Highlight: Calling Pat at the right moment to pray with her.
Lowlight: The moment of helplessness I felt while a couple argued with one another on our marriage coaching call.
Lowlight: The moment of helplessness I felt while a couple argued with one another on our marriage coaching call.
Today's Summary:
a. Like yesterday, the majority of my day was spent on the phone. While I am not getting a lot of work done on Marriage Works!, I am making a difference throughout the day with the service I'm providing.
b. I'm seeing that I'm enjoying my kids more and more. If nothing else, living in close quarters with them since May 30th has been really good for me. I'm watching them grow, and being amused by their childish logic, questions, and behavior.
c. We'll be back on the house hunt tomorrow. Cetelia has picked out some really nice houses, so I'm looking forward to touring them.
Lessons Learned:
1. The blame game weakens us, and keeps us from moving forward. It's easy to blame one's environment, upbringing, and parents. Moreover, it's easy to blame one's peers, lack of opportunities, and systemic roadblocks. Finally, it's easy as pie to blame the devil. Now, while these all play a significant role in how one's life proceeds, they should not - and do not - have the final say in how a person decides to live their life. At the end of the day, we're all responsible for making decisions that move us farther away from the negativity, roadblocks, people, and the weights & sins that keep us from succeeding.
2. What you despise, you lose. After doing a coaching session with spouses today who both feel like the other doesn't care, and talking with a husband whose wife has one foot out the door due to his selfishness, infidelity, and misplaced priorities; I saw this lesson so clearly. People want to be celebrated, not tolerated. When we fail to honor people, which is tantamount to despising them, we tacitly encourage them to move away from us. Who's important to you? Who matters? Who do you value? Show it. Don't take that person for granted. Because in the end, what you despise, you lose.