A Challenge is Identified
My quest started in our last Chapter. Amma lamented that her efforts to nip her grumbling yielded no positive results. “When I start to grumble about someone or something,” she confessed, “the grumbling takes off into an ever-growing mental litany of complaints and internal sputtering.” She asked for our prayers and any suggestions that we could offer.
I shared all this with my canine friend Peanut a few days later when we were having lunch together at The Mew and Bark Diner in Jersey City. (I had gotten permission from Amma for this outing.)
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At left, Peanut
Peanut gave a thoughtful look and nodded, her big eyes looking sad. “Why do we grumble?” she asked thoughtfully. “It gets us nowhere. Any momentary satisfaction evaporates into a disgruntled heart and negative attitude.”