Don't Complain | Daily Quote No. 164
A quote from Eckhart Tolle on playing the victim...
When you complain, you make yourself…a victim. Leave the situation…change the situation…or accept it. All else is madness.
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
It is too easy to get yourself wrapped up in self pity. Regardless of the current situation you have to be proactive if you would like things to change. In the circumstance that you have to wait something out, then you can do nothing more than accept things as they are and be patient for them to pass. To do anything else is trying to control things which are not under your jurisdiction.