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Before You Complain

Today before you think of saying an unkind word

Think of someone who can’t speak

Before you complain about the taste of your food

Think of someone who has nothing to eat

Before you complain of not having enough

Think someone who’s begging on the street

Before you complain of being ugly

Think someone who’s actually in the worst of the state of life

Before you complain about your husband or wife

Think of someone who’s crying out of God for a companion

Today before you complain about life

Think of someone who went early to heaven than us

Before you complain about your children

Think someone who desires children but they’re barren

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn’t clean or sweep

Think of the people who are living in the streets

Before whining about the distance you drive

Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet

And when you are tired and complain about your job

Think of the unemployment, the disabled and those who wished they had your job

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another

Remember that not of us are without sin

And we all answer to One maker

Deshinta Arrova Dewi