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The bracelet gained national attention after NBC’s George Lewis reported on the Missouri Pastor who challenged his congregation to give up grousing.WATCH VIDEO Each violation called for rotating the bracelet to the other wrist.
Stephanie quit the project until….)
(From Stephanie)
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my abandoned attempt at complaint free living have been greatly exaggerated.
That’s probably because I’m the one who wrote it.
I quit after being able to go no more than 36 hours straight without grousing.
WATCH VIDEO But, a strangely timed message has me back on the wristband bandwagon.
I blame my mother.
She’s the one who instilled in me a fear of the mightiest force on earth: greater than the willpower to pass up a cherry cheesecake; more powerful than the strength to walk away from a free seat to the Rolling Stones; able to leap past an deeply discounted Target bargain in a single bound!
What is this most powerful force on earth?
Guilt.
I was blindsided by its power shortly after what I thought would be my final blog about my non-complaint quest.
By then I was a loose-lipped woman, no longer shackled by that two-ton “Complaint Free World” purple rubber bracelet.
Its final resting place nestled on the shoulders of a peaceful pink Buddha seemed appropriate.
Then blast it all; the good Pastor Will Bowen who came up wit...
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