figure if i can't actually change it, then i can try to change my mentality towards it?
easier said than done... that's for sure - it's a work in progress

i'm especially being tested by being back in egypt... someone who loves to complain would love being in egypt...

last time i was here i realized i was complaining a bit too much.  i wasn't doing it cus i don't like egypt or egyptians in general... i think i was ranting in order to deal my struggles of acclimating to this society
now... 2nd time around i figure i should know better.  i know what i'm getting myself into.  no one is forcing me to be here.  i came on my own free will (both times).  so if there's something i don't like, well then i'll have to suck it up or see if it's something i'm able to change.

no place is perfect.  we just adjust and get used to our surroundings.  so any new place will have its challenges, things that seem unreasonable and backwards, where you just wonder why and how people just accept the way it is...

i'm grateful for having grown up in several different environments and not just stayed put in one place my whole life.  i think it's helped me be tolerant towards others and their way of life without being too critical regardless if i agree or disagree with it...


on another note, i need dinner ideas...
last time on the menu was:
cream of mushroom soup
pasta with tomato sauce
sauteed beef with caramelized onions

not sure how tonight's dinner will turn out >_<