Today's dare required me to make two lists. The first list was a list of positive things about my husband and the second, of course, was a list of negative things. Then I was supposed to some time in the day, choose something from the positive attribute list to thank my husband for. Whew! Tough day!
Which list was easier to make?
At this time in my life, the negative list was easier, but it was strangely freeing to speak the words, to give them substance, to acknowledge them outloud so to speak. Harboring that list was not a good thing for me.
What did this reveal about your thoughts?
I can honestly say it was quite cathartic to write down, and thereby acknowledge all of the things that frustrate me about my husband and conversly, it was a revelation to write down the positive things. I didn't have to seek them out which felt good, but it taught me how much I focus on the negative. How I allow the negative to seep into my day-to-day thoughts and how I wanted instead to learn to appreciate his postive attributes because he had many but sadly, we get bogged down in the negative. We can actually take up residence in the "depreciation room" and folks, it ain't pretty.
What attribute did you thank your spouse for having?
I thanked my husband for helping out with carpool. I know he hates it and I know he has to stay an hour late for work to do it so I wanted to express my appreciation for this especially.
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