One of the biggest mistakes we can make in our effort to cut back on complaints is our effort to conceal them.

Don’t conceal your complaints.  Instead, convert them into something constructive.

If we simply try to reduce our complaints by biting our tongues and bottling our emotions, we’re bound to take out our frustration on the wrong person at the wrong time for the wrong thing.  It always comes out sideways.

When you feel the urge to complain, remember:
Your inclination to address an issue is not a sin.  The sin of complaining happens when I miss the opportunity to act on something because I’m too busy griping about it.

Maybe the most detrimental thing about complaining is that it paralyzes your ability to do something about the need you see.  It reduces you to a victim.  Stop whining that someone should do something about that.  Instead, ask the Lord: what would you have me to do about that?

Convert your complaint into something constructive.