How is it going?

I fell off the wagon this week with the no-complaint challenge. I took my bracelet off one night and forgot to put it back on the next day and have completely forgotten my commitment to put 21 days of no complaining together. Edwene Gaines comes to the church on Saturday which gives me the incentive to try again and we got our purple "Complain-free World" bracelets in to help me remember even more. On top of all of that, Ash Wednesday was yesterday taking us into the season of reflection and preparation. My bracelet is back on and I have started over again. As I reflect back on the past couple of days, I saw myself becoming annoyed at small matters that in the grand scheme of things really don't make much of a difference. But the aggravation and complaining robbed me of joy and possibility in that moment. So, today, this moment, I start anew.