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Originally Posted by garinda
Billcat, just because you are critical it doesn't mean you don't care or love something. You comment, and see what's wrong, because you care.
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Hi Garinda!
Certainly it is okay to identify what needs to be improved - and there always is something in that category. BUT - the is a world of difference between identifying and attempting to take on a problem and merely complaining. Truth is, complaining is probably the number one spectator sport here in the USA, and it would not surprise me to find that the same holds true in a lot of other places. Frankly, life is too short to spend time with the whiners, especially when there are plenty of fun folks who are positive and active.
It is also vital to recognize what is good and what is improving and the folks who are making the effort.
It is my belief that if you really "care of love something," you should personally get involved addressing one or more of the problems. I was raised to give back, to try to leave the place a bit better than I found it. That's why I'm ususally pretty busy with various projects and fundraisers. It can be as simple as participating in a community clean-up day to chairing a state-wide project for Kiwanis, where 14,000-plus members are working to raise funds for part of a new children's rehab hospital.
I see way too many folks who are quite ready to identify all the problems, but who are completely unwilling to make even a minimal effort to address them. IMHO, those folks are part of the problem - perhaps the biggest part!