Have you ever noticed how much fun it is to critique others? Almost every week I find myself chatting with friends about the previous weekend’s football games. We recall the good plays. Mostly we complain about the bad ones: calls that didn’t go our team’s way, the coach’s failure to manage the clock well, and what could have been if the team had just done what was obvious to all of us fans. The same kind of conversations happen around what’s happening at our workplaces, in our schools, and in our country. We’ve made complaining about life’s problems it’s own kind of sport. Continue reading Day 53: Pointing fingers or lending a helping hand?