Ungrateful: The True Cost of Always Complaining

"Thank you God for providing me with the resources to pay my bills," I was complaining to myself right before I said that little prayer. Once again, our income was not enough to pay all of the bills. We had already downsized our lives and reprioritized what we thought was important. Yet, all it seemed to do was to remove a drop of water from the sea that we were drowning in. I was bitter as I transferred more money from our quickly shrinking savings into our hungry checking account (seemingly the only dry spot in our lives). How had our lives come to this? All the planning, long hours at work, and countless trips to and from everywhere had brought me to this point. Sitting in my home office, complaining about money, thinking I was broken (maybe even worthless), and feeling sorry for myself.

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