So for those out there that are married...raise a hand? Being married is not easy...like when you first get married you joke about the old ball and chain...but then 10 years later you realize...um...marriage is no joking matter...being in a partnership with someone through thick and thin...good and bad...sickness and health...kids and money problems...things are not funny now are they...This is real...this is serious business...Of course that sounds as though I'm not happily married or happy that I got married...simply not true...but I am a person that will put it out there...a lack of a filter...an over sharer
My wife is very opinionated, doesn't cut slack and is passionate about all things family and future...as a born slacker, the son of two hippies...I tend to take things a bit easier...However, I carry a touch the Hulk as well...I tend to turn into a range monster when provoked beyond my boiling point...But I digress...
So when you mix, passion and laid back...things can get rocky...it needs smoothing out...we do a good job building roads of understanding and then trying to manage when they crumble...In our disposable world...marriages are tossed away left and right...But in the wake of those wrecked marriages are tiny people...our children that are learning bad behavior...that if you don't like something...toss it out and get another...
We need to be tolerant...committed again...and it begins with us...cut some slack...give a person a break...use a positive intend mindset...I know I tend to cut more slack to outsiders than we do our family members...why is that? Do we not trust outsiders to stick around and only expect our family to be here no matter what?
It's time to understand what makes your loved one's tick...what makes them happy? Why not try to do that more...than just trying to be right? I'd like to say I do this...but sadly I don't...but I'm trying to each day!
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